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Hi, and welcome to my blog! My name is Cathy Crawley, I am a Portrait and Wedding Photographer based in Sydney, Australia. I absolutely love what I do, I am deeply passionate about my photography, but most of all I enjoy seeing the look on my client's faces when they see their portraits for the first time. It is a thrill and an honour to be invited into the lives and homes of so many wonderful people, I love being able document the important moments in their lives - it is such a privilage. There is no better job!

This blog is where I post photos from my sessions and talk a little about the things that interest me. Please feel free to leave comments, I love to get feedback and I also love to network with other Photographers. So don't be shy!

If you would like to chat to me about booking a Portrait Session or your Wedding send an email to me at info@beautifulmoments.com.au or phone me on 0418803869

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Oh what a year!

Firstly, I want to thank each and every client of mine for helping to create my first full year in business a wonderful success.  I had a blast on each and every shoot and I met and fell in love with so many wonderful babies, kids, brides and families.  Thank you so much for trusting me to capture your precious moments!  

Secondly, I want to wish all my clients and all my loyal blog readers a wonderful New Year, I hope 2009 will be fantastic for all of you!

Lastly, I want to share some of my favourite images from 2008, it was hard to choose because I have favourites from every session so I made a slideshow with a montage of the best of Newborns, Portraits and Weddings for 2008.  I can only hope that 2009 is as successful and filled with as many wonderful clients as I had this year :)

 Sit back and enjoy!  

 

Cherry & Jason Married!

Yesterday was a beautiful day in Sydney, a perfect day to do my last Wedding of the year for a super cute couple Cherry & Jason.  I met Cherry and Jason a few months ago and was immediately struck by their sweet, gentle nature and knew straight away that I really wanted to work with them at their Wedding.  Both Cherry and Jason are from China and have only recently moved to Australia so a lot of their family and friends didn’t speak English, but that didn’t matter because love and happiness is universal and this is one happy group of people.  

The day itself was hot, hot and humid and as the Ceremony was at the Botanic Gardens and the Reception at The Rocks we were unable to drive from one location to the next so poor Cherry, Jason, their Bridal Party and my assistant had to walk at least 6 kilometers to get to all our photo locations, but I assured them it would be worth it as I had been imagining my shots for 2 months and I knew exactly what I wanted to capture for them, Sydney in all her glory!

Here are a few of my absolute favourites from their Wedding, don’t miss the slideshow at the bottom, it may be slow but it’s gorgeous :)

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I literally risked breaking my neck on the rocks to get this photo…..wedding photographer sydney picture

Oh how I love this floor!wedding photographer sydney picturesydney harbour wedding picture

This one of Cherry is a personal Fave

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My favourite photo of the day :) the rocks sydney wedding photography picture

And now for the Slideshow!!!

 

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Merry Christmas!!!

What a full and exciting day we have had today, it all started with me waking the family up early to open pressies before 7am.  The look on Benjamin’s face when he saw all the presents under the tree was priceless, he immediately saw the giant digger that Santa had brought and asked “who’s is this!”, he was over the moon when I replied “Yours darling” :)  They say Christmas is for the kids and it is so true, the joy us adults feel comes from seeing our children’s faces light up at the sight of so many wonderful gifts.  James and Cass did well from santa this year with their money, cameras, perfume, and electronic gifts, but the big hit of the day has to be Ben’s Digger.  He rode that thing almost all day, and for the brief moments where he wasn’t riding it he was doing the hedges with his “ohhh ahhhh” otherwise known as a Whipper Snipper!  We had a lovely family lunch together and then spent the rest of the afternoon swimming at the Barnes’s house, eating way too much Honey Glazed Ham and salad and enjoying time with wonderful friends.  

Thank you to all of my client’s for a wonderful first year in business and thank you to all my loyal blog readers, I hope you and your families had a magical Christmas.  Here are some of our photos from today :)  Merry Chistmas!!!

This is what I bought Steven and I as a combined present this year, now if only I had time to relax and enjoy it!

Baby Mitchell ~ Newborn

My last Newborn Session of the year was held yesterday with little Mitchell and his Mother and Brother Tristian, whom I had taken photos of earlier in the year.  Mitchell and Tristian are almsot 1 year appart in age, so Christine is going to be one busy lady.  Thankfully, both boys are totally adorable so it should be a labour of love :)  Thank you Christine for asking me to capture your special little man, I wish you and your family all the best for a wonderful future together :)

Baby Possum ~ 6 Days Old

Finally, after much anticipation a beautiful baby girl, otherwise known as Possum, entered the world last Monday.  I took photos of her parents Lauren & Vlad about 7 weeks ago to capture their joy and celebrate their first pregnancy, today I returned to take some beautiful portraits of their little Possum, and how adorable is she!  I just love how cute and chubby she is, and she was so perfectly behaved for me all morning.  Here are a few of my favourite shots from today :)

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Craig & Charlotte

I’ve known Craig for almost 14 years, our lives have been intertwined on and off for the last decade or so but we always seem to catch up like no time has passed in between visits. When he asked me to take some photos of his daughter Charlotte for Christmas I knew exactly were I wanted to take them and exactly how I wanted the photos to look.  Yesterday, after several false starts we finally got around to doing their photos.  I loved how sweet and polite Charlotte was, she is a beautiful little girl and I’m sure her daddy will love these photos :)

Sue, Patrick, Zoe & Matthew

Over the last year or so I have become to know Sue and her beautiful family through our friends Jasper and Jay.  Sue just happens to be the manager of Jay’s band Jonah’s Raod, all my regular readers will know how fond I am of those boys!  Sue does an amazing job of keeping them in line and gets them all their bookings, she’s an integral part of the band.  

Anywhoo, today Sue, Patrick and their gorgeous children Zoe and Matthew met me at one of my favourite spots to get some family portraits taken.  The sun kept coming in and out of the most wicked looking clouds but thankfully it didn’t rain and we kept nice dry for a change.  We took a tone of family portraits and then towards the end of the session I pulled out some of my favourite props and did some individual portraits of the kidos, I have to say that I am loving them!  What gorgeous little models :)

See, I told you the clouds were wicked looking!

Baby Zoe - Newborn

Yesterday was hot, hot and humid due to the rain the day before, so when I arrived at Justin’s & Robyn’s house in a valley to take some photos of their new daughter Zoe it was like walking into a rain forest.  We were supposed to be shooting during the week but due to more rain we had to re-schedule, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise as that day I found this really cute treasure chest that I thought would be perfect for Zoe’s session.  As it turns out it was, behind Justin’s and Robyn’s house is a creek lined with lots and lots of ferns, just the perfect spot to create portraits of “Zoe the Rain Forest Baby”  ;)

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How cute is Zoe’s room! 

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