Angie Baxter Photography

Client Post: Family Photographs Melbourne

Angie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:55:35 +0000

Some snippets of fun and cuddles.

Milestones

Angie — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:47:54 +0000

My baby turned 5 this week. Another milestone has passed.

I used to always feel sad at each of their birthdays. Lamenting how they were growing too fast. Longing for their chunky babyness to remain. Another year older marked the perfect time for me to drown myself in old video footage from the years before.

I have always referred to Imogen as “my baby”. Calling her “my best baby” to differentiate her from Jaz, who is “my best big girl”.

So at her birthday dinner when I called her “baby girl”, she said, “I’m 5 now, I’m not a baby anymore.” Historically this would have sent me into a weepy decline. Now I would definitely be dragging out baby videos when we got home?? But I felt just fine. I have wanted to get my head around their inevitable growth .. to feel good about it.

For me, the key to this acceptance is not feeling regretful about my parenting. There is no, “I wish I had done more of this… or less of that…” I am an engaged, happy parent most of the time. And for the many times that I am not, I don’t beat myself up about it.

Now Imi is 5 and starts school next week. And I just feel thankful for her 5 glorious baby years and am ready for the next stage. No tears required.

As I tucked her in after a long day of picnicking, bushwalking and celebrating, I tested… “goodnight baby big girl.” She seemed content with the new title, for now…

Jaz and Will pressing a finger in each others back to help them up the hill.

Baby Photographer Melbourne

Angie — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:37:04 +0000

A bubby session from a wee while back. Simple and cute. x

Melbourne Family Photographer

Angie — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:30:21 +0000

A little client love — some of my faves… x

Goodbye Bed

Angie — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:15:24 +0000

So, these were the last photos taken in our bed, yesterday morning. Dave got home from the movies last night, hopped into bed… and the whole frame collapsed. While I suggested that was probably one choc-top too many for him, he made arrangements for sleeping on the floor.

The end of an era for our bed of a million years that has housed all our children (I was a lover of co-sleeping when they were small). Let the bed shopping begin (time to hit Pinterest for some ideas I think!)

N.B. That pile of books and magazines on the bed-side table is my current reading material. Does anyone else’s bed-side look like that?

From where I sit…

Angie — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:32:14 +0000

Melbourne weather extremes – 40 degrees one minute and 13 the next. This is summer, and yet I just love this wild, wet and windy day. The heating is on. My comfy cosies are on. And I am so drawn to the view from my office.

My toes in socks at the office door facing the balcony. And the rest… from my window.

I hope I can convince Dave to light a fire tonight. I wonder how it looks from where you sit. x

My Folks

Angie — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:33:48 +0000

My beautiful mummy and darling Tony — known in our house as Grandma and Poppy. They live a good 10 hour drive north, so we always love love love having them stay. They were with us for a week this Christmas and these photos were taken in the garden just before they hit the road for home.

They are so gorgeous, so in love. Tony loves gardening and cooking and makes mum laugh without trying. And Mum loves reading and history and laughing at Tony. Tony bought mum an iPad for Christmas and is calling it her “Toy-Boy” because she’s always hiding off in another room with ‘him’.

And this photo is my absolute favourite photo of them of all time. x

Wedding Photography Melbourne

Angie — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:39:50 +0000

The rain was torrential for the entire day, and not once did this amazing bride and groom mention the weather. Not once. Kate and Mike were just excited, happy, calm, carefree — such a down to earth couple. Dave and I had lots of fun photographing their special day, despite the rain.

Stunning!

The ceremony had to be moved indoors — the room was gorgeously rustic, and dark. Lit only by candles and a few small windows.

Arriving in a downpour, but still cracking jokes and barely any nerves.

Rain stopped for a few minutes.

And just before the light left us and the reception started, the boys had time for some Nerf war.

Holidays have begun

Angie — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:56:57 +0000

Our days have been so lazy and this morning looked a little like this.

Imogen climbed into Will’s bed so he could read to her (from his Xmas set, Diary of a Wimpy Kid).

Hours and hours are being spent in the water. Their swimming is coming along beautifully – in the last few days Will has learnt to dive and somersault into the pool. Imi has learnt to swim from one end of the spa to the other under water and then scream out, “did you see me, did you see me!” every time she emerges.

What I haven’t photographed are images of them fighting – oh the joy of being together day in, day out. Our strategy at this point is to ~~lock them in a cupboard…,~~ I mean, separate them. The next step will be to record their arguments and then force them to watch it in it’s entirety to see if they find it as annoying as we do

Happy holidays

Merry Christmas

Angie — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:37:08 +0000

In the tradition of most family photographers, I wanted to get a family photo sorted for Christmas. When time passed for that to be possible this week, I thought, perhaps a last minute shot of just the kids. Nup, I couldn’t manage that either.

Orders were still being collected today – Christmas Eve!

Amongst the work though, I love to do lots of Christmassy (sp?) things with the kids at Christmas. We have our traditions, and always have lots of fun. We also have lots of tired tears and crankiness (please let me know that it’s the same at your place!).

Here are some snippets of what Christmas is looking like at our house on Christmas Eve.

The kids made clove oranges — they smell divine!

The Christmas tree also has some beautiful school-made decorations.

Will made place cards for the table.

And our traditional Christmas cake that we have been making since Jasmine was old enough to put the hazelnuts on top. This is the best fruit cake that has big chunks of chocolate oozing through it. Santa loves it.

And the table is set and ready to go.

I am just so grateful for my beautiful lot in life — thank you for taking the time to stop by. Much love to my family and friends.

Merriest Christmas, Angie xo

Christmas Kitsch

Angie — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:18:40 +0000

My mother-in-law came to stay this week (to see Imogen in her dance concert which she never ended up doing due to a bout of gastro… poor chicken), and she bought me a Christmas gift. Something she said she simply COULD NOT walk past.

Isn’t he gorgeous! My very own singing, shuffling, photo-taking Santa. The flash bulb even lights up

Plane Spotting

Angie — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:53:56 +0000

Great workshop and session in Adelaide at the weekend, and then I travelled back to Melbs on Monday. Dave and the kids met me at the airport and we took them for ice-creams and plane spotting. A windy, noisy, messy outing – but the kids loved it! x

Gorgeous – Baby Photography Melbourne

Angie — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:24:44 +0000

This little munchkin was just 4 weeks old at her session. Too cute for words!

I love the drunken sleepy face after a feed x

Photographers Tip: Most of these were taken with ISOs ranging from 1250 to 2000.

Photography Workshop Dates for 2012 are about to be released. If you would like to hear about them when they’re announced, please let me know here. This release also includes information for available photography sessions around Australia for first half of the year.

Roast Pumpkin Muffins

Angie — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:41:46 +0000

Roast pumpkin and fetta – winning combination. I made these muffins on Sunday – they are super delish, sort of healthy…ish. You can find the recipe here. Best eaten warm and the tray of 12 lasts about 5 minutes. x

Friends

Angie — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:35:51 +0000

A few weeks back we visited friends for a BBQ and in between courses we took 5 minutes for a few photies of the beautiful hubba bubba. x

The anticipation and love of the raspberry

Weather

Angie — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:13:53 +0000

Crazy Melbourne rainy weather. Imogen spent the morning snuggled up listening to the rain… and Phineas and Ferb.

Dave and I are out tonight with friends and brothers and sister-in-law for Eddie Izzard – our FAVE comedian. Happy weekend to you, rainy or not. x

In Love

Angie — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:00:10 +0000

I love these two beautiful souls. I photographed Ashley and Chris last Christmas and was so happy to take part in their tradition again. This time we shot around their home town in the country. They are most divine people, inside and out. I can’t wait for next years’ shoot — and am waiting for the day when Ashley calls and says, “there are 3 of us now!” :) xo

Baby Photography

Angie — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:58:54 +0000

An incredibly scrumpy bub.

A bit of sass from big sister.

And some good old sibling love.

The sibling shots above were all shot on 50mm 1.2 lens at ISO 1000, f/3.2 and 1/500s — approx. 2m from window light. x

Danielle

Angie — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:04:38 +0000

Danielle is such a gorgeous girl and fellow photographer. She needed a set of images that reflected her personality to use for her business. She is stunning anyway, but I think Napoleon Perdis have done a fab job on her make-up.

In other news, my babes have been getting good use of the pool now that the weather is hotting up. I get so happy to see lots of chunky little butt cheeks squeezing out of their bathers! I will be sure to indulge you with some pics of this soon

Family Love

Angie — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:47:32 +0000

Sometimes when I photograph gorgeous little kiddies, I like to take very serious shots of them. x

New Song

Angie — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:02:54 +0000

Jaz is a prolific song writer and has enough for an album, bless her little 10-yr old heart. Dave helped her record her first song earlier this year and today they got technical again and worked all afternoon recording another. Hopefully I can share with you soon! x

Bubby

Angie — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:18:47 +0000

‘Twas our wedding anniversary yesterday and when we woke, Dave handed me a card (with the sweetest words – he’s a good egg) and a small box that had keys inside. Then he told me to look under the bed. Ooooh, so exciting. There was a huge silver case which I unlocked and there was a Bronica ETRSi medium format film camera with a couple of lenses and rolls of film. I was so shocked and happy I cried. I’ve already shot a roll and now the impatience has kicked in while I wait for it to be processed. I look forward to sharing my learning adventures in the ways of medium format film photography. A whole new ball game for me!

And… some bubby love x

Family Photos

Angie — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:44:12 +0000

I am tapping away here very early on a rainy Saturday morning. My trip to Ballarat for an engagement session as been post-poned due to the wild weather, so me and my loves have found ourselves with a free Saturday together we weren’t expecting. We are all still in pj’s. Hot chocolates and coffees and toast and eggs have been had. The kids are on to game number 4 and I am blogging. Later we are getting the sewing machine out and making bookmarks for presents (to family reading this, you can act surprised if they happen to be included in your Xmas gift!).

I haven’t really sewn anything before. I bought a sewing machine when I became a mother, thinking idealistically that motherhood would involve much making of costumes (despite my awkward use of pins and needles). I made a few baby blankets — well… cut squares of material and hemmed the edges. And then the sewing machine was packed safely away… to be resurrected today, on this rainy quiet Saturday, to teach my darlings to sew

And now, a beautiful family from a recent Sydney session. The next Sydney sessions will be in early 2012, so please drop me a line to me@angiebaxter.com.au if you are interested. x

A Wedding

Angie — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:27:01 +0000

I have a few images that I wanted to share from this beautiful wedding I photographed a few weeks ago. Meet the very happy… Jane and Ian.

I was deeply moved by the incredible relationships Jane and Ian have with their family and friends. The love that filled their space on their wedding day was bountiful and a testament to who they are.

Ian’s daughters surprised them during the ceremony with a song. They are not professional singers – but could be! It was one of the highlights of the day and I love Ian’s reaction.

There were two in the bed…

Angie — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:34:04 +0000

Children have always found their way into our bed during the night. Jazzy stopped coming in around the time Will started. And then once Imi began her midnight visits, Will stayed put in his own bed. Two nights out of three we will find Imogen between us, and we sometimes wonder how on earth she got in there without us realising.

This morning the face that greeted me was this one. It has been so long since Will came into our bed that I couldn’t resist a quick snap. He looked so cosy and warm and snuggly. It was fortuitous that my camera was on the bedside table – I don’t usually sleep with it!

I am inspired for room decoration at the moment and am working on a reading corner (currently known as the washing dumping ground) and Will’s bedroom. To get the ball rolling I’ve had some New York prints made.

This shot has been printed on fine art paper – 30×20″. It looks truly incredible and I can’t wait to have it framed and hanging. The art paper has given each building a 3D effect.

And this photo I had printed as a poster that is now hanging above Will’s bed. x