Rachel Wildig Photography

Thursday, 13 June 2013

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

Sunday, 9 June 2013

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

Saturday, 1 June 2013

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

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Family Session | King George's Park, Rozelle

I love being taken to my client's favourite spots for photo sessions, especially if I haven't had the opportunity to shoot there before. This amazing park is located in Sydney's inner west and has a beautiful mixture of parkland, teeny-tiny beach and harbour front. The beautiful Rogers family have spent many happy afternoons under the shade of a tree right next to where this session was held. I think it's these little details that add to a session's significance and of course the kids are happy in a location that they know well and enjoy.

I have know sisters Sasha and Zara all their lives so it came as no great surprise to me that instead of the traditional "cheese" refrain, they both piped up with "boobies". Made for some beautiful natural smiles anyway! Whatever works, eh?

On a side note, I would just like to share something that Dad, Jason, is currently involved in. In July, he and eleven others are planning to kite-surf the 280km between Qld and PNG in July to raise funds for the McGrath breast cancer foundation. If you are interested in learning more or in making a donation, links to their facebook site and fundraising page may be found below.

https://www.facebook.com/torrescrossing
http://mcgrathfoundation.gofundraise.com.au/page/pinktorreskite

Thanks to Wona, Jase, Sasha & Zara.

Rachel xxx

Studio Session | Luca

I predict a future as a bit of a heartbreaker for young Luca. Have you ever seen a more mesmerising, more twinkly pair of big brown eyes? Combined with a readiness to smile at pretty much everything, he was just a complete joy to photograph.

This set of photographs rounded off the family session at Coogee that I blogged last month and it is quite amazing how much Luca had already changed in this short period of time. From wobbly beginnings, Luca is now sitting confidently which is just a fantastic time to schedule photos to capture this big developmental milestone.

Mini studio sessions for children are currently being run at a special price of $99 for which you receive a 30-minute session and 5 high-res images on disk. Contact me at rachel@rachelwildigphotography.com to reserve your place.

http://www.rachelwildigphotography.com/#!specials/c1pom

My thanks (once again) to Sally, Raffaele &, of course, handsome Luca.

Rachel x