It's no secret that I think South Australia is absolutely gorgeous, and it's also no secret that I'm happy to drive as far as it takes to find the perfect location. Driving to this special location I actually bogged my car! (Gotta remember it's little, doh!) But was it worth it? I think so. Just outside of Balaklava (if you can dodge the floods and pot holes) is the Rocks Reserve. It's a darling little spot with a real Aussie feel. A gently running creek, rolling hills, cattle, wattle trees and big beautiful gum trees.

After capturing their maternity portraits, and making plans to capture their wedding day memories, I had the absolute pleasure to capture the newborn portraits for Matt & Anne's gorgeous little girl Gretchen Betty (named after her 2 great grandmothers). At just 6 days new I met Gretchen and her beautiful family out at Spalding, to capture some natural photos of the little cutie. She was just the sweetest little thing, surrounded by so many proud and completely smitten loved ones. xx

Winter is well and truly here, with frequent rainy days, icy temperatures and even a few gusts of wind strong enough to bring down trees! (Which legitimately happened in my neighbours yard mere moments before I left for this shoot.) It’s the season to rug up, sip warm mugs off coffee or tea, and cuddle under giant fluffy blankets. Despite the cooler temperatures, occasional showers and windy days it is still a gorgeous time to get photos done. The same gusts of wind that knocked down my neighbours tree cleared the skies of their overcast mask. Revealing beautiful sunshine for our entire session. A Winter sunshine that glows so softly but beautifully.

The long weekend was full of so much sunshine, and for early Winter, that’s some beautiful news! Madeline and Marc’s Sunday wedding was warm, bright and had not one drop of rain in sight. In huge contrast to the engagement session we shared not too long ago in Autumn (which you can see here). They must have gotten all the rain out of the way early, and so their sunny Winter’s wedding day was perfect.

On Saturday I spent the afternoon hanging out with 2 of the best people you could hope to meet and photograph at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. Having had very wet weather in the lead up to Saturday, I was cautiously keeping an eye on the weather. Whilst a little rain during your shoot can actually be beautiful (as you’ll see), it’s nice if there’s some sunshine and dry moments for frolicking.

Winter is definitely here, with many a cold and drizzly day in South Australia at the moment. But that will never stop us from creating beautiful memories! On Thursday I caught up with Jodi, Allan and their gorgeous son Archie at the rustic Sandy Creek Reserve. There was a near 90% chance of rain forecast for the morning! But with luck on our side, we managed to capture some beautiful family portraits and even had some sunshine and a beautiful little rainbow before the drizzle came back.

Last week I got to hang out on the rugged southern coastline at Noarlunga with Frances & David. A spot they'd frequented many times, but on this day we decided to explore a little further along the rocks. It's such a cool spot, full of both surfers and fisherman, a stunning boardwalk and an amazing view.

Recently, Elegant Hire Australia got in touch with me to judge two sets of photo booth photos. In their words; "in the photo booth industry the critique from professional photographers is largely missing often resulting in an industry standard of poor quality photos for customers." Their desire to present a photo booth that has been critiqued by a range of professional photographers is certainly admirable.

Saturday evening was beautiful, whenever we have wet weather we also have moments of gorgeous sun breaking through thick clouds. Saturday evening we had awesome clouds, blue sky and soft glowing sunshine all in one. Even better, I got to spend the afternoon with Sara & Pete for their engagement session at one of my new favourite locations, a little gem hiding away on the South coast just 40 minutes from the city.

What a day Friday was! Leading up to the day I have to admit, I was a little bit anxious about the flood warnings, wind warnings, storm warnings and hail warnings for Friday. As always, I ventured to the venue a few days before the wedding to hunt out some snug and warm little hideaways that would be dry and beautiful inside the gorgeous Mount Lofty House. When the day arrived, it was wet and cold, but it wasn't the monster of a day forecasts had made it out to be. In fact, it ended up being quite perfect.