Oh my gosh, HELLO autumn…you beautiful, delicious, honey-coloured, heart-warming season. It is the time of year when Mother Nature produces her best show and the sun is seduced into playing along. Warm winter coats come out of the cupboard and kids can play in the golden hour and not be cranky because it is past bed-time when the photographer wants to shoot.

One thing I learned very early on being a mum and newborn photographer is that babies have their own agenda and the only way to win with them is to be incredibly patient.

English bull dog meets baby sibling…it’s becoming a bit of a theme around here!

They say never work with children and animals but I have to say that (even though it’s challenging) I totally disagree. Some of my all-time favourite photos have involved children AND animals, and this first photo of Evie with Chopper is up there with them. I

Bringing baby home to meet their older siblings for the very first time is always a major deal for a family, but for Charlotte’s tribe, the Big Reveal had a distinctly rural Hawke’s Bay feel to it, as she was introduced to first-born fur-babies, Deersey and ??.

As a Hawke's Bay photographer who adores storytelling and emotional connections between people, it doesn't get much better than having one of my couples get in touch a few years after their wedding to ask me to spend some time with them documenting the next big milestone in their lives, the arrival of children.

I was so thrilled to hear from Anna three years after her beautiful wedding to Nathan that they were coming home to Hawke's Bay for a visit...with a new addition.