Mr Handsome

Here's Cam the man, my 16yr old son.. he is so grown up now! And handsome too!
Just a couple of quick shots we managed after school the other day....still need more pics of him for my project.

That's almost 2 kids photographed , now the little troublemaker to go lol.Oh.. and group shots... hmm What fun!

Somebody Give Me a Big Stick!

And i mean BIG! PLEASE! OK i ventured out in the horrible weather again today to try and get atleast a handful more images of Shennae. The wind wasn't quite so bad which was good, however the rain decided to join us today so once again session cut short but atleast i got some nice ones. While processing these i kept thinking.. man.. my daughter is going to have so many boys after her.. i mean look at her she is gorgeous!.. so.. the reason for asking for the big stick is evident isn't it? Look out boys! I'll use it! ..... so here is today's faves:

Check out these baby blues! Trouble.. oh trouble yeah!

Blown Away!

Below is a solitary image i got from today's attempted photo session with my daughter. I actually fired off 3 shots before packing up and coming home. This was my shortest ever photoshoot.. a grand total of 4 minutes!

The weather was just horrible! Huge gusts of winds came up and created havoc. GRRR. 'Nae got blown off her stool.. Cameron was attempting to hold my light stand and was getting sharp things smashed against his legs from the wind and my car tailgate was up while i was setting up my gear and it almost got blown off my car!..

So what on Earth do you call this crazy weather? I mean here we are almost hitting Summer and i've had goosebumps all afternoon.. absolutely crazy. Please bring on Summer!!!

Anyway, this is it.. ........"blown away Nae! "

Maybe tomorrow will provide better conditions.

And an additional processing style:

Off To Camp!

Yesterday my little man, Kiel, went on his first camp/overnight school excursion to The Great Aussie Bush Camp
He'll be gone for 2 nights and 3 days and i am sure will have a ton of fun! He is looking forward to the planned activities, in particular archery .

He's been very excited in the last weeks leading up to the camp. He packed his own gear on Saturday, which i repacked Sunday so it would all fit in his luggage neatly. It is amazing how folding clothing creates more room!

Anyway, although excited , he was a little subdued when i took him to school Monday morning to board the bus. He still wanted to go, but realisation that he was going to miss his Mum set in.
It's ok Matey.. I miss you too! Loves ya buddyboy! Have a great time!

Now for the pics... taken on my Hiptop phone. Not too bad i spose. Kiel waiting while all the luggage is stowed on the bus...


With his buddy,Brian. I am sure this cheeky pair are going to have a fantastic time!

And off they go!

Hunter Valley Gardens

Yesterday i took a day off to visit Hunter Valley Gardens with my parents and my sister. Mum loves roses and her and dad have a nice collection planted at their new home, so i thought it was a good time to go and visit the Gardens with Mum while they were in bloom. They have over 30+ varieties at present and i am sure Mum would like more!

I have been so busy this year and i wanted to just have a few hours and visit with my family, so off we went the 4 of us .
Unfortunately, due to me having school hours to stick to i didnt have a great deal of time to look around but it was a nice visit regardless. The temps reached about 32 degrees - it was a stinker, so i dont think we would have wanted to walk around much longer than we did anyway.

I am going to go back again when i can have a fuller day, as now i've been twice and still havent had a proper look i dont think.. besides i didnt get to visit the Chocolate shop in the village!


My Mummy and Daddy ...( loves you both!)..Thanks for the day out everybody.... and sorry mine was very rushed trip.

My sister, being her usual entertaining self!



A panorama view of the Rose Garden.

A couple of closer views of roses i liked.

This gorgeous, shady covered walk is i think my fave place in the whole Garden. I want one just like this in my backyard. Please. I know i'd make the effort to spend plenty of time relaxing out there!

And these are my fave little details - little birdbaths with floating flowers. It doesnt matter what type of flowers either.. i just think they are beautiful positioned through the covered walkway area.
Last time i visisted the Gardens they had Camelias floating instead of the current seasonal roses.

Had to include the Agapanthus... I do like these flowers a lot and i am waiting for my first to bloom in my front garden

The Itallian Grotto.. very nice .

This is a super-huge , and i mean SUPER huge Magnolia.. it was really lovely . I'd never seen one like that before.The flower was larger than a dinner plate. Massive
The lovely waterfall
We wandered through the Storyland section where the nursery rhymes are set out. For some reason I just really liked this sheep-dude!

And just because i like to be different here is an artistic representation of the image above.

Carley & Adam ~Wedding

Carley & Adam's wedding day was fabulously sunshiny blue and hot! Gorgeous surroundings and those blue skies made for very colourful images when combined with the bridal attire of red.
The wedding took place at Nelson Bay, and the elevated positions gave us stunning views all round.
Take a quick sneakpeak at some of the images taken on the day, and check out their 'baby' Maverick...he looks so gorgeous in his doggy top hat n tux.

Carley and Adam, you guys make a beautiful couple and were such fun to work with as well as a fun bridal party, albeit a few cheeky fellows in there. Made for great times. Wishing you blessings in your marriage,
...........love n laughter, treasure the moments.
Nic.


Adam and Mav



Carley.. isnt she stunning?





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