Like many Gen Xers, my love of photography began in a darkroom. Mine was set up in the laundry, where I’d spend hours watching images come to life beneath the soft red light. That quiet magic captured me from the start.

I began my career photographing weddings, drawn to the beauty and emotion of love stories at their beginning. During that time I studied at The Centre for Creative Photography, earning my Certificate IV in Photo Imaging and deepening my ability to see and feel stories through my lens.

When my baby girl arrived in 2009, everything shifted. Capturing her became my greatest joy, and I realised how fleeting and precious those early moments are. That is what I now strive to give the families I photograph — the chance to hold onto the tiny details and emotions that time so quickly carries away.

I often tell my families, “You don’t need these photos today. You’ll need them in the years ahead.” When your baby starts school, when they grow into teenagers, when you want to remember them exactly as they are now.

For more than a decade I’ve been photographing babies and families, but in truth, I’ve always been a photographer at heart — always chasing light, love, and the stories that live between them.

Where it all began

My photographic journey