Family Session | La Perouse

Back in May, I featured in the Melting Moments blog prize giveaway - "How to Choose a Quality Photographer".  Fellow photographer Aly, from Kuya Bunso Photography in Qld, wrote a fabulous article on the critical factors to consider when selecting a photographer to ensure that you get the best person for the job.  The full article can be read here:

http://meltingmoments.net/2013/04/14/how-to-choose-a-quality-photographer-a-giveaway/

The winner of my portrait session was Alicia and her lovely family, 2-year-old Grace and husband Mark.  In a move away from my familiar stomping ground of the Eastern Suburbs, we headed down to La Perouse which provided a beautiful sunset backdrop for our session.  I love this area which boasts a rocky outcrop, wooden bridge, beach and even a stone tower where we went looking for "mairies" (fairies)...

Time together is precious for this family who spend half of the time apart due to Mark's job.  I hope that these photos will be treasured during the months of working away.  Thanks for being such wonderful subjects and for allowing me to share some of your images.

Rachel x

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www.rachelwildigphotography.com

Cake Smash (sort of!) | Toby

Cake smashes are quickly becoming one of my favourite sessions - they are quite frankly just plain silly.  Which is precisely what Toby thought of the whole affair too.  He was not a fan of the cake in the least but fortunately loved the first part of our session which included some time on a rocking horse and playing with some lovely wooden trains and cars.

We still managed to get some cracking images of Toby's delicate approach to his birthday cake but he's a child after my own heart who just prefers to keep his hands clean!  Tim & Emmi, count yourselves lucky!  In the end it was just more fun to drive the fire truck through the cake rather than smash it.

Happy First Birthday, Toby, you beautiful boy.  I very much enjoyed our morning together.



Rachel xx

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(c) Rachel Wildig Photography
www.rachelwildigphotography.com

Family Session | Nielsen Park

It's hard to believe that winter is upon us.  The cooler temperatures are no excuse to postpone family photo sessions, however, as this selection of my favourites from a shoot last week at Nielsen Park will prove.

Olive is one of my earliest newborn clients and it was just a pleasure to be asked to photograph her and her family as she approaches her first birthday.   Such a great age to photograph little ones, after they can sit and crawl but before they can run away from the camera!  

Olive is a natural who loved looking right into the camera, but her parents are self-confessed camera-phobes.  I think these images are a wonderfully genuine example of what can be captured naturally and informally, without pose and which capture the bond of a family.  Often, it is more comfortable and realistic for parents to focus their attention on their children and the images are then more relaxed and natural. 

I really love this set and hope you do too.

My thanks to Cait, Al & Olive,

Rachel xxx