Earnest.

Posted on March 12th, 2010 | Category: Other, Photography, us! | 4 comments

We are so excited to introduce the newest memeber of our family!!

Earnest…. a little big Great DANE puppy. He is 8 weeks old and the most fun ever.

It has taken me 3 days to work out how to photograph a puppy. He is not exactly obedient yet… however well on his way. It is rather tricky to photograph him while holding his lead and the camera!! He loves to snuggle up and climb all over me especially when I get down low to take a photo. My camera has already had a little chew and a few licks too.

Ohhh we are in LOOOVEEE!! When he arrived Poppy declared him beautiful and then started to cry… saying “Oh I promised myself I wouldn’t cry!!”

Zali and I have had a few conversations about love and loss. Mostly because our last pets were eaten up by our next door neighbors dog. It was a very traumatic day for the girls and one that left quite an impression on Zali. The very much loved chickens can be found here.

Having only had this little guy 3 days, we already love him so much and it is hard for Zali to not get worried about the possibility of one day losing him too. I love the conversations and amazing insights she has. We decided that all things are only on loan to us for a short time… even our family. So let’s enjoy these people and pets and things and delight in them today. When the time comes to say goodbye we will be sad. VERY sad. Maybe knowing all along they were not really ours will help a bit. Big concept for kids but I think she is on her way.

Hope you enjoy these pics of him.

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  1. Belinda wrote: Gosh how adorable! I look forward to seeing him grow :) (03/12/10, 10:45 pm)

  2. bene wrote: oh my goodness! cutest puppy... EVER. I can't wait to meet him, and i love that thought, that everything is just "on loan" and not really ours. :) thats nice. ahhhh! MORE PHOTOS PLEASE! (03/12/10, 11:28 pm)

  3. Katie wrote: These are wonderful. I love what you said about having everything on loan. It's like a wonderful gift. Blessings that we can give thanks for everyday. Thank you so much for your work. Because of your amazing work, I now hope to become a photographer too. So thank you Hailey. You are especially wonderful. (03/13/10, 3:05 am)

  4. Errol wrote: When he is old enough Earnest and Willow will elope. I just know it. (03/13/10, 8:36 am)

Family portrait photographer Brisbane

Posted on March 11th, 2010 | Category: Photography, children, family | 5 comments

I love photographing families! I love photography! I keep feeling rather overwhelmed with how lucky I am to have a job I love so much. I am getting closer and closer my goals and it feels good… ;)

Here is a very cute family from a couple weeks ago. These were taken on an incredibly hot day at Roma St gardens. Ashley, Nicole and little Isabelle were very energetic and we ran around the whole park while I followed snap snapping away.

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  1. Claudine wrote: Hailey love the photos of my beautiful cousin and her gorgeous family !! Simply Stunning :-) (03/11/10, 5:09 pm)

  2. Nicole wrote: These photos are fantastic Hailey - love them! Looking forward to seeing the rest. Thanks! (03/11/10, 6:33 pm)

  3. Karen Buckle wrote: I heart your work! (03/11/10, 11:12 pm)

  4. Georgia wrote: That last picture of the girl with the lolly pop is just SOOOO cute! Love her little hair clip! I now request a post about EARNEST! (03/12/10, 8:57 am)

  5. Amy Nieto wrote: Hi, a new fan of your work here all the way from Portland, Or USA. :) These are fun and lovely! Does anyone ever finish those huge lollipops? :) (03/12/10, 4:24 pm)

Doorpost film project - Getting DAD

Posted on March 7th, 2010 | Category: Film, our family | 3 comments

Want to see our film Getting Dad??

You can here:

Doorpost film project

If you enjoy it please vote for us!! :) Be great to get some comments and hear your thoughts.

Check out the other films too… we are under the category ‘Identity’ but lots of great subjects to check out.

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  1. deb schwedhelm wrote: OMG...that is so awesome. i think i love you. and your whole family. off to vote now. xo. deb (03/08/10, 1:02 am)

  2. Robyn Geering wrote: completely awesome - this brought such a smile to my face. off to vote to. (03/11/10, 8:40 am)

  3. Hailey wrote: thanks so much lovely ladies!! (03/12/10, 8:14 am)

Dan & Liz - Melbourne wedding

Posted on March 5th, 2010 | Category: Photography, Wedding | 19 comments

I have been so busy and very slow to blog but I promise to catch up now!!

We love travelling down to Melbourne for weddings. This wedding was no exception! Liz and Dan had a lovely relaxed wedding ceremony at Mentone beach Surf Club. Before that though we met up at a park in Surrey Hills for some lush greenery. We had perfect sunny weather and the beach front location was stunning. I loved the dress Liz chose and the flowers were beautiful. Thanks guys for choosing us to be part of your day.

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  1. Georgia wrote: Oh I love this. The bride is so cute! I love her dress, it's so cool. The flowers are awesome too. The last shot of them is so gorgeous. I bet they're going to love these! (03/05/10, 5:03 pm)

  2. Lisa wrote: These photos are so beautiful Lisa :) (03/05/10, 8:46 pm)

  3. Marianne wrote: I love this set! What was your color correction post process? Can you also share what body/lenses you were using? Thanks! Super fan of you guys! (03/06/10, 2:26 am)

  4. camerashymomma wrote: oh my, i love these. and that threesome... the series of the man at the fence overlooking the ocean... those images in line like that are heartbreakingly beautiful. thank you for including them in with the wedding shots. mood is everything. you rock it. (03/06/10, 11:27 am)

  5. amanda waltman wrote: love the emotion in the photos and the pics of them on the beach are gorgeous! (03/06/10, 11:27 pm)

  6. Bec wrote: Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Love them all. (03/07/10, 2:25 pm)

  7. Kim Selby wrote: These are fabulous. I especially love the last one, and the black and white collage of all the guests. You have captured some really special moments. (03/07/10, 2:30 pm)

  8. Hailey wrote: thanks so much for the lovely comments! Marianne - yes sure thing... I use a canon 5dm11 and most of these shots were on my 35mm lens. Post processing is a mix of about 3 different actions and effects and then tweaking to make it right for each shot. (03/07/10, 2:47 pm)

  9. Hailey wrote: Also... Camerashymomma - i love the shots of the man too!! They are my fav from the day... after I took these I went inside and danced a little jig. ;) they made me happy!! So good to hear you liked them too. thanks everyone for commenting!! (03/07/10, 2:48 pm)

  10. Kristi Wright wrote: What a lovely wedding! Love the shots of them on the beach with the sun in the middle. Awesome. (03/07/10, 3:37 pm)

  11. fiona carson wrote: oh hailey, these are STUNNING!!! I love every single one of them. I would so love to come shoot a wedding with you.....you are amazing! (03/07/10, 3:38 pm)

  12. angela wrote: my fave is the two men sitting on the couch in B+W.. it's an absolute cracker. Beautiful photos - the family will be tickled pink. (03/07/10, 3:46 pm)

  13. Jessie wrote: You rock my world! (03/07/10, 3:53 pm)

  14. Belinda wrote: Wow! These are just so beautiful. The colour, tones, light, moments ... divine. (03/07/10, 4:41 pm)

  15. Emma wrote: So lovely to see another wedding Hailey :) Such a unique one too! The photos of the bride and groom walking on the beach with the sun behind them are my favourite. Delightful! (03/07/10, 8:07 pm)

  16. Karen Buckle wrote: Your work is AMAZING!!! LOve your unique perspective! (03/07/10, 10:17 pm)

  17. Peta wrote: what wonderful, joyful captures of their special day! Lucky them! you are such a talent xo (03/08/10, 7:50 am)

  18. Sarah Wheeler wrote: oh miss hailey, i absolutely positively adore your work! you are incredibly talented, gorgeous photos! (03/09/10, 11:02 am)

  19. Alex Megremis Photography wrote: Wonderful captures ! I love the theme of your pics. Great job ! (03/13/10, 9:17 am)

10yrs old

Posted on February 11th, 2010 | Category: Photography, children, our family, us! | 4 comments

My little big girl has just turned 10.

Somehow the last 10yrs just flew by and here I am looking at a young girl who keeps reminding me of the baby girl she was a moment ago and then giving me glimpses of the woman she will be in just a moment.

I keep thinking what a delight that I get to be with this wise and amazing soul.

I am blessed. I am grateful!

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  1. Rachel wrote: She has such an amazing warm smile. Happy birthday Zali! (02/12/10, 12:27 am)

  2. bene wrote: she needs to come stay with meeeee! I want to hang out with her. :) she is getting so old! she's so stunning! (02/12/10, 9:41 am)

  3. Georgia wrote: I love your ten year old. I would very much like to adopt her, please say yes. I can't believe how quickly ten years went, soon you and I will be all alone at home, our babies will have left and we'll be going on about where the time went. Either that or we'll be cracking open some wine and bickering over whose grandbabies are cuter! (02/21/10, 8:39 pm)

  4. Eli wrote: cute! :)­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ (02/22/10, 2:26 pm)

Byron Bay film festival

Posted on February 11th, 2010 | Category: Film, Photography, Wedding | 3 comments

We are thrilled to be heading to the Byron Bay International Film Festival to see our short film “Getting Dad” screen.

Wonderful to be selected to screen at a festival I can actually go to! Only a little drive away… There really is nothing like seeing your film screen with an audience. So fun to hear people laugh when you meant it to be funny and ‘get’ what the film is about. An honor!!

Here are a few stills from the film. Come along and see it!!!

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Also so happy to see our work spreading around.

If you’re a bride, check out POLKADOTBRIDE they just did a little feature on our work. The fantastic wedding of Madeleine and Michael. There are heaps of extra shots on the Polkadot site so take a look.

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  1. Rachel wrote: Let me know when and how I can see the new film. I really am a big fan, but uh, that commute is a bit too much to come see it in person. LOL! (02/12/10, 12:29 am)

  2. Kylie wrote: Hailey - we will be travelling up the East Coast of Aus during that time - so hopefully we'll be in your area to come and visit and view! (02/15/10, 8:20 am)

  3. hailey wrote: ooh yes Rachel - Wayyyy long trip for such a short film! Will find away to get to you! Kylie - yes be great to meet up! (02/15/10, 7:06 pm)

Inspiration at the beach.

Posted on January 27th, 2010 | Category: Inspire, Photography, children, our family | 13 comments

How amazing is the beach! Quickly go and enjoy this fine weather and enjoy it as much as possible… sit and think and do handstands in the sand…

When I am on the beach I feel my soul expanding and all the worries get very small.

Here are a few shots from the last few days of beachy fun we had.

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  1. Andrew wrote: “The sea is as near as we come to another world.” I love it. (01/27/10, 9:07 pm)

  2. Fiona Murphy wrote: I really do just adore your family! Such bright happy images. Your a treasure of a mum! You really do inspire me- and not only with your beautiful photography x (01/27/10, 10:11 pm)

  3. Jeanette wrote: Love love love the last few shots!! (01/27/10, 11:56 pm)

  4. deb schwedhelm wrote: oh my gosh. love each and every one of them. and so missing the beach right now!! (01/28/10, 4:06 am)

  5. bene wrote: these are so utterly beautiful hailey, i wish i could've been there with you - looks like you had a wonderful day! xo (01/28/10, 8:10 am)

  6. Rachel wrote: Gorgeous photos. It looks like it was an amazing day. (01/29/10, 3:30 am)

  7. alyda wrote: love these so much :D (01/29/10, 11:37 am)

  8. Lisa wrote: Your photos are stunning.:) (01/31/10, 10:36 am)

  9. mare wrote: as always, very clear and vivid color and loving it so much (02/01/10, 4:41 pm)

  10. Tracy wrote: Great memories. Looks like you had a nice time. Love the grass shots (02/02/10, 10:02 am)

  11. Meaghan Cook wrote: I can concur with the beach and it's soul expanding capabilities. Everyone should get sand between their toes as often as possible. We moved to the beach so we could. Glad you all had a blast. x (02/03/10, 7:32 pm)

  12. Amanda Waltman wrote: these photos make me smile. they also make me want to jump on a plane and head to a sunny beach! (02/08/10, 7:36 pm)

  13. queenmumsibell wrote: This series blows me away. (02/21/10, 6:50 am)

A little mix of this and that…

Posted on January 13th, 2010 | Category: Film, Other, Wedding | 12 comments

Hello and we hope you had a great time welcoming 2010!!

I have an odd mix of things to share today.

We are totally honored to be mentioned on the amazing blogs below!! Many thanks!

www.debsphotographs.com/photoblog

(i love love debs work!)

and I recently discovered this great site too….

www.polkadotbride.com

we recently had a wedding featured and our Christmas video made a little cameo too! :)

Also we were featured in OUI magazine. A French fashion magazine. Sooo fun to receive a copy and see my work printed big!! teehee!

HERE IS THE LINK: OUI magazine (do not google there is another not so  nice magazine with same name!!!!)

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Very excited to show you the first wedding video by our good friend and colleague Pancho Colladetti. We now offer wedding videos alongside our photography! Pancho is AMAZING!!! Check it out here:

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Also I have had a few people asking about how to make giant heads like here and here .

So here is what we did…

1. Take a few close up images against a plain backdrop.

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2. Pick your favourite fun image and grab a giant brush colouring over the top and neck.

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3. Rotate and crop as needed.picture-7

4. Process how you like it, re-size for print. We did 1m x 1m.

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5. Take your files to a large format printer. We recommend getting vinyl prints with the sticky backing. However we un-wisely opted for the high quality print but no sticky back. So we cut out the faces and then glued them to backing board with spray glue. HOWEVER this is a 3 person job and fiddly and the glue did not hold as well as we hoped. SO if you can avoid it, DO!!!

6. Once our boards and pictures were joined and cut to face shape, we gaffa taped some sticks on the back! EASY! and fun!

Let me know if any questions, happy to help!

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  1. Michele wrote: When you say "take to a large format printer" can you give more info for those of us not in the know ie where do you go to get printed (and also rouch/approximate cost?) Great idea guys! Awesome pics/video (01/13/10, 2:42 pm)

  2. Hailey wrote: hi Michele Sure thing! Ok here is where I went to get the prints done. http://www.ptstore.com.au/index.cfm They were FANTASTIC! I think from memory we paid around $25 ea print. Plus all the glue and boards and sticks! :) (01/13/10, 2:48 pm)

  3. Michele wrote: Thanks Hailey for both the info and interpreting my typos : ) (01/13/10, 6:55 pm)

  4. Michele wrote: Great price btw was expecting a heck of a lot more (01/13/10, 6:56 pm)

  5. deb schwedhelm wrote: thanks for the kind words! love you...and your work. can't wait to meet you in person!! xo. deb (01/13/10, 11:53 pm)

  6. Ali Bloom wrote: congrats on the magazine! I LOVE the video! Sooo wish I had something like that of me & my hubby.. Do you know what the song is? Love it! I always find the greatest music through your blog! :) (01/14/10, 4:20 pm)

  7. Tania McCartney wrote: I SO loved this idea. So so gorgeous. Another cheaper cheat's option - (I'm not as professional as you!) - is to take a digital photo of everyone holding sticks up to their chins, then cut out different close-up head shots using Adobe software, and paste them digitally on top of the heads in the original photo. The sticks you're holding will join up with the superimpsed heads. :) (01/15/10, 7:36 pm)

  8. hailey wrote: Thanks everyone... Ali the song is by these guys... myspace.com/yeahyeahyeahs MY BIG TIME FAVs. Tania - yes we thought about this cheaper option and probably would have done if not wanting to do a video of us all being big heads. :) (01/16/10, 10:10 am)

  9. AmyPunky Photography wrote: I bought the Oui Magazine this month! This was so fun to see your work in it!! Congrats!!! Great video!! (01/17/10, 10:55 am)

  10. Robyn Geering wrote: awesome, and I love the video - you guys completely rock (01/18/10, 11:15 pm)

  11. Sarah Wheeler wrote: congratulations on having your video/photos featured, and what a beautiful wedding video! thanks for sharing how you did your big heads, it was an awesome idea :) (01/19/10, 1:55 pm)

  12. Sabine wrote: The video is amazing. Seems like a Hollywood wedding to me! Really inspiring. (02/18/10, 9:14 am)

Masquerade Wedding - Newcastle

Posted on December 23rd, 2009 | Category: Photography, Wedding | 11 comments

This will be my very last blog post for 2009!!

We traveled to Newcastle to photograph this wedding and it was the last wedding for the year. It was wonderful! GREAT to be in a different city and such a fun wedding to photograph too!

Michael and Madeline had a masquerade ball theme for their wedding. They were married in a stone church in Morpeth. This was the first time I’ve been to Morpeth I could of stayed all day and photographed. It was delighful and so many fantastic backdrops. These guys were very easy going and happy to do whatever I asked… including some hair-brained idea to jump a wire fence and go into a burnt out field. I have so many favorites from this wedding, it is going to be a bumper blog post!

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  1. Georgia wrote: How gorgeous! These are so beautiful Hailey! I love, love love the ones in the flowers. Beautiful! They will treasure these forever. The old building is great! (12/23/09, 1:39 pm)

  2. melissa wrote: oh beautiful I love the theme too! great job j (12/23/09, 2:01 pm)

  3. Amy wrote: these pictures are SO amazing! madz was such a beautiful bride on the day and you did a fabulous job capturing it. (12/23/09, 10:33 pm)

  4. Bride! wrote: Oh my goodness! I am stuned. How did you make michael look so good. Lol. They are spectacular. My jaw is still on the ground!!! (12/23/09, 10:37 pm)

  5. kristi wright wrote: How fun! I absolutely love the one of them laying in the flowers and the shadow play set is another fav. Great work! (12/24/09, 12:51 am)

  6. Susan wrote: Oh my goodness Hailey, these shots are amazing. The bride and groom will treasure these forever. I'd love to get married again just so that you could photograph the day in your inimitable style - wait a minute, I don't even have a man in my life! Thanks Hailey for a year of great blogs and 'twisting our heads' to look at life through your camera lens. Cheers to a Brissie Christmas (12/24/09, 5:42 pm)

  7. bene wrote: Hailey! These are GORGEOUS! stunning! love all of them! (12/25/09, 6:33 am)

  8. Amanda K wrote: Ohhhhh total freaking LOVE. (12/27/09, 8:03 pm)

  9. AboutFlowers wrote: Damn it is very gorgeous! The place, the clothes, the flowers are all perfect! The pictures are amazing. Congratulations to you! By the way the pictures of the couple with flowers are amazing, its beatifully captured! (01/11/10, 7:37 pm)

  10. mare wrote: wow, I luv the tones could you please tell how to make this kind of picture ? (01/13/10, 3:45 pm)

  11. Rachel wrote: Stunning shots. They look extremely happy. (01/14/10, 6:37 am)

Jinky Art intro film

Posted on December 19th, 2009 | Category: Film | 8 comments

Very behind in blogging here!!

Just wanted to send everyone over to Jinky Arts website to take a look at the lovely little film we collaborated on.

click here : JinkyArt

Barb from JinkyArt is an excellent visionary, a producer/director and wrote a fantastic storyline. Of course she also shot all the beautiful stills throughout the film.

I was delighted to co-direct with her and film/edit this piece. The talent is Amelie who just amazes me with her energy and ability to act!! She truely was amazing, thanks so much for all your hard work Amelie and Jo.

The music is by Paperkites, check out their myspace .

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  1. Sharon Mallin wrote: OMG - I love this! Very effective advertising - makes me want to book a session with Barb/Jinky. You girls have done a fabulous job - and the little girl comes across as such a beautiful soul. Love it! (12/19/09, 1:06 pm)

  2. Kelly Trow wrote: OH. MY. GAWD. That. is freaking AWESOME!!! I love love love it!! What an amazing talent you have (and Jinky), and Amelie and her mum are just gorgeous. Fanfreakingtastic!! (12/19/09, 1:12 pm)

  3. fiona carson wrote: I saw this on jinky's site last night - and I can't tell you how much I ADORE it, Hailey. You are amazing, and when teamed with jinky....well, what an unbeatable combination! You rock!!! (12/19/09, 2:32 pm)

  4. louisep wrote: That is lovely, I think Jinky takes great stuff and the end result is lovely. Love the filming of the girl running. (12/19/09, 6:00 pm)

  5. Amanda K wrote: That was gorgeous :) (12/20/09, 12:17 pm)

  6. Georgia wrote: This is such a great idea. As a mum I'd want to know what the session would be like before I booked it! It's great to see that a session with Jinky is fun and relaxed and not like those scary shopping mall shoots where your baby is left screaming on a table! Love this! Makes me wish I lived in Canberra to book a shoot. The little girls room is so funky! I want cranes on my roof too! Love this little movie H, gorgeous footage. (12/21/09, 9:17 am)

  7. Jenny McCann wrote: Wow...that brought tears to my eyes. Love that! (12/30/09, 1:44 am)

  8. Rachel wrote: I'm blown away. The video is so lovely. Wonderful job. (01/14/10, 6:41 am)

 
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