Disappointment

Today, for the first time, I felt disappointed in Noah. I have been angry at him before but have never felt disappointed in him. I guess all parents at some stage feel disappointed in their children whether it be due to bad behaviour or a one off bad event; I was thinking that this wouldn't happen for me until Noah was a teenager. 

Today Noah killed a bobtail lizard.....................

He came and told me he did it, not quite sure whether to believe him or not, I asked him to show me and sure enough, there was the dead bobtail with some of its insides now on its outsides. There was a very big suspicious looking rock near by. For a split second Noah was proud.........

I nearly cried because I was so sad that he could do this to an animal. Shocked would be an understatement, not my Noah! We have spent the last 3 summers feeding the bobtails fruit and being nice to them, some bobtails were even named. It is a pretty awful thinking about how a 3.5 year old could or would even want to do this. Maybe it was curiosity? His first glimpse at death perhaps. Who knows? I don't think he gets the whole death thing. He wasn't remorseful for taking the bobtails life - death is an obscure concept for small children - he was however sad that he got in trouble. 

B I G   B I G   T R O U B L E. 

Confused and upset I rang my Mum. We had a little laugh while discussing how Noah tried to justify the killing. He just didn't like that one and Bonnie did it too apparently. Mum said we needed to burry the lizard and say sorry. I told Noah that God was watching him and he was sad at what he did to the lizard "But will God come get me" Noah asked?

I have been promised that it will never, ever happen again. Not too sure what to do.

Signing off for now

Disappointed Mum

Busy Boys

B U D D I E S

Did that really all happen?

This time exactly one week ago I was about to meet up with an old school friend who I hadn't seen in ten years. We weren't just meeting up for coffee to catch up on all the goss. NO I was going to help photograph her wedding and I felt sick, completely out of my depth and terrified. As soon as I saw my friend Emma, her sisters and her best friend Monique a sense of calm came over me and the day progressed seemingly well from there .

Emma & Chris (who I also went to school with) were married at Fermoy Estate in Margaret River. Emma I can't believe this all happened. Thanks for giving me the amazing opportunity to photograph you, your friends, family and wedding details; I still think you are crazy for allowing me to do it. Your beauty, both inside and out, shone all day long. I know we will be friends for life now and I look forward to catching up a lot more often. 

I must apologise as this is a really long blog post but I owe it to Emma 

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 The sky the morning of your wedding!

 Fermoy Estate

I was incredibly close to the action from the moment I arrived Friday night. Emma's soon to be brother in law Tristan and his sister Rebecca did all the catering for the wedding. They prepared and cooked all the food inside Fermoy cottage where we were staying. The cottage smelt amazing the entire weekend. These guys blew me away. They did such an incredible job with the food and they did it with a smile on their face the entire weekend.

 Lets play make-up!!

 Emma finishing off her speech and final wedding touches.

Rhiannon who is Emma's sister was also the make-up artist for the day. She worked her little butt off and made everyone look spectacular.

 The most well-behaved Page boy EVER

 Groomsmen

 Looking dapper Chris!

 Flower girl

 Monique (who I also went to school with), Emma's youngest sister Kahli and middle sister Rhiannon.

 Rhiannon and her Polaroid Camera

More familiar faces. Claire and I went to school together too. Claire's bub will make its debut in 3 weeks. Now thats what I call  G L O W I N G.

Emma wore the same horseshoe her Maternal Grandmother wore to her own wedding + another one that her Grandmother made especially for her.

Chris thanks for holding my gay looking banner and doing everything I asked you to do. You were a star and I will be forever grateful.

 Speeches

 Party time

L O V E R S


Did I love photographing a wedding? You betcha! Do I want to do it again? Yes, but not for a very, very long time. I am SUPER critical of all the photos I have taken and I know I need to get a lot better at photography before I even contemplate doing it again. I want a better eye, steadier hand, crisper shots better ideas, faster camera, another camera, better lenses, a flash, incredible editing software.... the list goes on. I enjoyed shooting under Julie from Julie De Vos photography and I am extremely grateful that she let this all happen. More practising for me I guess.... look out Noah!!!!