van session - gold coast family photography

he loves to hang out in his dad's work van.  these are the kind of images i know we will treasure, in twenty years or so.

Jx
 

hump day.

today, the most exciting thing we did was go for a walk and later, we made a fruit smoothie.
i love the image of Jesse, calling out to our dog, Bindi.  we go here, almost daily.  within about a minute, the black swans arrive.  they are getting to know us pretty well.

i hope you made it through your hump day.
Jx

friday, march 18 | gold coast family photography

Happy Birthday, Drew ♥ & bon voyage, Grandma & Grandpa!  we love you.  see you soon xo

morning rituals | gold coast photography

mornings can be tough.  i keep reminding myself that i should make lunches and pack bags the evening before.  i always end up doing it all in the morning.  this is where this ritual comes in handy.  firstly, having Will go into Jesse's room means i have a little more time to organise myself in the kitchen.  secondly, sometimes they fight but usually get over it pretty quickly and then they cuddle (which makes for cute pics).  they will play for a good 15 minutes if i'm really lucky.  this particular morning ritual will be missed, especially when Jesse grows out of his cot! ;-)

Jx

i heart faces photo challenge | sun flare

i've been missing the iheartfaces weekly challenges.  time to get back on the horse.
this picture was taken late on a Sunday afternoon.  the light & my subject could not have been more beautiful.

thank you for looking.  why not check out some of the other entries here.
Jx

Clean up Australia Day (6 March, 2011) - Gold Coast Photography

Armed with gloves and bags, an estimated 562,511 volunteers at over 7,400 registered sites pitched in to support the 21st Clean Up Australia Day. Volunteers across Australia cleaned up the nation’s beaches, streets, parks, bushland and waterways, removing around 16,280 tonnes of rubbish.
If you missed it and would like information on donating or joining the next clean up, click here.

The kids did their bit to help out...



let's just say they were still full of beans at the finish...

thursday - fingal, NSW north coast.

today i explored beautiful Fingal. i have lived on the coast for almost nine years and have often thought of going there but never made the short trip over the border.  i walked up to the lighthouse, sat on the cliff and watched the ocean.
i then moseyed back down to the village and had lunch at Sheoak Shack Gallery Cafe.  the drive home takes you through Chinderah and right past Chinderah Bay Antiques.  i was like a kid in a candy store.  so many treasures.  old family photo albums from the early 1900's, which made me a little sad.  looking at the pictures and wondering about the people in them.  why did these albums end up in an antique shop?  drawers stuffed with vintage postcards, some in almost mint condition.  Ray (the owner), is a real sweetheart.  he loves his shop and loves being there every day.
i left with a small purchase of an old book.  it's called Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling and this edition was printed in 1939.  that brings my vintage book collection to four.  
i was almost late to collect Will from school.  a perfectly lovely day. 
Jx

Cook Island - named after Captain James Cook.

i ♥ the yellow paint against the grey asphalt.

why has she photographed a toilet block?  i hear you ask.  i really like them for texture and colour.

you may have seen these books below, if you watched The Chronicals of Narnia - The Voyage of the

Dawn Treader.  they're all fake & took almost a year to create.

 Hayley Johnson came to mind as i swooned over the tea cups...

"S" family - {gold coast family photography}



Tiarne.

Tiarne emailed me to ask if i would take her picture.  we met down at Kirra on a particularly perfect, sunday arvo.   i had no specific locations planned, so we chatted and wandered the streets until we found a couple of nice spots.  i was surprised by her effortless ease in front of the camera.  she is so lovely, inside and out.
Jx