Last weekend I made a flying trip up to Perth and had the opportunity for a pet portrait session with Max, a gorgeous girl that I have been lucky to photograph usually once or twice a year since she was a pup.  This beautiful girl is absolutely devoted and fiercely loyal to her owners, incredibly intelligent - and like any good working dog - totally focussed on her throw toys!  These are just a few of my favourite photos from her portrait session.  Isn't she gorgeous?

Information on Booking a pet portrait photography session for your favourite pet.

View my gallery of photographs from past pet portrait photography sessions.

April/May 2012

Casting Call for Baby and Child and Teen Portrait Photography Models

As part of my "Fresh Faces" campaign I am looking for enthusiastic and photogenic children to participate in a relaxed and fun 1-2 hour (depending on age) portrait photography session at an outdoor location at your home or park in or around Boyup Brook*.

Age Groups Required:

• One girl and one boy aged approx 6-9 months (must be sitting independently but not yet walking)
• Two boys and girls between 3 and 8 years
• Teenage girl 13-17 years
• One multiple sibling family from the same age groups.

As thankyou for your participation, the normal session fee of $100.00 will be waived and you will also receive six watermarked web resolution photographs for sharing by email or on facebook ($60.00 value). There is no obligation to purchase prints although you may do so at 25% off normal prices for individual prints.

Requirements:

Each Casting Call session will be conducted just like a paid Portrait Session which involves a significant time investment for me for each session of between 8 and 13+ hours.  Therefore to achieve my goal for these sessions I do have some requirements for participants.

I am specifically looking for kids with spirited and fun filled personalities who can still listen to directions and feel comfortable in front of the camera.

Neat casual "going out" clothes and appearance is essential. Sessions are to be held within the next four weeks, most sessions will be held on weekdays.   Parent/guardian must sign a full model release for print/internet marketing materials and be able to travel to a location close to Boyup Brook (*Further travel is possible but travel fees may apply). No former modelling experience required.

Although not a requirement, I would truly appreciate you spreading the word about my portrait photography business to your family and friends and have a new referral program that rewards you with a $20.00 Print Credit for every new client you refer.

How To Apply:

Please email me or send a message through Facebook with the following details:

• Title: Casting Call Submission
• Child/rens Name
• Child/rens Age
• A brief description of your child’s personality
• How they behave in front of the camera
• Why you would like to be included in the "Fresh Faces" campaign
• A recent photo snapshot

This poor blog has been very neglected lately, so I'm trying very hard to catch up on some blog posts in between working on the new website design and getting the new Facebook cover and timeline sorted (I think it nearly is, and as much as I really, really disliked it to start with...its slowly growing on me).

Along the way Miss B finally became a teenager, here are a few from her 13th Birthday Portrait session. Isn't she gorgeous?

Please contact me by email or telephone 041 4752 127 if you would like to discuss a portrait session to celebrate a special milestone in your child's life.

I've mentioned before that we have Border Collies and just how addictive the breed is...which really is just another way of saying that we have added two more to our family.  These additions are of course fully justified and completely necessary as I need a dog that will work for me as none of our other working bred dogs are mine (I found this out the hard way several months ago when our Dorper ram head butted my knee damaging all the ligaments).  My boy Taj is a beautiful dog with a lovely personality, he would have made a brilliant agility dog...but unfortunately he has the stock sense of a carrot.

This is my justification for doing something so absolutely crazy as adding two more to the pack (no we don't breed and yes they are all house dogs).  My new nickname: Crazy Dog Lady.  But how could I resist such cuteness?  Their breeding from awesome trial dogs was just icing on the cake.  These boys are a slight deviation from the standard black and white and fluffy Border Collie and their sire's New Zealand Heading Dog/BorderCollieThatBarks genes is already evident....as is the cheeky nature of my boy Ryley!

Bailey was the first session that I have done with a child that had not met me before. Bailey is only two years old, very well behaved and was an absolute delight to photograph.

These are a few of my favourites from the session.

To book your child's portrait photography sessions, please fill in the Session Booking Form here.