thank you to all the beautiful stories of romance and love ! here are our three winners …

From Renee Owen of OAKDEN:

“My fiancé and I were on holidays staying at Peppers Casuarina Lodge, Byron Bay. On the last night of our holiday we enjoyed a wonderful dinner at the retreat’s restaurant,Wilson’s by the Creek. Guests where dinning indoors, however when we arrived at the restaurant, I noticed it was a beautiful evening, and I asked our waiter to set up a table on the outside balcony that overlooked the hinterland. We were the first couple to dine on the balcony that night and we started a trend. We enjoyed a beautiful three course meal, dinning on amazing food by candle light.

Gradually the guests left the restaurant, and my finance & I where the only people on the balcony. As we were sipping champagne and savouring our sumptuous desert, my fiancé got down on one knee and proposed, presenting me with my dream engagement diamond ring. My fiancé is very shy in public, so it was a complete surprise to see him get down on one knee and propose.

It was such a special evening; I will never forget that night and our happy holiday. We can definitely say that our Bryon Bay holiday was the start of a beautiful engagement”

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From Rebecca McMann of PARADISE:

“My fiance and I took a quick vacation to Port Fairy, just over the SA boarder into Victoria. We stayed in a gorgeous little weatherboard cottage opposite the little port. It was a rainy weekend in the beginning of March, and we had spent the day walking in the rain around the boardwalks and beaches and looking at all the beautiful little cottages. We went to the local pub for dinner, but as soon as we got there my fiance realised he’d left his wallet back at the cottage and had to race back to collect it. At the time it didn’t feel like he had gone for long!

We had a lovely meal and some beautiful wine. When we  returned to the cottage, the porch light was on. We got out of the car and I walked towards the cottage … I could see a row of rose petals leading in under the door. As we opened the door, the rose petals continued over the floor and spread out in the lounge in a great circle. My fiance asked me to stand in the middle of the petals. He got down on one knee and opened a jewelry box with the most exquisite diamond ring and asked if I would be his wife. I couldn’t stop crying and said yes immediately! It was the most amazing experience of my life!”

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From Helen Frankston of MODBURY:

“My fiance is the most un-romantic person I had ever met. The kind of guy who took me on a date and we had hot chips and sauce! But he’s gorgeous both inside and out, and we had been together for a quite a few years. My 27th birthday was coming up and I said that I would really like to just go out to lunch and have a quiet day. So we went out for an early lunch and headed home at about midday. When we were almost home, my fiance stopped the car and told me to tie a blind fold over my eyes and made me promise not to peek. I had no idea what was going on! …

We pulled into the drive way, and he walked me up into the house and out in the back yard. He took my blindfold off and in front of me was all my friends and family standing there shouting ‘happy birthday!’ … there were balloons and streamers and cheering … and I just burst into tears! It was amazing. The party went well into the evening and at about 6pm, just as people were starting to say goodbye, he started to make a speech. Everyone went quiet, and all of a sudden he was down on one knee asking me to be his wife! I said yes (of course! – and thinking ‘typical – no ring!) and once we had kissed and hugged and everyone was cheering for us, his mum came out of the kitchen with two glasses of champagne for us. I took a sip and realised there was something at the bottom of the glass! … It was a beautiful ring! ”

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CONGRATULATIONS! on both your beautiful engagement stories and on winning free tickets to the bridal expo – they will be in the post today! We’ll see you there!

Kx & Mx

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“I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever”.

Amy Tan

The lines are now closed! and voting is now open!

A great competition for current clients for their chance to win a gorgeous mini designer album just like this one

We’ve had an amazing response and many of our loved clients have nominated their favorite image from their sessions … here they are, in no particular order …

vote here by signing up to our newsletter – voting closes midnight 10/08/2009 – good luck!

Well … it’s that time of year again .. come and join us at the Adelaide Winter Bridal Ideas Expo … details below 

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We have quite a few discount entry tickets (entry for only $10)  - just flick us an email and we’ll send you a maximum of two discount tickets. 

We also have 6 complimentary tickets to give away … but this year we are going to make you work for them … (sorry!) … 

If you would like 2 complementary tickets sent out to you and your fiance*, just send us an email to info(at)headinthecloudsphotography.com.au telling us briefly about the romantic (or not so romantic) way your fiance proposed to you … we love to hear romantic stories! 

Entries close 5pm Tuesday 28th July – so we can post the vouchers out to you in time – SO BE QUICK!!! 

we will be at stall number 35 … 

SEE YOU THERE!!!! 

*conditions:

~entries must be received by no later than 5 pm on Tuesday 28th July 2009

~no more than 2 tickets will be posted out to the winning entry

~judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into

~entrants give permission to have their story displayed on the headinthecloudsphotography.com.au/blog 

~entrants must provide their full postal address with their entry

~Head in the Clouds Photography takes no responsibility for the tickets lost in the mail or for delay by Australia Post

xKate & Merryn xx 

As I said … I had a great weekend! … 

I had the pleasure of photographing the teesiest, tinyest little bubba … only 5 pounds, and not even 2 weeks old … 

Despite her size, she made her presence known and it took a huge team effort to get her to fall asleep … cranking that heating up, lots of feeds, rocking, shhhh-ing, and more feeds and rocking! … 

But we got there in the end … how super cute is she!?? 

{thanks for a gorgeous smile filled morning mum and dad! … you guys did brilliantly (as did your little miss!) … it was well worth it in the end … we got some fabulous images! I can’t wait to show you … }

Kx 

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“Every child begins the world again…”

Henry David Thoreau

oh. wow. 

I have been surrounded by beautiful bumps and blissful babies this weekend … *ahh heaven*  

I had the pleasure of photographing this little bumps’ older cousin quite a while ago, when he was just a bump aswell … 

At 33 weeks, mum looks just divine, with this gorgeous-compact-oh-so-round-except-when-the-baby-is-moving bump … this little family was just delightful

And I think I’ve captured my new favorite maternity shot … I just love this one in the hallway … 

{Thanks so much for a lovely afternoon … I can’t wait to meet your little girl in September }

Kx

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A baby is born with a need to be loved – and never outgrows it.

your chance to WIN!

Wow! The last few months have been a whirlwind to say the least with the highlight being our annual interstate adventure to the PMA (translated: heaven for photographers) and AGM for the ACOCP.  We are very excited about some new additions to our product guide and a restructure in our wedding packages to make them more simple and flexible. To celebrate we are ready to announce our latest competition which involves YOU!

What is the PRIZE?

A custom ‘Designer Mini Album’ valued at $300. This is one of the new products we will be offering this year. We fell in love with these delicious 5×5” magazine style albums at the PMA and could not resist having them to offer to you, our clients.

WHO can enter?

To enter you must have had a photoshoot with Head in the Clouds Photography (yes, the mini sessions at Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens are included and yes, weddings are also included, and yes Engagement sessions are included! Anyone who has had a HITCP camera pointed at them is able to enter!) during the period October 2008 to July 2009.

HOW do I nominate?

Send us an email with details of your favourite image from your photoshoot.  Either the filename or a description. You can also nominate a friend – just email us the details of your favourite image from their shoot. Please email nominations to ‘info@headinthecloudsphotography.com.au’ by 26/07/2009.

How do I WIN?

Your image will be posted on the Head in the Clouds Photography blog on 27/07/09 along with all other nominations. Voting will then be open to the public via the blog until midnight 10/08/2009. The image with the most votes wins. Pretty Simple huh!

Winner will be announced on the blog on 11/08/2009 and the winner will be contaced by email.  Good Luck!

ah …. a wintery day, and a gorgeous newborn to play with …. I was in heaven! 

This little guy is just 2 1/2 weeks old … and has the cutest older brother! … such a gorgeous little family and I can’t wait to watch these two brothers grow up … 

{thanks for a great morning C & B! I’m still full! Your boys are just yummy }

Kx 

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You may remember a few months back we were the major sponsors of the Beautiful Birth Festival.  We also donated a gift certificate to the raffle’s which were running over the weekend.

This week I photographed the winner! I was overjoyed to find a squealing ball of excitement when I arrived at the home of ‘H’ and little ‘E’. Boy was she cute. Too cute. So cute that I went home and told my husband I want another baby, a little girl, one that squeals and giggles. Oh, she was just adorable. And literally giggled away for the whole hour that I was there. She was, without a doubt, the easiest baby I have ever photographed.

Today I received a beautiful phone message from her mum, ‘H’. I think she said ‘Thank you’ twelve times in the message along with lots of other lovely things! It made my day. Unexpected messages like these are one of the things I truly love most about my job. Showing parents the amazing moments that are right there in front of them every day on one frozen capture. Thank YOU ‘H’, you are an inspiration. You know why.

xxM

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‘The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.’
George Santayana

I first met this couple many many months ago at a friend’s daughter’s birthday party … the booking was made when ‘the bump’ was only tiny … and now look! …. totally gorgeous …  

How cute are they!?? 

{thanks N & S for a great morning … it was lovely chatting, shooting, and chatting some more! Hope the house comes along quickly – well … before the baby anyway!} 

Kx 

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If your baby is “beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time,” you’re the grandma.”
– Theresa Bloomingdale

What a day I had! First up meeting the lovely Kate and her two smallest children, Miss J and 8 week old Master C. Once I negotiated the driveway, a hidden world opened up in front of me – a beautiful home nesteld in the tree tops of the Adelaide Hills was their own little hideaway. It was just gorgeous!  Master C was not very fond of me and did not want to be left without his mums comforting arms around him so we worked with him and captured some tender moments between Mum and Master C. 

….and the divine Miss J who was such a character! Besotted by her little brother but no idea of the force behind a toddler! She just wanted to smother him in kisses but the poor little guy just didn’t appreciate it like we did!!

Gorgeous Gorgeous Gorgeous girl. Beautiful whispy hair. Inquisitive eyes. She wanted a part of everything! I think I need to hire her as my assistant!

Thanks for a great morning! I will be in touch with your gallery very soon. I hope you had a more relaxing afternoon! (More relaxing than me at all the toy sales….. crazy!)

xxM

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‘The bonds that keep family close are the same no matter where they are.’

- anonymous