Little Labyrinth: Images & Words

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And now…. photos with pretty pretty light! I met up with Sam and her sweet family over the weekend for a little photo play-date! You can check out her blog to see some of the gorgeous photos she took.

I think the girls became friends super fast! And Isaiah had heaps of fun racing around with Sam’s two boys as well. Between us we had SEVEN kids there (cause Jakob stayed with his aunt at soccer). I LOVE how fast kids can become friends!

Ok that will do… lol. I have SOOOO many more I would love to edit + post but just don’t have the time.

xox Amanda

Hehe a self portrait with husband I took of Matt and I this afternoon. Aren’t we cute? Now I am going grocery shopping..

byyyyye!

Ok so I don’t always play nice when someone tags me (meaning I accidently on purpose ignore it lol) but I have to do this one ’cause Sam is a sweetie and if I don’t, she may just bash me when we meet up in a couple of weeks Oh, and she also has the most gorgeous baby girl ever. So.. yep.

Firstly, the rules:
Link the person who tagged you
Mention the rules on your blog
Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them
Leave a comment on each of the tagged bloggers blogs letting them know they have been tagged.

1. When I brush my teeth, I have to count in a rhythm and if I go “off-count” or something, even if I’ve been brushing my teeth for two minutes, I have to start all over again.

2. I’m a nightowl (yay fellow nightowls unite lol). I am rarely in bed before 1am - it would be later, but Matt tends to get cranky. So I go to bed and listen to audio books.

3. I drink far more coffee than I should. I’m talking 10+ cups a day. I’m trying to cut back by switching to various types of tea after 9pm..I bought one tea just because the packet had a cool painting of a woman and a dragon on it. Oh, and Chai is the greatest thing ever.

4. I am a wee bit obsessed with vampires and have been since umm…. who knows when. Is that a quirk?? I dunno.

5. Everyone already knows this, I’m sure, but cemeteries are my favourite places to be

6. I’m a pastor’s kid Tho I’m not sure if that counts as a quirk either. What is a quirk anyway? I mention it because it’s a huge part of who I am as a person

Now if I don’t tag you, it doesn’t mean I don’t love you. And if I do tag you, same goes
So:
Gemma (it’s about time you updated girly!)
Elizabeth
Brenda
Shannon
Kathy
Jensey

And ’cause a post shouldn’t be without photos, here’s one from my session yesterday. The rest of the previews will be up on my biz blog within the next few days

xox

Okay so it’s no secret that I am LOVING, yes LOVING Autumn. I always thought I was more of a winter person — I love the cold — but light-wise? Give me a golden autumn afternoon over anything else. We went off to my favourite place to spend a couple of hours this afternoon. Today was the last day of the holidays (for both Matt and the two older kids) which means I’ll have very little time for shooting again. Lilly and I pretty much just wandered around together, while I tried to get the occasional photo in of her. Just before we left the light was utterly *perfect* and as I was walking back to the car, I literally stopped still and SAW the most perfect spot to catch the last of the fading light and grabbed the middle two kids for a few photos. I am soooo glad I did.

Lils enjoying the crunch of leaves beneath her feet. They’re brown and kind of boring, but it was so fun to see her taking in the textures and sounds of the leaves for the first time!

As we were wandering I came upon this spot that I have passed and thought about many times but never used.. (oh and yes, I brought wings… you never know when you’re gonna need a pair of wings).

We also stopped past my favourite set of doors… but Lilly was more interested in running off…

And peek-a-boo with Daddy to keep her in one spot for a moment.

And here is that perfect light in the perfect spot I was talking about.

And these… I love these sooooooo very much. I asked Zai if he wanted some photos and he was all for it. Grabbed a stick on the way over to the spot. I asked him what the stick was for, “To save you from momstas.” (monsters hehehe). Isn’t that adorable? My heart just about burst

He spied a monster near my head! Unfortunetly I didn’t get a shot of him whacking at a low-hanging branch *just* above my head (!!) which was apparently the monster, hehe.

Ok that’s all for now!

xox Amanda

I love the softness that Autumn brings to the light. It just seems so much… cleaner, too. It’s not a hot sticky feeling sunlight as in summer, and it’s not chilly and cold like winter… I just LOVE Autumn. The sunlight in Australia is SO harsh. Even in the late afternoon, especially in spring/summer. But in autumn? Ohhhh bliss. Why can’t it stay autumn for always? (have I gotten the point across that I love the sunlight in autumn yet?? I could go on).

Matt has been on holidays from uni for the last two weeks, which is why I’ve had more time to take photos and update the blog. Hopefully you are not sick of me just yet ’cause here’s today’s offering

And we can’t have a post without Lilly making some form of “Stop photographing me!” face.

Lilla found this cool hollowed out tree to play in. She was peeking out at people as they walked past and ducking back inside if they dared look at her, hehe.

And making funny faces at Daddy who was over in the car.

THIS is why I just adore autumn’s sunlight…

Goodnight!!

xox

Ok I have to move on to a new spot I think. I mean, i’ve only done three mini things with Lilly here, but that’s more than enough… I think? Right? It’s just such a fab little “nook”. Maybe I’ll change things up a bit and shoot Maddy there soon… she’s about due for some photos.

I, stupidly, took my 50mm 1.4 instead of the 1.8. BIIIIIG mistake. The thing does NOT work. It’s been to canon and back twice, and I’ve had two previous 1.4’s that have died as well. All under 12 mos old but all without warranty (warranty lasts 6 mos). GRRRR. I am NOT impressed. Do you hear me Canon??? NOT IMPRESSED. These lenses are around $500 a pop. I’m back to the good old trusty 50mm 1.8 instead. Nice and cheap. And it FOCUSES, what a surprise. The images below were all shot (it focused about 1 time out of 20 - so many good photos lost siiiiiigh) @ 1.4. Nice bokeh. Stupid lens.

Lilly with a, “Hey mum, weren’t we here just a few days ago?” expression. (and wearing a hat from my book)

Look how big she’s getting! She’s even wearing a headband in her hair And also, her shoes are just the most ridiculously adorable little things ever.

I love how little she looks in this one compared to the last one. Reminds me that she’s still teeny weeny.

One benefit to it having rained all day yesterday (and rained out my session grr) and most of today; big puddles!

Thats all!

xox

Ok seriously how cute is this bonnet and ruffled bloomers (bumpkins on their site) set from Mabelicious???! If you haven’t seen this stuff yet, run, don’t walk, to check it out. Vintagey yummy goodness. Lucky for me, I’m friends with Kara, one of the co-designers (correct me if I’m wrong Kara - I think thats what you are?!) so I got to shoot Lilly in this set

And one “behind the scenes” - big brother bringing Lilly back to the spot after she’d taken off running for the eleventy hundreth time

(P.s Kara will send you the rest later!)

And to finish up, one of the big girl

xox Amanda

On the way to pick up the older two kids from Nanna’s, we stopped off for a super quick little shoot of Miss Lilly since she was looking so adorable in her dress (it’s by Confetti, for those other kids clothing addicts). She wasn’t into it (but what else did I expect) and preferred to simply run away from me. But there were some cute ones, and I’ve found a new spot (in a location I use ALL the time but had never “noticed” the potential of this little spot) so woohoo for me.

She started crying literally 2 seconds after she was giggling. Hiding her face and peeking at me to make sure I’m watching her dramatics

Don’t worry Lilly, Isaiah will cheer you up with cuddles.

He’ll also pose for mama

Monkey see, monkey do

Goodnight
xox

Mondays are always Jareth days. ‘Nuff said.

xox

MUAHAHA you all have to suffer through lots and lots of photos in this post because I took lots and lots the other day. And I’m sharing for once. So MUAHAHAHA.

(this is a typical one of the girls - Madison playing up to the camera and Lilly trying to get away, ha)

This one makes me laugh - she has a mouth FULL of jellybeans!

More typical Maddy & lilly..

Ok later chickens,
xoxo Amanda