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Hi

Welcome to my BLOG!

My name is Sam and I’m a lifestyle photographer based in Lennox Head. I specialise in taking relaxed photos of you & your children doing what you do best - being YOURSELVES! No more “cheese” and “smile at the camera honey” - run, play, have FUN! Whether I’m taking photos of you in your home, at the beach, or at the park down the road the most important thing is that everyone enjoys themselves!

Now a little about myself...

I first found photography when I was in high school where I would spend hours tinkering around in the darkroom. After a period of doubt as to what I was going to do with my life I found I was picking up my camera more and more. And I realised that I couldn't think of anything I would rather do than take photos.

Through the sensational help of Craig & Diana from Jordan Photography I have been able to mould my love of clicking the shutter at anything and everything to a love of capturing the pouts, cheeky smiles, tantrums and pure innocence of children as they grow and change!

You can view my entire portfolio and read more information on what I offer on my website.

Enjoy!

The Starkey Family

June 14th, 2009

Yesterday I had a lot of fun shooting the first FunKid shoot! When Amanda called me to say that she had one of my Gift Cards from FunKid I was so excited - I can’t wait for more people to get on board with these! If you want to know more about the Gift Cards you’ll have to go into the funkiest kids clothes store - FunKid in River St, Ballina :-)

So I met the Starkey family yesterday and we headed to Main Beach, Ballina for a bit of fun in the sand. It was such a beautiful day for it and these guys were absolute troopers - up for anything!

The whole family -

11mth old Alyssa - she turns one in a couple of weeks! How adorable is she -

Mum braved the waves and smelly log for this shot but Alyssa wasn’t quite sure what to think of the waves!

Cheeky -

Such a cutie!

I couldn’t believe that I got this shot I was cracking up so much when Alyssa turned and looked at me like this -

Look at the determination - one guess where she’s headed!

That’s right the water!

My favourite shot from the shoot -

All the posing took it’s toll on Alyssa she was beat by the time we finished up.

It was such a joy to shoot this easy-going family! All three of you made my job very easy!

~ S

Why Not?

June 9th, 2009

Have a shoot just because we can! With the perfect weather on Monday I couldn’t resist grabbing my camera and a couple of friends and heading out for a bit of an impromptu shoot. Maggie came along - it’s always more fun to have a second shooter! And Shelly from the recent Twins shoot agreed to be our gorgeous model for the day.

We headed to a nearby cane field to start with -

This is one of my favourite photographs from the shoot but I just couldn’t decide which I liked better colour or b&w - what do you think?

One of Maggie’s gorgeous shots -

And then into Byron Bay for some more urban looking photos -

When you see this wall in it’s entirety it is incredible - very, very impressive!!

Thanks again Shelly for being an amazing model!!

~ S

CONGRATULATIONS ELLIE!!

June 4th, 2009

On the birth of you baby girl, Naomi Ruth.

Born 29/05/09 - 6 pound 10 ounces.

Mum & Bub are doing fantastic!

Can’t wait to meet her :-)

Expecting - Ellie

May 20th, 2009

Last week I got the opportunity to shoot a close friend who has 2 weeks to go in her pregnancy and we had a ball. We made for an interesting crew as we approached the headland, Ellie pregnant and carrying a bag of clothes, Maggie & myself carrying two big cameras and a bunch of gear with Ellie’s sister Laura bring up the rear on her cruches! The shoot was a lot more fast paced then I’m used to with the sun quickly setting but we managed to beat it and get some great shots that I know Ellie will love looking back on as bub grows up!!