a special session ..........

i do feel incredibly honoured to be asked to visit and photograph this little darling...........when her mum ( a very fabulous photographer from new plymouth ) asked me if i would do it, all i could think of  was my corey, same age, and how i would want someone to do this for me too.................
well, this little one has taken a piece of my heart ................. she is truly a gem xxx
she is a very brave little girl, and when you look at these photos , you'd never know how sick she is.......
she is so very gorgeous,  and we had a ball playing hide n seek and running from room to room........
she made me laugh so much , she is so feisty and full of character, and that little face....... well.......you can see it ........ how cute is that !!!!

for a 2yr old she is without a doubt beyond her years.......... and i could have quite happily stayed all day  xx

i look forward to seeing you all again soon and i hope this was the fresh perspective you were after xoxoxoxox very warm wishes and lots of love..........sam

family time.....

for Jean and her family, thanks for a very entertaining afternoon.............. here are just a few snaps from our session.............. will pop a few more up for you aswell............. thanks for being such good sports ! hope it wasnt too painful !! 

so lovely to meet you all..... i hope you enjoy them xx sam

photo-a-week.......my boo-delicious.........

i thought i would carry on (kind of ) with the photo a day challenge from january, as i recieved so many lovely messages saying how much they loved seeing pics of my kids.............and plus i really enjoyed it too!!! 

perhaps it made me look at them differently.......i'm not sure........ i always take a ton of photos of them anyway, but having to take "proper" creative portraits of them, as i would for a client, made me stop, look, and observe my babies ( my son hates it when i call him that ) .........in a whole new way.........  ;)

they are little posers, dont get wrong...... as you would have witnessed already from january.......... but its moments like this below....... where i manage to capture the moment before she says "cheese" and pulls out one of her cheesiest smiles and funny faces ( as cute and hilarious as that is ...hehehee) ..... this is my corey-boo....... my boo-delicious ..........my mini-me............ and i think i just fell in love with her all over again xxxxxx hope you like it .

i wanted to keep this one !!!

well this gorgeous wee man melted my heart from the second i saw him ...........xoxoxoxox ......it could be that his mummy is a good friend of mine, or it could be that he is just SOOO beautiful !!! 

he was such an angel...... sleeping throughout as i moved him around his house, and stripped him off etc.......i even got my fair share of delicious newborn snuggles and shoulder sucking.....  he made me sooooo very clucky !!!! 

i just adored this photoshoot and capturing the love between him and his mummy xoxoox......... 

( for you nell and dave - hope you enjoy them , as much as i did taking them for you - he is devine ! ) 

cheeky .......

how can i resist this delicious wee thing........ i had such fun on my session with her !!!
here's just a couple from our shoot....... bright and cheery !! loved the colours !!! so summery !!!