First of all I would like to thank all those entered my competition and shared their stories with me! It was an honour for you to let me into your lives and to see you favourite photos.

It was definitely a hard choice to choose the winners as there was so many awesome entries!

First off we have Suzy with her entry:

“My favourite photo is my fiancé and our son, who sadly passed away aged just two months old, the only thing we have left now is photos of our beautiful child.”

Thanks so much for sharing your touching memory with me, it touched a very special part of me and I thought very deserving of first prize.

2nd prize goes to Liz:

“anzac day, old & young together.  i like this photo because it just looking at it you can see how much they love each other”

Thanks so much for telling me about this photo Liz, such as beautiful photograph and so very much Australian!

and last but not least 3rd prize goes to Renee

Thanks Renee for sharing this photograph of how you conquered your fear of heights, what an amazing accomplishment! If only I could conquer my fear of spiders!

“And why is it my favourite?  I overcame my fear of heights to climb this lighthouse with my 2yo – her looking up in awe is something I’ll never forget.”

Thanks once again for entering and I will be in touch with you soon as to how you can collect your prizes.
Of course I can’t leave this post without posting my favourite photo of the week! Doesn’t Ethan look so little! Not so little anymore but he definitely has his very own little personality!

Looking for somthing special for Father’s Day?

As you know Fathers Day is fast approaching! If you are looking for that one special gift instead of a pair of new socks. Why not purchase a session with Sweet Chilli Philly Photography! What more could a father want then to display on his desk or wall at work then photographs of his gorgeous children! So here is what I am offering:

Book 1 of my packages from the Wall Collection range and spend a minimum of $100 in prints and I will throw in a 8 inch premium leather gallery album with photos from your session for you to keep free of charge! What a great way for you to show family and friends photos from your session with a beautifully crafted album that will fit in your handbag!

If you would like to book a session please email me about the Father’s day special at: ssmoke@adam.com.au

I thought that it was time to get some updated photographs taken with my boys, I always seem to be behind the camera and never in front of it so as much as I hate being in the actual photos. I thought that my boys would suffer if they didn’t have any memories of me to keep once they are grown men. So with the help of hubby…and Tristan lol we set up the tripod so they I could capture a few memorial moments with my boys…

I have to laugh at Ethan sometimes, just with the many facial expressions he comes out with. He reminds me of an old soul (a deep thinker) and other times he can be so cheeky with his mannerisms. Although if he is anything like his older brother then I’m not surprised that he can twist me around his petite little finger!

The oh no what have I done face!

The deep thinker face.

The cheeky face that gets you every time

and although a tad out of focus I do love  the final face that says your weird mum (making all those strange faces to make me laugh just aint going to cut it!)

As you probably know I volunteer for the The Australian Community of Child Photographers, the ACOCP is an entirely-volunteer service that provides family portraits of children that have been stillborn; died neo-natally; are terminally ill; or have been born very early. Members of ACOCP’s nationwide network of photographers go on location at any time of the day and night to various hospitals to do the shoots. They also supply prints and albums to the families free of charge.

Well this week the ACOCP is putting on an exhibition called…

Heartfelt

An exhibition by The Australian Community of Child Photographers

On Monday 22 June 2009, ACOCP will open its Heartfelt Exhibition which will run for two weeks at MLC Gallery in Ultimo, Sydney, N.S.W.  Free to the public, the showing features 20-30 images of the best of 153 pictures submitted by proud ACOCP photographers with the blessings of the children’s families.

This exhibition draws together family portraits, which display the emotional sensitivity and awareness of these highly skilled and proficient photographers. The images, often taken under difficult circumstances, both technical and personal are warm, beautifully detailed accounts of family love.

Photographers are careful to balance the importance of representing the events these families are enduring, whilst minimising the many interventions and difficulties these children are facing.

Cristina Garduño Freeman, curator of the exhibition and an EB (Essential Baby) member  herself, urged people to support the exhibition by taking the time to visit. “These photographs are more than just images, each one tells the story of a young life, at times tragically short, at times endured, but always loved. These photographs are not documentaries, but rather tangible memories that help families both grieve and delight in their children. These photographs show the significant role that photography plays in creating a sense of family for all of us.”

“The ACOCP exhibition is a chance for those who appreciate photography; who want to see pictures of precious children; or who are interested in finding out more about ACOCP services. I hope the community will visit the exhibition and support us,” ACOCP president, Jessie Broome said.

There will be a silent auction and celebration event auctioning custom portrait sessions from some of the leading lifestyle and custom portrait photographers in Sydney, and press night on Thursday, 25 June at 6pm. ACOCP members and photographers will be available to meet and chat with visitors to the exhibition.

The exhibition is open to the general public on:

June 22nd to 4th July 2009
Monday to Friday 11am to 6pm; Saturday 12 to 4pm
Location: MLC Gallery, 449 Harris Street, Ultimo 2007
(go to Heartfelt website for map).

For more information
www.Heartfelt.org.au
or www.acocp.org.au
I hope to see you there if you can make it!

Today I had a good friend come and visit me today and Bron was telling me that as she was a survivor of Amniotic Fluid Embolism (very low surival rate) well the AMOSS have asked to use her story for their launch at Parliament House on Wednesday so we decided to do a few recent photos for the story in case they needed some updated shots.

So here is a few shots from our little mini session

I thought this post deserved a post of it’s own as yesterday I had the greatest pleasure of photographing one of my good friends newborn baby girl Ashlee. She was such a dream to photograph and barely stirred as we repositioned her for each photo. This was definitely session that I had been waiting for for the last six months and was well worth waiting for!

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