Isn't she just the sweetest?

      

Awwww, look at that smile! And those big blue eyes! Please meet Charlotte and isn't she just the sweetest little thing! Charlotte and her Mum came in a few weeks ago for a baby portrait.  She is just on 7 months old which is a great age to photograph babies, and Charlotte certainly didn't disappoint!

Charlotte didn't mind if she was wearing pearls or a feather boa, a knitted hat or posing with Lamb, she thought it was all great fun!

                                                                    

I loved having Charlotte here in the studio, babies are great to have around. She laughed and played and was the perfect model all round. Many thanks to Charlotte's Mum for allowing me to create some beautiful memories of this precious time in your babys' life.

Doggy Diva

Well the long and the short of it (Oh I know! I promise that's the last bad height joke) is, lovely Lisa the dachshund just could not see what the fuss was all about. Posing was simply out of the question as far as Lisa was concerned. The look on her face said "I don't get out of bed for under 10 doggy treats!"

Eventually, after Lisa had perused the area, she decided we could have a little of her time and posing talent. Lisa and her owner then went on to sit for a lovely set of pet portraits.

         

Thanks for some great fun in the studio Lisa! I look forward to seeing you strut your stuff on the catwalk (should that be dogwalk???) again soon!

Catching up with Old Friends

My bestest buddy when I was a kid was Nelle. Nelle and I did everything together and we had a great time doing it. Sadly we lost contact for a few years but met up again about 3 years ago now. Nelle has been living in England for about 5 years and her visits back home are few and far between, so, when she said she was coming for a visit in late November last year, I dropped everything to go and play with Nelle.

Now, Nelle is a great talker and she gets that from her Mum (my Aunty Rosemary) so when the three of us went out for lunch, well even the restaurant staff had trouble getting a word in! So, we chatted and laughed our way through a beautiful lunch at Customs House overlooking the harbour at Newcastle, then moved on to Hamilton for afternoon tea with Nelles' beautiful daughters (Sarah and Georgie) and sister Julianna (Boppy) and Bop's kids Cam and Belinda, plus we had Nelle's grandson Jayson with us right through the day as well...in actual fact, Jayson is the point of this post, but I will get to that! Anyway, with all of us telling stories and laughing til we cried I am quite sure the lovely bar we had over run thought they had been invaded by thousands of clucking chooks!

Not only do Nelle and I excel at talking, we are also very good at eating. After lunch and afternoon tea we made our way to one of the local pubs in a Hamilton back street for the best Chinese meal I have had in years. Here we met up with some of our old school friends that I hadn't seen for 25 years or more. As you can imagine, there was a bit more chatting and laughter over a couple of wines while we were there.

It was a whirlwind visit, I was only there for just under 24 hours but we managed to cram so much into it, and had the best time.

Now, lets get to the point! I mentioned Nelle's grandson Jayson - well what a happy young man he is, with the most beautiful eyes. Here are a couple of photos that I took of this beautiful boy while I was there. Can't wait to do it all again, hurry up and come home Nelle, some of us miss you!

Cheers
Lici

Rebecca, Peter and Amelie

Recently I had the pleasure of meeting a lovely young family for a family portrait session.

Rebecca, Peter and Amelie were the winners of one of the packages I had provided to a local primary school to assist with their fundraising effort.

Off we went to Rouse Hill Regional Park, early on a hot Saturday morning. Despite the heat, we had a really fun time, with Amelie (who is the most delightful little girl) playing peek a boo from behind the trees and having an adventure on the log that crosses the creek.

Thanks to the family for a great day out and also to the school for inviting me to participate.

Congratulations Pete & Amy

Amy and Pete were expecting their beautiful baby boy in early December and we were planning to do a Maternity shoot this week. Little Jack had other plans though and 4 weeks ago decided the time was right! So, instead of a maternity session we did our Newborn session instead.

Congratulations to Pete and Amy and welcome to baby Jack.

Here are some of my favourite photos from the session.

Hunter Valley Arabians A Class Show

It has been really busy over the last few weeks with some big shows on. Last weekend had 2 days at the NSW All Welsh Show and then up to Salt Ash for the Hunter Valley Arabians show. I was pleased to be involved with this show and was proud to sponsor the awards for Supreme Led Arabian Derivative Gelding and Supreme Led Purebred Arabian Gelding.

Supreme Led Arabian Derivative (pictured above) was awarded to Narelle Kinnears' lovely boy who also went on to take the garland in the Ridden events.

Annette Vickery's sweet boy Bremervale Orlando was awarded Supreme Led Purebred Arabian Gelding.

My thanks to the committee and competitors for a great day at the show.

Back in the Saddle!

I hope everyone has had a good break over winter and are all rested and ready to go for the spring season.

It all kicked off for me again last weekend with a day at SIEC for the AWHA Gala Show. There were some lovely Warmbloods on show and I was lucky enough to see the gorgeous stallion Smash Hit in the flesh as he took the Supreme Led exhibit and was shown by Gina Beck in the ridden events.




Then off to Parkes on Saturday night for the Australian Saddle Pony Country Championships on Sunday. Despite the bitterly cold wind, the sun was shining and there were good numbers in all rings. The lovely show hunter Heatherbrae Flash Jack owned by Rachael Clarke took out Supreme Ridden on the day after a super work out. This boy has had a great run of late taking out Champions and Supremes at several Ag Shows just lately.





I would like to thank Nerida,Alison, and Ann for having me out again this year, as always the show was enjoyable and the committee are great fun to work with - thanks guys!


The Foal Show was another sensational mid winters day and there were some stunners there as well. Pictured below is Wynara Melody shown by Cameron Wood.



It hasn't all been horses over the past few months. I have been busy with some family portraits and weddings as well.


Belinda and Michael tied the knot with a lovely ceremony at Lauriston House. Once again, the weather was perfect and both bride and groom looked beautiful.









Katrina and Wayne celebrated their big day in May with an outdoor ceremony on the Nepean River. Lots of family, fun and laughter characterised the wedding.













Congratulations to Amy Smith who is two thirds of the way through her first pregnancy. Amy is having some maternity photos done later this month with her husband Pete and I am certainly looking forward to the shoot.


That might do for now - see you at the show!

Alicia.