Tiger Lily Photography

I have a new blog!

2008-08-29T08:20:00.002+10:00

Hi, Ive taken the plunge and upgraded to a new blog, which will allow me to upload much larger photographs!! Oh, and it looks prettier too! Im still having a few teething problems (ie - cant copy this old blog over to new blog), but hopefully that will all be worked out soon enough.

The new blog address is: http://tigerlilyphotography.com.au/blog/ - please add this new blog to your RSS, and leave your comments here.

Thanks, have a great day!!

Lauren.

Lisa, Mick & baby Sophie

2008-08-28T12:17:00.008+10:00

Last weekend, one of my closest friends, Lisa, came over to our house for a quick photoshoot, as she wanted '1 or 2' photos of her and her husband Mick and their 8 month old princess, Sophie, to give to the 'fathers' in her life for Fathers day - her dad Rob, Micks dad John and maybe even a surprise photo for for Mick!

Well, Lisa, here are your '1 or 2' photos - they're all so gorgeous, I couldn't decide on just a few!

How adorable is Sophie!!! Lisa told me yesterday that she has cut her first tooth - what a shame we couldn't see it on Saturday, that would have made a cute photo!

You might remember Sophie from her 1st photoshoot - hasn't she changed!!

Lisa, I hope you and Mick and the 2 dads will be happy with these photos!

L. xx

Christmas Photos

2008-08-21T19:55:00.004+10:00

I know, its probably too early to think about Christmas Family Portraits, however my last shoot for the year will be late November, so I have time to edit and deliver all of the photos to you, for your Christmas gifts (I probably also be too big to do anything other than sit at my computer, come December!).

Apart from the normal portrait sessions (info on my website), this year I will be offering a Christmas Mini-session, which will take around 30 minutes, and you'll be provided with your choice of 10 high-res photo (from approx. 30 photos), plus a 6 x 4 Christmas Card file (choice of 10 card templates, edited with your details).

I'll be holding these mini-sessions in the Hills District of Sydney, on:

9am - 11.30am on Saturday 25th October & 2pm - 4.30pm on Saturday 1st November. If these days don't suit, please e-mail me for other dates / times, as I may add more sessions.

The cost of this mini session is $100 (inc GST), for the 10 photos + Christmas Card file. Additional images can be purchased for $20 each, or $250 for all of the edited photographs from the session.

An example of one of the Christmas Cards files is as follows:

I will still be offering my normal portrait sitting until the end of November, with guaranteed delivery of all images well before Christmas.

To book any of the above sessions, please e-mail lauren@tigerlilyphotography.com.au.

Is it too early to say Merry Christmas?!? HA!

Baby Jett

2008-08-21T09:30:00.009+10:00

I must admit, I was a little nervous when Elecia e-mailed me to enquiry about photography for her 9 week old little boy.... what do 9 week old babies do?? They are more awake and alert than newborns, and are still fairly 'floppy', cant really hold their head up, etc. Elecia told me that Jett was a happy baby, normally really smiley and happy to please - to be honest I was wondering if this was just a typical proud 'mum' talking about her new bub, or was she telling the truth....

And then this little fella greeted me:

She was telling the truth! How absolutely adorable is little Jett! I could have just picked him up and driven away with him! Here are a few more photos from our shoot last weekend:

Kerwin & Jett

Elecia & Jett

Look at those toes!

Ok, so he did have a bit of a cry right at the very end of the shoot, but we did have about 3 hours of smiley, happy Jett!

Thank you Elecia & Kerwin for allowing me to come into your home to photograph your beautiful baby boy. Im sure I will be seeing you all again - you never know, if I have a baby girl, we may end up being in-laws! :)

Exciting News!!!

2008-08-19T11:45:00.004+10:00

No, I don't know if I'm having a boy or girl yet (Doh!), but more exciting news... one of my closest friends in the world got engaged last night! Yea!!!! On ya, Shell-Bell! No plans have been made of course, but if I know Shell, it will be a beach wedding, or maybe a Hunter wedding? I know - how about Hamilton Island, Shell?!?!? One thing is for sure, I'm your wedding photographer. I'm so excited!!

Here is a photo of me & Shell taken on her 30th birthday weekend in Port Macquarie. This is the exact spot where Scott wanted to propose last night, but it was too cold for dear old Shell-Bell.. he he.

Love you all the world Shell, and Stu & I, Pepa & Chewy, and even little Daph, are so happy for you!

Finally.... photos from our trip to the snow!

2008-08-14T13:27:00.018+10:00

These are the snow photos you’ve all been waiting for (yeah! I hear you scream!!). Here goes….

Me & Stu-baby

Trissana – the Lodge where we stayed. I was told that I was rather spoilt staying here my first time..... It was just beautiful. Had about 6 or 7 bedrooms, a bunch of bathrooms / toilets, a large kitchen, and meals / family area and a roaring open fire, much better heating than we have! I was warmer at 4am going to the loo, than I am at my house!

Just a cool tree - it freaks me out that it can be so bloody cold outside, with everything covered in snow, and a beautiful tree like this thrives!

The boys, from the left: Brett, Aaron, Micky, Stu & Ron. Don't they look tough?!

Down the mountain they go! I actually stood here secretly hoping for a stack or two - didn't happen :(

Jay-Man, one of the coolest 3 year-olds I know (My nephew Kye being the other). This kid ROCKS, and now is used to Auntie Lauren and her 'big camera' (that he learnt to use - looks like I have a new assistant!)

Stu & Jay

Jay learnt to ski at the 'Milo School'

Leader of the pack!

3 crazy people I decided to photograph, oh hang on, its the people that we stayed with! And im married to the hot one in the blue beanie!

Karen & I went on a chairlift - right to the top (no, we didn't get off, too cold and it was snowing!)

CRASH!

Perisher

Karen & Jay - and yes, that is snow falling in the photo!

Believe it or not, that is only the first day of photos....! More photos to come over the next few days.

Lauren.

I loved the snow!!

2008-08-04T14:01:00.002+10:00

I'm baaaaack! LOVE the snow, even tho I didn't participate in the skiing, boarding, or schnapps drinking, it was amazing! I have over 400 photos to sift thru - no, I wont be posting all of them on here, but do hope to get some up by the weekend. I have 4 shoots lined up for the week (I know, CRAZY!), so between shoots & editing of those jobs, I'll get cracking on the snow photos!

Thanks for your messages, I know, its crazy that I had never seen snow before, but wow - it was awesome! So beautiful! Even with the Blizzard on Friday, it was still beautiful!

See ya.

L.

A little girl and her horse

2008-07-27T17:03:00.013+10:00

When I was a little girl, all I wanted was a horse. My mum had a horse when she was a little girl, so the precedent was set.... I thought it was extremely unfair that I wasn't allowed one... and wow, did I let mum and dad know! To keep me happy, on Sundays, my dad used to take me and my little brother to a little town called Schofields (which was a long, long drive from home) that was a Horse Riding Park, the 3 of us would hop on our 'borrowed' horses for the day, and ride the afternoon away.... This would keep me happy until about Wednesday, then I'd start the nagging again for the following weekend....

Enter Alecia. Not only was she was allowed to have horses when she was a child, she has also bought a horse for her daughter, Chelsea. Unfortunately Chelsea wasn't really the 'horsey' type, and was a little scared of her miniature horse, Lilly, and wouldn't ride her. Alecia asked me to come along to where Lilly, and Alecia's horse, Maverick, are kept (which, believe it or not, is the same Horse Park I used to ride at as a child... which is now 10 minutes from my house, and will be built out with new homes in about 5 years time!) to take some photos of the 'family' before Lilly was put on the market to be sold. Oh yea, Alecia also bought her fiance Daniel 'Don't make me have my photo taken' with them too....

Here are some photos of this beautiful horsey family.

Run Daniel, Run!

After about an hour, Daniel warmed up to the thought of having his picture taken. Isn't he gorgeous!

Daniel & Lilly

Alecia phoned me during the week to tell me that, after we were all out there together on Sunday, Chelsea has now decided to keep Lilly, and has started riding her! Oh yea, and Daniel warmed up to having his photo taken so much, he said I can be their wedding photographer! Score!

I wont be posting at all this week... hubby is taking me to see snow for the first time in my life, which I'm pretty excited about. I'll be back next weekend, but I'm sure I'll be exhausted, so I hope to post some photos from our holiday at Perisher sometime the week after next.

I'm also very excited that next week is the last week of July... which means Winter is almost over! Bring on Spring!

Thanks for reading.

Classic Cakes

2008-07-22T15:57:00.009+10:00

My good friend, Melanie Jacobs, owns Classic Cakes.... Classic Cakes specialise in creating handcrafted cakes for any special occasion, from traditional wedding cakes, fun children's birthday designs, engagement cakes, cup cakes, and more. Sydney Metro area.

Ive been nagging Mel to start a blog for months and months now (because I LOVE mine so much!), so I thought I'd post some photos that she took of her beautiful cakes. If you're after a cake for a special occasion, Melanie can be contacted here.

Ok, I'm hungry now.... mmmmm cake!

Aren't you hungry now too?!

Dude - the best Grandfather in the World!

2008-07-20T07:07:00.005+10:00

Today marks the 2 year anniversary of the day the most beautiful man in the world - my grandfather - passed away. Friday July 21 2006 was the saddest day yet in my life, but (even tho I'm not too much of a believer of that kind of thing), I know he is in a better place, as his quality of life just wasn't there in the end. Dudes funeral, the following week, was a beautiful service, the sun came out at the right time, and then my dad (Dudes son-in-law), and one of Dudes closest friend, Uncle Jim, toasted Dude in the best possible way - with way too much McGuiggans Black Label.

Dude was called Dude after his love of horse racing - when I was little, they lived on a main road, and he would walk up and down this road, with me on his shoulders, singing 'Camptown Races sing this Song - Doo-Dah, Doo,Dah', so when I began to talk, to me - he was known as Doo-Dah. Now, I'm not sure when it became Dude - it was either when my younger brother couldn't say Doo-Dah, or it was the introduction of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - who doesn't think they're cool, when they're 10, and they call their grandfather Dude?!

Anyway, Dude was a pretty amazing man, lived a very full life, and was very, very loved by his small family. I wish sometimes I would have been one of Dudes friends, back 50 years ago, instead of his granddaughter - Dude was the kid of person who drove his car to Queensland on a holiday (which was a 2 day trip from Sydney, back then), and decided that he didn't want to drive home, so he sold his car, bought a small aeroplane, and flew home. Then, years later, while my mums family were on holiday on the Gold Coast, he left his wife and daughter on the beach, went for a walk, and bought a house at Auction. My nan, who was used to this (and a very patient woman!) , was like 'ok', so they moved into the home on Chevron Island for a few years. The storey's go on - on one of his trips back and forth from QLD, he offered to ship some baby crocodiles to Sydney, to be collected by Taronga Zoo. The croc's were kept in a cardboard box in their backyard.... and then in rained! Nan tells the story how she had to phone all the neighbours and ask if they had a baby crocodile in their backyard!

Dudes real name is Arthur Thomas, and I always said that if one day I have a little boy, I'll call him after Dude - No, not Arthur (thank god, I all hear you say!), but Thomas. Well, in about 6 weeks I'll know the sex of the little foetus in my belly, and if he's a boy, I hope he lives up to his namesake - the most beautiful man in the world.

Here are a few digital scrapbooking pages I did just after he passed away - I hope you can open them in full screen and read them. And yes, that is Dudes bum - like I said, he was a character!

RIP Dude - love you.

Baby '8'

2008-07-13T17:04:00.004+10:00

A few weeks back, my brother and sister-in-law became parents again to a gorgeous little boy called Nate... or 'Baby 8' as their 3 year old son calls him! This was my first hold of my new nephew (taken with mums point & shoot): at my parents house, 3 days after he was delivered by caesarean(how quick is that!).

Yes, lunch was weight watchers shaved ham that day :)

Photoshop Friday

2008-07-11T17:36:00.003+10:00

I saw a an e-mail today with a really cool trick on how to enhance the colour in your photos, in just a few steps. Check it out: Jessica Sprague - photo ShaZAM! Looks like if you post your ShaZAM'd photo to her blog, you go in the running to win a nifty little camera strap.. Im (hopefully) taking some beautiful photos at a picnic tomorrow - I might have to ShaZAM some of those photos!

Have a fab weekend!

L.

Princess Zoe... (part 2!)

2008-07-04T19:03:00.005+10:00

She started out all nice and sleepy.....

Then mummy & dad woke little Zoe up, for some photos.

Zoe wasnt too impressed (not my best photo, but had to share - look at those red cheeks!)

Help me daddy - let me go back to sleep!

Come on daddy!

Ah, finally.... sleepy Zoe!

Now, this is a child I could keep!

Thanks for looking!

Where's my milk?!

2008-07-04T07:18:00.008+10:00

Well, little Zoe had her first photo shoot during the week.... and the poor little poppet wasn't feeling too good - she even showed off by doing a hat-trick (a poo, a wee and a vomit, all at the same time - clever girl!). I did manage to get some cute photos tho.... here is my fav from the day - yes, even when she's sick, Zoe still asks for milk!

I'll post more over the weekend - my laptop has died (probably something to do with me dropping it) and my desktop is on go slow mode. I currently use a PC, but im really thinking about replacing both with Macs - any ideas?

Well, what can I say about Private Practice & Lipstick Jungle? Im not sure if I was just tired, and not really in the mood, but I thought PP was trying a little too hard to be 'cool', and LJ... was it just Cashmere Mafia and Sex and the City combined? I have been told they're rating well in the US - PP is even back for season #2. I guess i'll keep watching for the next few weeks, fingers crossed they improve. Oh, speaking about Sex and the City - have you heard Friends are set to go into production for a movie, after the success of Sex??!!?! Im so excited!!! LOVE that show!

Thanks for reading, and I'll post more photos on the weekend (when im another year older... groan)! Happy July 4 for you guys in the US too!

Sunday is finally here....

2008-06-29T07:48:00.002+10:00

It seems like weeks and weeks since channel 7 started advertising their 2 new shows -> Private Practice & Lipstick Jungle. Well.... (drum roll please.....) guess what, its Sunday morning, and that means I only have to wait another 12 hours to see Addison Montgomery and the lady who I'll always call Audrey Reins, in their new shows! Yea, I'm so excited! I'm sure they wont live up to Greys, and by the way - when is Heroes coming back? (And honestly, who cares about Big Brother this year - it doesn't even deserve a link!)

We're catching up with friends this morning, then I'm back to the office to edit yesterdays baby shoot - so cute! See you. xx

Ive been Tagged

2008-06-17T14:37:00.002+10:00

I have been tagged by Cathy from Beautiful Moments Photography (Thanks Cathy... I think).

Cathy told me I have to post the name of 5 embarrassing songs that I secretly love. (Tagging is a silly game us photographers love to do, as this is my first tag so im playing along!)

As I am still a baby, and a LONG, LONG way off my 30's (cough, cough), I was really young in the 80's, when the daggiest songs were around, so here are some from the 90's (and possibly the 00 naughties!)

Oops I did it again - by dear old Brittany - LOVE singing along to this one when im in the car, while I shake my head and wonder why she keeps doing the things she's doing!

S Club Party by S Club 7 - now this one was only ever played in my bedroom, while I got ready for a night on the town (no-one knows about my love for this song!)

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia - not so daggy, and brings me to the time of my 21st birthday party, dancing at the Bourbon & Beefsteak at 2 in the morning with a lovely man called Simon (who turned 21 that evening). Ah, remember the days!

Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes - remember the whole thing when you ended up crouching down in the middle of a crowded pub dancing to this song, and then you'd jump back up when the music said to... 'big hands you know you're the one'. Brings back memories of the good old General Bourke Hotel when I was about 20.

Dancing Queen by ABBA - do I need a reason to have this one on the list? Can't wait for the movie to open!

Ok, here's who im tagging: Luke Walker (no relation), Alisha Clark, Photography By Christoper, Minna Burgess, Wiki from fotoExpression, Karey Michelle, Tim & Heidi Uhl from Retrospect Studios

Here are the rules!

1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
2. Share 5 songs you are embarrassed to admit to others you like and tell why.
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
4. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Happy Tagging!

Ive been crook with the killer flu that's been going around Sydney this past weekend, and I haven't felt like looking at my camera, or computer, hence the lack of blogging. I have heaps of photos from our weekend in the Hunter Valley, and lots more shoots coming up! Stay tuned!

Catch-Up Sunday #2

2008-06-01T19:20:00.018+10:00

Here are some more photos of Sam & his family from last weekend. I know his grandma is anxious to receive these photos - Helen, I'll call you tomorrow and organise to drop them over to you! I hope you love them!

Thanks for looking!

Catch-up Sunday

2008-06-01T18:17:00.011+10:00

Ah, June 1... pinch and a punch.... the first day of Winter... what a great day to sit inside with the gas heater pumping, 2 doggies at my feet (well, 1 at my feet, 1 on my lap), and to catch up on photo editing and blogging.

Here are a few photos left over from Mothers Day - wow, was that really 3 weeks ago?!

Mum & dad.

My beautiful grandmother.... Nan.

My dad - I know these are mothers day photos, but mum wouldnt be MY mum without a little help from dad!

Val - my nans good friend.

Remember 'Bubba G' who was in Ali's tummy last time you saw her? Well, she came into this world last Friday, and her mummy & daddy called her Zoe. She is absolutely adorable - here is a little birth announcement I designed for her parents to print out and send to their family & friends.

More to follow.

Sam

2008-05-24T23:16:00.005+10:00

I met a cute 18 month old 'little man' called Sam this morning for a photo shoot. The poor guy wasnt feeling the best - he had his 18 month old shots earlier this week, and got a bit of a fever from it. He managed to play & smile for about an hour this morning before calling it quits - pretty good on just a few hours sleep last night!

Here are 2 shots from his portrait session:

Sam & his nanna.

More shots to follow - have a nice weekend!

Day of Fun

2008-05-23T07:31:00.007+10:00

Sometimes you have to forget about the washing and ironing and groceries and cleaning, and just close the front door behind you, and enjoy nature and the beauty of our country. That's what my husband said last weekend, when he took me on a 'Day of Fun'. We had a gorgeous day driving down to the Royal National Park, stopping for lunch at Bundeena and heading home via the Audley Weir.

Drives like this are just beautiful this time of year, not too hot and overflowing with tourists, but not too cold either, we could still dip our toes into the water at Garie Beach. From our home in the Hills District of Sydney, it was a hike to get there, (and a costly day with all the toll roads!), but its a drive we hadn't done before, but one we're likely to do again. Oh, and yes, my camera was always with me! Here is my darling husband at the Audley Weir (where the cockatoo's were as big as one of my dogs!)

If you're searching for something to do this weekend, get out of the house, and enjoy the colour of the changing leaves in your own 'backyard'. (Info on the Royal National Park click here.)

On the June long weekend we're escaping Sydney, and going to the Hunter Valley for 3 nights - I'm very excited about that mini-break! We're on a pretty tight schedule, but I do have a few hours free on Sunday 8th June, if anyone is in that area, and wants a portrait shoot! Shoot me thru an e-mail - lauren@tigerlilyphotography.com.au

Have a great day & thanks for reading.

Ali, Dan & Bubba 'G' #2

2008-05-19T20:02:00.014+10:00

Here are some more photos of Ali, Dan & Bubba 'G'. Enjoy!

Thanks for letting me take these photos of you, Ali & Dan - I can't wait for little G's first shoot in a few weeks!

**** Bubba 'G' is coming into this world on Thursday!! *******

Ali, Dan & Bubba 'G'

2008-05-18T19:48:00.002+10:00

In a few weeks time, Ali & Dan will become parents to a bouncing baby girl, who Ali tells me they're going to name something starting with 'G' (she has also told me, they're calling the baby something starting with 'A', 'B', 'C'... you get the picture - ah, I hate surprises!). Ali wanted me to take a few photos of 'G' practising for the 2028 Olympics - she's going to be a gymnastics gold medalist, by the way she keeps moving in there!

Here is my favourite photo from the shoot, more to follow soon.

Thanks for looking.

Happy Mothers Day

2008-05-12T07:56:00.005+10:00

Happy Mothers Day to all the mums out there - especially my mum - pictured here, with her 2 (fur)grandkids. I hope you had a beautiful day, mum! Love you!!!

More Wedding Photos

2008-04-29T07:30:00.004+10:00

Remember the wedding where I was supposed to be a guest, but the 'real' photographer got lost, and couldn't find the church... well, here are some of the photos I snapped - Simmone you look absolutely gorgeous (and your new hubby scrubs up kinda alright too!)

The beautiful bride, while her girls having a chat about the pending 'walk down the isle'

JUST MARRIED!

Thats it for now. Thanks for looking!

Photos are now up!

2008-04-18T16:28:00.002+10:00

Louise & James's photos are now on line - www.tigerlilyphotography.com.au - click on portfolio and scroll down!

Have a nice weekend.

Lauren.