testing testing.....123

now that i have jazzed up my blog.................. dont you love it ! pretty huh !!!!
i'm a photographer, i am not a graphic artist, computer techy person.....so its a real achievement for me that i can redo my own blog and website........... yay !! not saying it wouldnt be a whole lot more awesome if i had it done by a graphic designer......... but ........i like them !!!

now i was trying to figure out how to get larger photos on here........... so thought i'd test with a pic of my little corey.................looking all angelic............playing on her brother's bed......ignoring mummy and her camera....playing with the horse from toy story.....whats his name ???? i forget.........

my sweet boo........ my living doll...........

on top of the world...........

I admit, i did a little happy dance when i got to this location............. i beat the family there by a few minutes and had a chance to do my happy dance......hehe....long grass that wasnt bright green !!! what a treat !! haha, i know we are blessed here in NZ to have such green grass everywhere and especially up in our area , an abundance of grassy areas........... but you have to understand , this was something i ADORE ........ long , dried, golden grass.....i swear i think i live in the wrong country..........perhaps i am destined to be in Aussie, or in a hot part of the US....... that golden-ness just suits my style so much !

What a special little corner of the world these guys have,......their section.......... so beautiful.........we had alot of fun, as you will see..........balloons galore............... and lots of laughs................
so much love here, and it was a privilege to capture that ...........there was so many favourites from this session i could've just put the whole shoot up ........... but i narrowed it to these, but there were so many i fell in love with .......

i hope you enjoy your preview Rachel and Regan , thank you so much for inviting me to hang out with you and your sweet family .

hugs
sam

xoxoxo

xxxxx

a very content, tiny man.........

An afternoon spent at their farm, on a beautiful summers day.......... we parked up under a shade sail and got to work photographing and cooing over this handsome wee man.............at a whopping 6wks old..........he is certainly an old soul and looks way beyond his ''weeks''.....
so beautiful.............................as you can see , he was wide wide awake for a wee while, chatting away,,,,,and then faded.......and became the sleepy head i was waiting for................................................................cute !
this was an extra special session for us, as this wee man is my husbands younger brother......... ( half brother).....  33yrs between them  :)

beautiful baby tamati ...welcome to the family xx

hugs xoxo
sam

a surprise for mum............

i cant believe i hadnt blogged about this..........we did this shoot early march........and on a beautiful late late late afternoon........ such beautiful light..........a beautiful spot........and they were so patient with me......changing the venue last minute,and adding a couch....................... and when i say last minute.............i mean last minute............sorry....rather impulsive creative one here.....hahahaa....but they were up for it and i oh so glad we did.............i LOVE this session..............and what makes it even more spesh, is that is was a surprise pressie for their mum's 40th................. which is today..........so i can blog it now................cos she will have her disk and beautiful large story-teller canvas we designed........................... this was a FULL B&W session....... which i also LOVE .............and it all just WORKED so well ! i love it when that happens !! look how beeeeautiful these kids are.............what good genes !!!! :)

such great young people.................i had such fun , and i'm so impressed they did all the weird things i asked them to do .....hehe :)

hugs  xoxoxo
sam

sweet and simple...........

I really have to get back into this habit.........blogging..........about everything i do.................not sure you want to know what i ate for breakfast, but maybe just a wee posting every now and then with a shoot etc ...........hehe....that i can to ..........and i do love to babble..................... so here we go............................

Firstly i have to say, i call myself a Custom Photographer, because i Customise each and every session to you ......... so as you can see when you scroll through previous blog posts, no two sessions will be the same.........yes there may be similarities, in that they liked the style i did one in...and requested that too........which is normal, but its still done completely for them, and captured them as they are............ so how can there be 2 that are the same......there cant be................ yeah sure, i can get rather impulsive and throw couches on beaches, and cots in fields..........but not all my shoots are that way...........sometimes we do simple and sweet.........such as this gorgeous family............... simple and sweet,and i'm so glad we kept it simple, there is something so raw and loving about watching a family just snuggle up and have moments to themselves, like i arent even there........hehe.... and the dog....oh that dog ! wow ! what a beautiful animal !

such a pleasure to meet this lovely family ........
hugs xoxoxo
sam