Category Archives: Kids and baby photography

Gracie & Sadie | Perth Children and Family Photographer

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I absolutely loved this photo shoot! Such an adorable family :) Gracie and I were the best of friends straight away hehe! We were picking flowers in the garden, and she was copying all of my silly faces hehe! I love the sense of humour that kids have at such a young age! Sadie was so adorable! She was such a calm, settled bub and even had a nap during the session, which meant we could capture a few really beautiful sleepy shots. I hope to see this family again in the future for more photographs as Gracie and Sadie grow! I had so much fun!

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Lilly Squire | Perth Baby Photographer

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This little cutie came into my studio at 6 and a half weeks old. She was a bit sick when she was tiny and new so her photos had to wait. It was a nice change having a bub in the studio that was a little bit older, it is amazing how they change in just a few weeks! Her eyes were so amazingly bright and engaged! I almost didn’t want her to sleep so I could keep taking photos of her beautiful bright eyes! With a little bit of work and persistence she was snoozing soundly and we got some really dreamy, sleepy pics :) Lily is going to be breaking hearts in no time! What a cutie!

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Baby Cake Smash Fun | Perth Baby Photography

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This week it was my beautiful niece Mckenzie’s birthday :) I cannot believe a year has passed since she entered the world because now I can’t imagine my life without her. She has brought so much joy and laughter to my life and I cannot wait to share many adventures with her into the future and watch her grow :) To celebrate her first birthday we bought her a giant cake with pink icing, all for her, and let her go crazy! Hehe! She made a whole lot of mess and had a whole lot of fun! We sang to her and clapped and laughed :) it was just as much fun for us as it was for her!

I am offering this experience to people who also want this cute keepsake for their bubs first birthday, you can do the shoot and use the images for a birthday card, birthday invitations or even a canvas to commemorate your little ones first year of life. We all know how quickly time passes – stop time and capture the fun and joy of your beautiful baby and celebrate his or her first amazing year :)

If you live in Perth western Australia and want to experience a baby cake smash contact me at erin@e-creative.com.au – for pricing and booking enquiries

Baby Zoe and a puppy named Ruby | Perth Baby Photography

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When Fiona asked me to do a shoot with her lovely little girl Zoe and her new puppy Ruby I was super excited! What a challenge! They say never work with kids or animals but I say BOOooo to that! Bring it on!

The day was great. The puppy didn’t want to stay still for long but that puppies for you :) We managed really well! Got a few really great shots, I was really happy how it all turned out :)

Haha! This pic makes me smile so much!

As you can see we had great fun! Zoe is such a pleasure to work with, this is my third photo shoot with her :) She is so smiley and wonderful hehe!

Thanks for choosing me to be your photographer again Fiona! :)

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William & Xavier | Perth Kids Photography

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Two very cute little guys came into my studio last week to get some photos taken for their mum Joanna :)  They were beeeaaauutiifull!! One very happy, very tiny little William and one very well behaved gorgeous little boy, Xavier, with the most amazing curly blond locks you have ever seen!!!

They were a pleasure to work with! William slept at the perfect moments and we were able to get some really great sleepy baby pics, and Xavier was very polite and sweet! :)

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How cute is this kid …  I mean look at those curls!!!!

Isn’t this the cutest thing ever! hehe! I was so happy with these!

Then me and Xav went to the park next door so he could pick a flower for mummy! naww!

Got a couple moments of brotherly love :)

We took a few Christmas pics and yes you may notice my lovely neice Mckenzie makes a feature in one of these pics :) Xav really wanted a picture with “that baby” hehehe and I love the face she is making haha totally impressed!

I would like to say a big thank you to Jo for the opportunity to take pics of her lovely kids! I hope to be able to take more of them in the future! I love the result and I hope she likes them too :)

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The Rooke’s in the studio | Perth Kids Photography

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I had a photo shoot booked for the lovely Rachelle and Andy Rooke. They wanted some photos of their 3 kids; Kalan, Aleisha and Leyton. They were looking for some nice studio shots of the three of them in their wedding outfits as they just recently got married overseas and wanted to have some keepsakes of their little ones in their cute little outfits.

It was the first photo shoot with kids in the studio so I was pretty excited to see how it would go. It was great but after doing two photo shoot with kids in the studio now –  I find the studio doesn’t hold kids attentions for long and they like to go outside, which is good for me too hehe! A bit of variation is always a good thing and luckily I live in an area that has plenty of parks around for some nice location shots. We got plenty lovely photos in the studio of the kids and then we went up to the park where I got my favourite shots of the day. Kalan has such beautiful eyes and eyelashes, I think you will agree … super jealous!

Here are a few shots from the studio

Here are a few shots from a little play in the park :)

hehehe love this one –  During this photo Kalan was telling me that we would have to have lunch together hehe!

Aleisha is very much a free spirit, I got some lovely shots of her during the day but she didn’t want to stay still for very long hehehe

What a cutie!

I had a really great day and I hope they love the photos :)

 

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A lovely day on the beach | Perth Family Photography

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This is what I call a job :) I had a nice drive to Port Beach in Fremantle to meet a lovely family for my first intro offer photo shoot.

I met Niki, Steve, Shacia and baby Melia. They were a lovely family and I am so glad they were my first family photo shoot. I didn’t know them at all before seeing them at the beach ready to take photos, so it was a nice challenge getting to know them and for them to get to know me and open up to take some lovely photos. They were such relaxed, cruisey people so it made my job very easy and very enjoyable.

I’m not going to put too many pictures up because I want them to be able to see them first so here is a little sneak peek of the lovely day:

I think the shoot went really well and I am happy with the results, the most important thing is that the family likes them :)

What do you think? Feel free to leave feedback :)

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Studio

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While on my travels I was inspired to create a home studio for many reasons, the main one being having control over light during my shoots. It is pretty important to have a controlled environment when taking pictures of newborns especially which is something that I am really excited about getting into.

I bought the lights online while I was away and they were waiting for me when I returned. The moment I got back from the airport I just wanted to tear into them and construct them straight away but I needed to figure out where they would live before then. I live with my parents at the moment too so finding a place that I can use them without intruding on their space was important too. We decided with a bit of work we could possibly convert the garage. The problem was making the garage into a more comfortable space. The garage wasn’t exactly the ideal place in the state it is in now so we knew it would be a lot of work.

BEFORE

After a long time thinking about it we decided we would put up light blocking curtains that also help with sound and temperature. Finding a way to attach them to the ceiling was the challenging part. My dad is a bit of a handyman though so he was able to find a way. Making sure that all the attatchments were along main roof supports so that it is very safely secured to the ceiling. You can actually see the railing that dad made in the before pic.

You would not believe the price you would pay for curtains, especially when you have 9m of rail to cover haha I looked into buying the fabric myself but it was actually cheaper to buy made curtains at IKEA and they are better because they control sound, light and temperature.

As soon as I got the hooks and curtains home I was a woman on a mission and I had them up in no time… If you hadn’t noticed by now I am a bit of a do-er … Once an idea is in my head I don’t stop till it is done.

Once the curtains were up there was an instant change to the feel of the garage. It was cosier and sound doesn’t echo.

I got a bit ahead of myself in my excitement though, I wanted to really gut the garage out and clean it from top to bottom. I spent a whole day cleaning from ceiling to floor. Pulling everything out and giving everything a good clean. It was strange vacuuming a garage I will be honest haha but this is my place of work now so I put a lot of love into it.

Here’s a shot mid clean up .. gross! haha

After it was all tidied up I put up my backdrop to test it out and little baby Mckenzie came around for the first photo shoot in my studio.

I mucked around with lighting and seeing what the natural light was like. It was a lot of fun. There are a few more things I would like to add to my studio over time but for now I have the basics and I am happy with my efforts. Next step is some flooring, props and creative backdrops! Weehee!

Here are some shots from the day:

 

 

First shoot, so theres plenty room for improvement but it was great fun! Thanks little M for being a wonderful model, as always :)

More studio practice to come :)

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The beginnings of a business

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Beginning a business is tough! I am so passionate about this and excited which is keeping me afloat, but I never knew there would be so many things that I needed to pay for to get this thing going. As they say you need to speculate to accumulate, but how do you speculate when you have just been on a very expensive adventure around Europe and your all out of dollars to speculate with??!

Well I decided to start a one time introductory offer for mums and bubs – a ridiculously cheap, crazy, good offer to get people in the door. Hopefully they will get talking and then tell their friends once they are happy with the shots! Now I know I can’t live off this kind of income but the shoots will be fantastic and I hope that from there I will get more business. I am only just starting out after all. As soon as I put this advert out I had booked all 5 within a few days! Which is great! Now the fun part – researching concepts weehee!

The great thing about all of the shoots is that all the families have such individual personalities, which will be super fun when it comes to shooting on the day :)

I have been getting all my best ideas at crazy times in the night and morning, so I have been having some pretty late nights but I know it will be worth it in the end. I am going to be working on something else thats a little exciting… More design orientated this time but I can’t tell you until I have got it figured out perfectly but it’s pretty cool :) So keep an eye out!

 

Melbourne Cup

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Melbourne Cup!

I would have to say Melbourne Cup is probably my second favourite day of the year, after Christmas that is. Every year we celebrate in our own way! A huge focus is always placed on food :) As for the fashion? No hats I am afraid, but as long as my dress has pockets to keep my betting slips in, I am happy!

This year was all about share platters – inspired by the latest season of Great Brittish Menu possibly haha! Great day, great company and I had 2 x 1st and a 2nd … not a bad effort!

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