I will tell anyone who will listen that my Sister in-law and her partner have an AMAZING nursery in Newcastle. I have watched Highswandive grow from a small bench full of plants outside a pocket sized shop in Newcastle CBD to a much loved local institution. I was lucky to catch a bit of sun between the clouds when I was up in Newy, can’t get a bad shot in this place!
Aterre Is a small, future-focused, residential architecture practice that fosters engaged, participatory design thinking with their clients. We shot at Desk and Studio in Petersham and lapped up the natural light that streamed in.
By far my favourite place to eat in the Blue Mountains, Tempus fills up the senses and your tummy. We shot these on a beautiful sunny Katoomba afternoon, working hard to capture every dish then sitting down to enjoy the meal. THE PERKS!
“The primary drivers at the heart of everything we do here at Tempus revolve around the core concepts of sustainability, place and community. From the early stages of design and construction, to the products we serve on our menu, right through to how we process waste, we strive to do the best we can by our community and the environment.”
Oh Blossom is owned by Cass Scully; Floral Designer, Botanical Stylist and interior designer. Her studio in Bullaburra is teaming with colour, texture and form and LIGHT! We had a fun morning playing with concepts and some of her new products.
Oh Blossom is a Blue Mountains based business supplying everlasting flowers to cafes and shops. The beauty of dried and preserved flowers is that they require minimal care and maintenance, so, unlike perishable products, they look beautiful for long periods of time.
Fed is just gorgeous, the food is fresh home-made and hearty. The atmosphere is warm and super friendly. A really lovely place to hang out in the Blue Mountains. With beautiful morning light streaming through large windows, you can watch the world go by while having your breaky. I really enjoy people watching downstairs.
A feature story for Organic Gardener Magazine featuring Joe and his urban farm in Springwood. Story written by Jacqueline Forster.
On June 5th 2021 more than 300 people gathered in the Blue Mountains and said “Enough is Enough” to gender based violence. These images were captured on the day to keep the rally cry going! They remind us of the passion, energy and power of our community to make change. While each image has its own personal story, collectively they declare the “Blue Mountains says NO to violence”
You can see the online exhibition I curated with the support of Blue Mountains Women's Health and Resource Centre (https://www.bmwhrc.org/) here:
https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/7189788/blue-mountains-says-no-to-violence
I had the pleasure of doing a portrait sitting and branding session with Dr John and his team at his surgery in Penrith. We workshopped ideas for the branding photos, taking lots of natural photos of John working with detail shots to be used on social media.
Dr John has performed a range of complex humanitarian surgeries overseas as a Surgeon Commander with the Royal Australian Navy.
I took the kids on a 3 week road trip up to Nimbin area. Remy lost his first tooth, started reading and was a wild child. Noni went through some massive growth spurt and added about 500 words to her vocabulary. It was very hard work, as can be seen by my face in the photo Remy took of me. But glad we did it!
This image is one of my favourite images ever. Meeting Agatha was such a highlight at a time when I was super sick with morning sickness and barely making it out of the house after 6 weeks in bed. She was wonderful, present, open and I was instantly drawn to her. It is not surprising her partner’s portrait of her won the Archibald just days after. I feel like this image captured a little of the Agatha that Mitch so wonderfully captured in his painting. Massive swoon. Shot for NAVA
Shot for Art Collector Magazine
I shot Therese of Ena and Albert in her studio for ETSY. She is now making beautiful weavings and enamel jewellery. She is a power house of experimentation and creative drive.
Fierce students from UNSW’s Co-op program
A student profile for The School of Architecture Design and Planning at The University of Sydney
Angela D’Alton and Renee Baker of DBP are mentors for creative industries “We’ve created this business to feed our passion; to support the independent designers and artists of Australia with their micro businesses through mentorships and specialised services.” We shot a branding series, have a squiz.
I took a class in Mindfulness through photography with The School Of Life led by Photographer Christopher Phillips. We meditated and individually walked around the Botanic Gardens. We had a chance to look particularly at highlight and shadows, colour and then texture and form. I felt some of my childhood fascination with photography returning as I ducked and weaved around the gardens.
We had lots of great times in Vietnam and lots of tantrums and tears. Remy watched a lot of TV. Highlights included the street food of Hanoi, riding bikes around Yen Duc village, the aquarium in Kuala Lumper, dusky yellow light on happy tourists in Hoi An and slowly cruising around spooky Halong Bay as the sun disappeared. TBH Remy screamed every time I took my camera out, so I only took a couple of photos.
Buzz the van took us down to Victoria and back. We met lots of river folk, including a friendly horse. Remy had his first hair cut and was a new kid. New Years with our mates in a dilapidated beach house in Mornington was glorious. Thanks Buzz.
