January PAD {day 2}
Today we celebrated my big girl turning 13. Her birthday is on the last day of the year but really, we have continued the celebrations since then. She’s celebrated tonight with her posse, and let me tell you, they are an amazing bunch of young women, brains, wit, sass, empathy, artistic flare, consideration, respect are […]
January PAD 2016 {day 1}
So many of my awesomely inspiring photography buddies have been doing this photoaday (aka. PAD) thing-a-me-bob every january for several years now. I often look with mixed emotions of joy {for them} and I dunno, apathy, jealousy, disappointment or something similar {for me}. The negative emotions come up because I think – I couldn’t possibly […]
Elias {brisbane newborn photographer}
“Life is a Flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born.” ~ George Bernard Shaw ~ Thanks for coming Gemma Uiki and Elias, Jess xx {essence images, brisbane newborn photographer}
Pure Joy
Iv’e got to admit, crawling babies’ really make me go gah-gah and want to have another one myself. This little blossom was ridiculously cute. My eyes were tearing up with joy watching her giggle, smile and crawl around my studio recently. Her mixed bag of expressions are priceless, the way she tenses her arms and […]