Matilda was such a cheeky but so delicate and sweet little girl at five months old. Enjoying her tummy time, she chuckled and nibbled her toes through the whole shoot. Ah a baby’s life. : ) 

When we were kids he would chase us around & play in the backyard with us. He showed me how to milk a cow, gave me my first puppy. Took us out mustering – had us helping in the yards. Made me clip his toenails! Showed me how to drive – I do mean that literally – one day he told me to drive the ute back  up to the shed. I was 8 and he figured there were no trees about I could hit and I bunny hopped my way there.

I cannot thank Dad enough for giving me such responsibility and with such confidence in me. 

He and I built a tennis court together (no fence of course) and every Sunday would take us to the Nebine Centre where we had great family days, playing tennis and treasuring our fanta and packet of chips.

He always encouraged me.

One day we got bogged on the boundary of the property and Dad made the walk home so much fun. It was a six hour walk and not once did we complain, because of Dad’s positive attitude, we sang songs and made up poems.

He waved us off when we went to boarding school and ran to greet us when got off the bus to come home for holidays.

We worked in the yards together, sometimes at 2am in the morning in the heat of summer. We mustered sheep on motorbikes, we swam in the dams.

When I left school, he was and still is, always interested in what I do, and still so proud. He is one of my biggest fans and he may not know this but I am one of his! I am tearing up as I write this now because I realise I probably don’t tell him enough how amazing I think he is. I could go on and on about my Dad, so I just want to say make sure you think about all the great things your Dad does for you and make sure he feels appreciated and loved.

Katrina xx

Fathers day is only 2 weeks away, call us and buy a gift certificate for Your Dad this father's day!!

Ok well not really, but I did take all my staff to Aria for dinner recently at Eagle Street Pier.

Fresh off the back of Masterchef, we were looking for a beautiful restaurant to celebrate another great year. We were so excited by each dish presented that we took photo’s of each one. Well, when a group of photographers go out, you wouldn’t expect anything less, would you.

Amazing, amazing food, excellent service, great company. We loved it and would highly recommend.

Now my kids are itching to go as we as a family were big Masterchef fans!!

Katrina x x

A gift for Dad

This is a feel good story about a family who wanted to capture their family as there were some health challenges ahead for them.

Daughter Samantha, wanted everyone to wear white bonds singlet as her Dad has worn them all his life. So the significance of the singlets is even more special.

This is such a cool shot of boys -> men. It came about because one of little boys was a bit shy, so our photographer wanted to try something to relax him and get him involved.

We are so pleased to say that everyone is healthy and well and thankyou to the “Walsh Family” for choosing us to photograph them.

x x x

We all love our new art work!!  Even dad who was noticeably absent from this our second photo shoot and who is still getting over it I might add !!

Personally I wanted to try and capture on film the warmth and love that is shared when we all 3 girls snuggle up in bed.  How wonderful it feels to take some time to snuggle and enjoy a yummy hot chocolate. 

I am sincerely grateful to the team at Katrina Christ Photographer for working with us in our home early one morning in May so we could capture this moment in time.

The Story in the Tea Cup:  My girls always enjoy choosing a special tea cup to have their hot chocolate from, depending upon their mood and the time of day they may choose their favorite colour or another shade that takes their fancy at the time.   

These pretty tea cups are special to me as they were a gift from their Granny Barbara.  In this busy crazy world it is nice to stop and take time to sip a hot chocolate talk, giggle and relax.  Perhaps a tradition is forming ??? I hope so, it feels good.

We first worked with Katrina Christ back in 2007 when we moved into our home at Scarborough.  Steve and I wanted to capture the family on film and lock in a moment in time of what ages our girls were, one delightful pre-teenager and the other a cute giggly 3 year old.  Jonsey our late sausage dog was also captured on film and now lives on thanks to him being included in our family shoot.  We love the relaxed way that Katrina Christ go about their craft and nothing is ever  too much trouble.  Which is why they were the obvious choice for our next masterpiece !

Now I am fortunate enough to have another wonderful time piece to enjoy.  This latest edition is in the master bedroom behind our bed.  Each time I walk past it I am reminded of the warmth and love shared between us and it is constant reminder of how precious our girls are.  The pre-teen is now a pesky teenager and the cute 3 year old is an energetic Year 1 student. 

How wonderful those pretty tea cups have turned out to be, they are now a fixture for all sorts of occasions, sleep over’s with friends, rough days at school and so on….  With the sharing of a hot chocolate in our special tea cups, the little aches and pains of the growing years are somewhat eased and softened.  

I am currently working on a caption to hang above “The Tea Cups, I think it might say something along the lines of  "and the little one said...." Which is from "There were three in the bed and the little one said....

I truly wanted to capture a mother's day keepsake for my girls and I.  Try  and capture on film that wonderful warm feeling - those rare moments, when you know you don't have to be anywhere else, doing anything else , with anyone else! That it is okay to just cuddle, snuggle and relax with your precious little children and enjoy the moments.

Thank you so much to all the girls at Katrina Christ Photographer for sharing our story and helping us put together these wonderful keep sakes.

 xxoo

 Steve and Cheryl Birch

If you have a special tradition you do with your family, we would love to hear about it.

I am sure there are many of us with family overseas, and it is a rare and special time when you finally get together.

Emma Cunningham who runs her business Platinum Financing (1300 792 561) next to our studio, called us to photograph her family. Initially it was about her sons birthday and all her siblings and parents so generational shoot. However her husband mother was also over from Italy.

The series above is a design I did for Flaminia to take home. This is her son and his family, whom she must miss so so much, I really wanted to create something magical for her to take home with her.

Thank you so much Emma and Vittorio for allowing us to document such precious moments.

Katrina xxx

ps not just because I am a portrait photographer but this is really a great thing to do if you have family home.xx