Miss Paelyn, your images are almost ready!

... but here is another sneaky peek from your session, just because you are way too cute and I can't help myself.

Carley's Sweet Escape to Jinky Art Workshop

In December last year I was so lucky to have the opportunity to participate in a weekend workshop conducted by one of my child photography idols, Barb Uil of Jinky Art. It was a wonderful opportunity to make new friends in the industry from all over Australia and to learn from one of the best in the business. I truly grew in a million ways in one weekend, and think it's about time I got cracking and start processing and sharing some of the images captured during the model shoots. I'll just keep adding image sets to this post, so if you are interested, check back from time to time to see if anything new pops up.

Carley still has more catching up to do!

Yes, I'm still catching up on the sharing and blogging and posting - but it kind of makes me happy because I get to revisit these wonderful sessions and recall the sweet moments that made me smile. The star of the Thomson family shoot (besides their amazing daughter who called me Karlia - which I totally loved and may change my name to in the future!) was yellow bear. It was he who overcame shyness and eventually loved having his picture taken ;) I love that this family will look back on these images and recall yellow bear and the special role he played in their daughter's life. Thankyou yellow bear, it was a pleasure to meet you!

Just catching up...

This year, one of my resolutions was to stay up to date with our blogging. Ooops, I guess that's yet another New Year promise broken! So, in an effort to redeem myself, here are some more lovely, relaxed images from the Land Family shoot featuring the adorable Bailey and Addison and their loving parents.

More from Carley's Trimble Family shoot

I caught up with the Trimble family again, just before Christmas, to capture some more family fun. This is a favourite of mine, I love how it depicts the stage babies go through when they realise they can actually crawl AWAY from their parents!

Catching up after the Christmas and New Year Chaos!

Now that the holiday season has come to a close and the children are ALMOST back to school (2 more days and counting...), I thought it was high time I got back into the swing of things here in the office. It's time to catch up on editing and post processing those last minute Christmas shoots that were squeezed into the schedule between chasing lost Christmas Lay-Bys and packing for holidays! So, to all my families waiting for pics - I'm back and on the job!

And just because no post is complete without a photo, here is one of my favourites from the Land family session. Addison and Bailey are in my favourite holiday pose looking all relaxed and stress free. Maybe I'm not quite ready to get back to work after all?

Happy 2010 - Carley xo

Carley meets sweet baby Paelyn

I've said it before, but I'll say it again... newborns are my favourite things in the whole, wide, world. They fascinate me in so many ways, and they remind me that miracles do happen. It amazes me that we can grow a whole new person right there inside of us, and shooting newborns reminds me of my own treasured experiences. So, to be able to help Bec and Matt capture this special time in their lives is truly a blessing to me, and what a beautiful shoot it was with little Miss Paelyn sleeping and feeding sweetly the entire time. Thanks so much to Bec and Matt for welcoming me into your home and allowing me the opportunity to create some sweet memories for you to treasure always.