Oh how times flies …

It feels like only seconds ago that I was photographing this family with their first baby …

Now there is a new kid on the blog … opps, block!

Welcome to the world, Chase … you are just as gorgeous as your big sister …

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what a lucky little man … to have such a gorgeous big sister …

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Thanks so much guys for a great morning! Your little family is simply divine. *mwah*

Kate xxx

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Children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.

~ David Bly

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Adelaide Newborn Photographer

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I am surrounded by babies at the moment – not only in my (amazing) work life but also in my personal life.  It is such a lovely feeling to see so many of my close friends starting (and adding to) their families.  To think ahead and dream of the memories our children will create together and to think back and compare them to the memories we have together from when we were growing up ourselves.  It is just such a special time that I am so grateful to be a part of.

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Last night I travelled to Yorke Peninsula to a gorgeous property just outside of Port Broughton.  My friend lives there.  She has made the cutest baby.

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Meet Max.  3 weeks old.  Hannah and Heath are oozing love for this little guy out of every single pore.

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… and of course a photo in the ‘crop’.

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Love you guys!

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xx Merryn

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‘Your child is your heart walking outside your body’

- unknown

Middle Earth in the Adelaide Hills

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This family is a little bit special to Head in the Clouds.  And especially to me.

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Angela and Luke have been clients of mine since their eldest daughter was a newborn.  And we were so excited when they won our Head in the Clouds launch competition and we got to photograph them again. So last weekend it was time again for another installment of this little family of four who have captured our hearts and hold a very special place in the Head in the Clouds family.

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If I could choose any piece of land to build my dream home on, this would have to be it.  This place is amazing.  You can tell why Angela and Luke fell in love with it.  As you walk along the terraces, creeks and stone stairways you feel like you are on the set of a movie.  It is just incredible.

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Yes. This is all in their backyard. Magnificent.

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xx Merryn

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‘Memories come flooding over me as I look back on the years.

I want to hold on to you and at the same time watch you fly high and free.’

- Vicki M. Worsham

A ‘little’ big brother

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I met this absolutely gorgeous family through our wedding winners John and Michelle.

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From the moment I entered this house I felt a calmness that I can not explain.  This family were just so relaxed and happy and…. content.  It was a pure joy to photograph such love in a relaxed home.  I was mesmerised by Mr L who won my heart with his bowling elephants.

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Thank you again for a lovely morning filled with giggles and fun.

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xx Merryn

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PS – You may have noticed that we have changed the name of our blog peeks to ‘First Glimpse’.  You may also have noticed a few other changes to our blog and our website over the past few weeks.  There are a few more to come, many of which we are bursting with excitement about sharing with you!  Stay tuned!

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PPS – We only have 2 spots left for our Winter Mini Sessions – Do not miss this opportunity – be quick to reserve your place!

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‘I looked at you today and saw the same beautiful eyes that looked at me with love when you were a baby…..’

- Susan Polis Schutz

Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens Mini Sessions …

It has been a whirlwind few weeks here in “the Clouds” … and a huge highlight has been the amazing success of our wonderful mini sessions … Held just last weekend at the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens, we met so many new Adelaide families as well as caught up with past clients and of course our families who book their mini session in every year to keep their portraits up to date.  Mini Sessions are a fabulous, convenient and affordable way to update your family photographs regularly and capture some fun moments for you to display on your walls!

Here are just a few of the absolutely gorgeous families we met on Saturday……..

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If you are still thinking about booking in for a Mini Session in Pt Elliot THIS SUNDAY, be quick as there are only a couple of spaces still available – we would love to meet you!!

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‘These are the gifts that are far above priceless.

These are the memories that are made of pure love.’

- Douglas Pagels

Family Photographer

I’m feeling reminicient today.

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My baby girl turned three yesterday (yes, three!) And as the years quickly slip by I feel more and more of that ‘happy/sad’ that you feel when you know your babies are growing up in the blink of an eye. Is it melancholy? not quite … because I can now leave the house with just one nappy and some wipes (yes, she’s still in nappies!), instead of the truck load of gear I needed only 12 months ago … but when I work with our client’s I remember (with fondness) the totters and smiles and giggles and determination of the very early years.

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These two totally gorgeous girls I worked with on Friday reminded me very much of my eldest daughter when she was little … if she wanted to go in a particular direction, nothing .. I repeat nothing … would change her course of direction. You run after her, turn her around, and immediately she turns again and is on the same course … with a determined (and surprisingly fast) totter – to reach ‘over there‘ which is far more interesting than ‘over here‘ …!

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We headed to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens for this family photography session … a gorgeous day, with just a hint of sunshine and a few last leaves on the ground …

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These two little ones certainly keep their gorgeous mumma on her toes! lol …

Thanks so much for a great morning Claire! Your girls were great! I’ll have your full gallery up very shortly

Kate xxx

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“Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.”

~Richard L Evans

belly beautiful …

It is both scary and wonderful when we are asked by friends to photograph a special time in their lives … Scary in a ‘gosh, its like having friends rock up at work‘ and wonderful in a humbling – ‘they asked ME to photograph them! ‘ kind of way …

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I’ve known this family since I met Nikki at Mum’s Group nearly 7 years ago – 20-or-so sleep deprived, foggy brained first time mums all wondering how on earth they could love their brand new tiny babes so intensely.

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As the weeks and months went by, our Mum’s Group finished with about 5 or so mums and kids getting together every fortnight for cake, coffee (aka wine and whine!) … our children now go to school together, and we catch up for a few seconds every day at drop offs and pick ups, and of course, the odd ‘mums-night-off’ … (bring on Tuesday night girls!)

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So it was an honor to photograph this beautiful family, awaiting the arrival of Number 3 (I guess I mustn’t have put Nikki off too much with my three!) …

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At 35 weeks, and totally sick of people asking her if she is sure there is only one baby in there? … she is looking totally divine! … (oh and no wonder they are adding a number three .. the first two are suuuuper cute!)

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Divine right!? …

Stay tuned … newborn imagery is due in about 6 weeks!

Kate xx

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Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder,

and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.
– Carrie Fisher

Mark and Tic have waited a very long time for this moment.  And last Monday (in the very wee hours of the morning) their dream came true and they met their little boy Dylan for the very first time.  I photographed Dylan as a bump and I just had a feeling that he was going to be a boy.  I was absolutely delighted to spend all morning in their lovely Clarendon home listening to stories of a beautiful, intimate birth and photographing this little guy who absolutely loves his wombie!

What a beautiful morning I had.  Thank you for sharing his goodness with me.

~ Merryn

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‘To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.’

~Josh Billings

We met this beautiful little man as he was being escorted to the Adelaide Parents Babies and Children’s Expo by his wonderful mother several weeks ago. At three and a half months of age he was totally divine to work with, and loved being snuggled up in this wonderful fur throw …

The special bond he had with his mum was obvious from the start … they were totally in love with each other!

One of our main aims was to get this shot …. it took a while, but he finally nodded off, and it was smooth sailing … just check out those lips!

after his little nap, and as I was packing up, he started giving the BEST ‘whole face’ smiles … just gorgeous!

What a happy little chap!

Thanks so much for a great morning guys, your little man certainly has a wonderful personality! I can’t wait to show you the rest of your gallery.

Kate xx

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By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.

~Charles Wadsworth

A few weekends ago, I headed to the Aldgate Train Station with a family I have been photographing for nearly 5 years! … it is such a pleasure to see this beautiful family grow … I am proud to call them my friends.

Thanks so much for a lovely morning guys! And for helping me confirm that I now LOVE this location for shoots!

Kx

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“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”