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The perfect secret garden for portraits and … plants! I have wanted to have a session at Rockledge Gardens since the first time I stepped foot there. It started with my search for pretty flowers for my home, and ended in an email inquire on their rules. As soon as I could, I inquired to […]

Freshly Engaged – Regular Session turned Engagement Session Dive into this surprise engagement session with me. I was hired last minute by Emma and Blake to take photos of them on the beach during their vacation. Little did I know that Blake had proposed to her that very week! Emma and Blake came to Melbourne, […]

Why Hangars Beach is a great location for your family photography session. Our original family photography session was supposed to take placed the day after Christmas. Which would have been great if the weather forecast hadn’t drastically changed within the week before. What was originally supped to be a cool breeze kind of morning turned […]

The Calomino Family It’s the Christmas season and everyone is trying to book their family photography sessions in time to print out holiday cards. I had the pleasure to photograph the Calomino family a few weeks ago. I’m a *little* late at blogging but here it is! This mom and dad did a great job […]

Christmas Minis at Santas Tree Farm 2022 To say I was nervous about this years Christmas Minis is an understatement! I wanted to do something more Christmas themed, and a beach wasn’t going to cut it. So what’s more “Christmas-y”? – Christmas Trees! On Santas very own tree farm! I decided to host the sessions […]

I wish I had had more time to enjoy Philips Animal Garden. Firstly, I expected a lot less when I read about it. Philips Animal Garden was literally better than most big city zoos!. I believe the ability to get close to the animals and feed them made the whole experience very interactive and personable. […]

I Guess This Makes Me a Travel Photographer 💁🏻‍♀️ This is a point that any photographer is over the moon to achieve. Being able to call themselves a ✨ Travel Photographer! ✨ I had to record my first family photoshoot in Aruba! Now, perhaps I was already on vacation in Aruba (visiting family, which I […]

The Pandemic changed things for a lot of people. It affected families everywhere in different ways. For our family, it made it impossible for me and my family to leave the US and go to Aruba where I am originally from. Choose to think what you want, but forcing kids at the age of 2 […]

Beyond gorgeous, the Butterfly Farm in Aruba is a stunning place to enjoy the extensive foliage and free roaming butterflies. On a personal note, my now husband and I went to the Butterfly Farm in St. Maarten years ago in 2016 when we started dating. Both farms are owned by a close friend of mine. […]

I like to think that I’m funny with my title. But for now it’s true since I am certainly no expert in the field of ‘rocket launch long exposure photography’. Boy that doesn’t roll off the tongue. Why is long exposures of rocket launches a slow learning curve? Well.. for the simple reason that they […]