Yearly Archives: 2010

single mamas take 2 – the teenage years!

Ok I know you’ve all been wanting to see how I went with shooting a teenage boy.  How would it go?  Sullen stares?  Grunts?  Oh ye of little faith!  Au contraire! Lisa and Sam are a deliciously close, beautiful mother and son pair.  Lisa has been raising Sam as a sole parent for about 12yrs...

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Single Mamas Rock!

Seriously, if someone told me that I had to parent my children without their father around, I’d probably be found lying in a corner, blubbering in the foetal position and clutching a bottle of wine.  However there are so many amazing women that do this every day.  Solo parenting = hard, hard work.  Sure it’s...

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When Planets Align

Sometimes everything just seems to work out.  You know how some days you wake up and there have already been five mishaps before your tea goes cold?  Hmmm…  I definitely know those days!  But then some days…some days shine brighter than others.  They have a beauty all of their own.  Everyone is happy, decisions are...

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37 by 9

Well it’s starting to feel a lot like summer – on every third day or so at least.  What’s with all this intermittent winter weather we’re having at the moment?  Mind you, it does make for deliciously crisp, cool evenings which means I don’t have to pack away my flannelette pyjamas just yet.  (And if...

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first post/recent shoot

So here we are – you’re looking at my blog.  I’m writing my blog.  It’s a strange, detached yet intimate dance we’re about to embark upon, oh reader. I am really looking forward to having this blog, writing up stuff, showing off photos of the really cool people I meet and the awesome children I...

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