Photo credit: Michelle McKay
Most days, I'm on the run after these three troublemakers. When they're not keeping me busy, I'm here to support busy mums – the ones missing from family photos, always behind the camera, and tired of waiting for the perfect moment.
Spoiler: the perfect moment doesn't exist.
But the real ones are even better.
I started photographing my own kids when I became a mum and realised how quickly the little things change.
The curls that disappeared overnight. The way they held my hand. The ordinary days that didn’t feel so ordinary after all.
Capturing those moments became my way of slowing time.
When I realised I could do the same for other families — helping parents be in the photos with their kids instead of always behind the camera — it felt pretty special.
Because I know the ache of wishing you had a photograph of a moment that now only lives in your memory.
My camera helps keep those stories alive.
And every family deserves to have those moments remembered.
’m a family and newborn lifestyle photographer from the Macedon Ranges, living with three incredible little humans and a fella named Tim — dad-extraordinaire, my partner and best friend.
For a long time I was an expert at avoiding photos. I hid behind the camera instead of being in front of it. Looking back at our family album, it honestly looked like Tim was an amazing single dad.
But over time I realised something.
My kids won’t care about the grey hairs, the extra kilos or whether the house was tidy.
They’ll just want to see that I was there. Right beside them.
So now I say yes to being in the photos.
And I want the same for you.
My sessions are relaxed, playful and a little bit unpredictable — just like family life.
Kids can run, explore, cuddle, laugh and be themselves. I’ll guide you gently when needed, but most of the time I’m simply capturing what unfolds naturally.
No stiff posing.
No pressure to be perfect.
Just your family, exactly as you are right now.
I’m a bit of a sentimental soul and photography is my way of preserving all these memories. I hold them close to my heart as I’m secretly petrified of forgetting those early years when I’m old and grey(er).
It’s the real moments in everyday life that matter the most to me. And I’m not talking just about the milestones. They’re much smaller, both routine and incidental, and can tell the stories of how we were long after we’re gone.
Photographs of these moments hold emotion, show off our personalities and reflect what life is really like. This is why I capture images for my clients with the same passion and attention to detail as I do for my own personal photography.
Me too! I'd love nothing more than to capture the story your family is living right now.