Monthly Archives: September 2009

Something new is coming…

Be sure to keep stalking the blog… for something new is coming to Iris Creations Photography…

Thinking of booking in a session?  Please email Gemma before the 12th October to book in your session.  (Sessions do not need to be held by this date, just booked!)  The reason?  Our pricelist & product range is also changing slightly;) To get on the current rates, please be sure to book in your session now!  Newborn sessions can be booked in advance… 

That’s it for now.. I’m in a cheeky mood and want to keep you all hanging;)

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Mr. B, 7 days – Newborn Baby Photography

Mr B was VERY alert for 7 days!!  Adorable, but ALERT.  Took a while for him to nod off, and when he did he was still letting me know what kind of photographs he wanted.. Simple, not too over the top.  No props!

Have to say it was nice to go back to basics and photograph a baby  - simply.  All about THEM.  Although the weather wanted to make it all about IT.  We had overcast, blaring sun, rain and darkness all in 2 1/2 hours!

Hope you enjoy the preview Mum & Dad!

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Miss M, 4 Months – Baby Photography Melbourne

This gorgeous girl was such a total cutee!  And as I discovered at the end of our session, LOVES bubbles!  (But then who doesn’t!?)  With a wee bit of teething going on, we were pulling all tricks out of the hat to keep her hand out of her mouth for just a couple of shots!  And.. it worked!!  

Hope you enjoy the preview Mum & Dad!

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Erin’s Bridals – Melbourne Wedding Photography

This – is the beautiful Erin.  In a vintage inspired gown, she met up with Janet & I (making up LE Photography) for some Bridal shots:)  More on the LE PHOTOGRAPHY Blog! (Having finally been updated, it’s still a wee work in progress.  With the full website come VERY VERY SOON!)

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Miss S, 15 days – Newborn Baby Photography Melbourne

This little girl was such a fighter!!  Sleep, no thanks, I want to party the afternoon away!!  But, even two week olds give in eventually.  Well almost.  This little girl certainly made me work hard, but oh she was just way too cute, and when you see Mum & Dad, you’ll see why;)

And her name is just fantastic, and very fitting, it means “beautiful” in Arabic? (correct me if I’m wrong Mum!)

You guys are a beautiful family!  I can’t wait to show you the rest of the gallery!  Thanks for your patience with the preview!

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Technical Issues & furry friends

Just a quick post, to say we were experiencing some technical issues with the computer system.

THANKFULLY, we have a very reliable back up system, so there is not stress of loss of images!  So no-one panic!!

However some emails from Thursday – Saturday are missing in the void, so if you have emailed me via the website, or directly on those days, PLEASE email me again, or call on 0423 323 185.

We are working on digging those emails out, however not sure how that will go!

Obviously there are some delays in production as we come back online!!

And because I cannot end a post without some images…

I’m going to show off my new baby!  As many of my blog readers will know last month we lost our youngest kitty.  We were hoping to get a friend for our eldest cat Sebbie, but also wanted to adopt a kitten so the boys could grow up with it, and it wouldn’t get too skittish with their likely roughness!  My youngest is just so in love with her, spends hours chasing her around!

So meet little Ophelia!  I have an absolute love for Shakespeare and also John William Waterhouse paintings, of which Ophelia appears a lot!  My cats have always been named after Shakespearean characters, or myths and being that she is soooooooo pretty, Ophelia just fitted beautifully!

There will be more images coming;)

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Newborns, Newborns Everywhere! – Melbourne Baby Photographer

Ready for a big post!?

A few weeks ago (yes yes yes I’m behind on blogging… but I am catching up!) I had the pleasure of attending a seminar by Kelley Ryden, a US based photographer who is a fantastic baby photographer.  It was an amazing workshop to be a part of and attended by photographers around the country!  Two of whom have recently had babies themselves and willingly let us photograph their babies as well!

Thanks Kelley for a wonderful weekend!  And now onto the images that I took (well some of the THOUSANDS!!)

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Miss P, 5 months – Melbourne Baby Photography

You may remember Miss P’s newborn session HERE.  Here she is again at 5 months!  I think we may have been a wee bit tired when I arrived, because after a while she made sure the camera went away and went off to sleep with no fuss!

I hope you enjoy the preview Mum & Dad!

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Couldn’t help myself! – Melbourne Baby Photography

I simply had to post a few more from Miss J’s session.  I have totally fallen in love with these two for a few reasons.  A, She sat (kind of) happily in my pram (which I’ve had for a number of years, however it hasn’t had MUCH use in photography until lately!) and also because of the expression on her face.  Now 99.5% of the time we try to get our children to “SMILE!” for the camera.  Saying this to them, is not going to make them smile, normally it just makes them more nervous!  As I say to all my clients, I’m not here to take a gallery full of images where the baby is “smiling” for the camera.  Sure, smiles are REALLY important and who doesn’t love a baby with their mouth smiling gummy goodness, but it’s images like these below that really make me tick:)

Showing a baby’s true personality, expressions they use day to day whilst discovering the world and in the process making artworks for your wall.

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Mr J, 10 weeks (days!) – Newborn Baby Photography

This gorgeous little boy was just a DREAM to photograph!  TECHNICALLY he was 10 1/2 weeks old, however I photographed him 10 days after his due date.. little man was in a hurry to enter the world, being born at 29 weeks gestation..

He was amazing, would occasionally open his eyes before heading back off to sleep!

I hope you enjoy the preview Mum & Dad!

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A day in the park – Melbourne Child Photographer

I’m slowly catching up!!  I have heaps and heaps and heaps of gorgeous images of gorgeous babies to post, however I’m being a bit “control freakish” at the moment, so everything is happening in order.  (even the house is getting an overhaul… by the end of September, if it doesn’t have a “home” it GOES!)

I’m always getting in trouble that I’m not posting enough of my gorgeous boys, so here we go.  Firstly, is Eman, who many will know, isn’t the biggest fan of the camera.  If he’s in the mood, he’s covered in food, the day before the hairdresser appointment.  And in the most unflattering-for-camera outfit… have I mentioned this is called “photographer’s child syndrome”?

Anyway before I carry on too much more, some from Eman in the studio…

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My boys in the park.  Seems strange posting this today, when the sun is shining and it’s slowly becoming more and more like warmer weather is on the way.  Well this day it was techincally the first day of Spring, only it was more like the middle of winter!  Also felt like playing around with some different processing for a real “wintery feel”!

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Miss J, 10 Months – Baby Photography Melbourne

This little girl was beyond cute!  Loved to play “peek a boo” and with some teething action going on my baskets were a treat!

She wore herself out rather quickly with all the posing and modeling action, and before we knew it we’d captured some gorgeous images!

I hope you enjoy the preview Mum!

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Mr J turns 2! – Child Photography Melbourne

I photographed Mr. J’s first birthday party, and here he is turning 2!  Not sure where the year went, but he is as cute as ever, and the birthday boy and party guests had a ball running, jumping and going down the many slides at this indoor playcentre!  I have to say I’m sure everyone slept well afterwards, I can safely say it was a good thing I wasn’t driving as I had a nap on the way home too!  Capturing two year olds at play is exhausting business!

Here’s a little collage of some of the moments of the day!

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Miss R, 15 days – Baby Photography Melbourne

Yes, little itty bitty baby Ruby:)  This time, at 15 days old.  She is just such a doll I can’t help but share more of her!

It’s been a lot of fun taking photos of her every two weeks, and yes there are more to come:)

Had a wonderful, inspiring weekend attending a workshop with US photographer Kelley Ryden this weekend.  Talk about cuteness overload, we photographed the most adorable newborns, and even a challenge with 3 weeks older!  There will be lots of images coming soon from the weekend.  My dear friend Amanda Keeys (who took the beautiful image of me with my son Ashton above) came to stay for the weekend with her 10 week old daughter Zoe and husband Matt.  My regular blog readers may remember miss Zoe from my post here.  I tell you it’s hard to not want another baby after a weekend like that (no that does not mean any new additions coming soon!!)

Well, onto some images of Miss Ruby:)

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A “birthday” party – Melbourne Child Photography

Eman (my adorable – camera – hating 3 year old) had a play date with the adorable Ashley.  (Miss Ruby’s big sister)  They were so quiet at one stage we popped outside to see their “cake”.  Apparently it’s my birthday!  It was a layered chocolate cake, complete with candles!  Since it was a birthday party, I mentioned how we’d need the camera.  Emerson actually agreed!  I pushed it by asking for kisses and a “formal” pose!!

And asked if Ashley & Emerson could please help me by blowing out the candles (they were very diplomatic and only put two candles on my cake!) xx

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