Photo of the Day: Alice

Some of you might have noticed that I have a new blog design, and I'm very excited to launch it with the photo of an irresistible little French girl called Alice (15 months).
Her mother and I used to go to school together, so it's just totally weird to see her as a mum now :)

I always marvel at the Parisian kids' outfits, it's like they are born with an inner sense of style. Well, I know their parents dress them but still, I'm sure it's in the genes too. You know, the way they tilt their little heads under their knitted hats, with their eyes saying look at me I'm too cute. When my 18 month old daughter and I arrived there last month, I quickly felt embarrassed by her worn grey sneakers ('cause "grey goes with everything"), so I ditched them in favour of dusted pink leather shoes. Hoping no-one noticed.

I know I said photo of the day, but it'll have to be photoS of the day because I just couldn't not post this one as well :)

Talmont-sur-Gironde

Don't you just love the name. Can't get more French than that. I can hear you say "Talmont-sur-what?!".

Anyway, just spent a day there on Monday (yes it's the name of a town) and while everyone was whingeing that it was cold and rainy, I rejoiced in the gloomy light and deserted streets.

Because of the rain I only took my compact Canon Powershot S90 but loved the results (I find that landscapes usually suit compact cameras nicely as they don't usually require the shallow depth of field that works so well with portraits).

I hope you enjoy them! :)

Sydney Pregnancy: Tina & Simon (and Alexander!)

Alexander Benjamin was born 4 days ago Monday 3 May, on his exact due date. Little did he know he had already been photographed when in mummy's tummy a couple of months back.

Tina and Simon are friends and we did not really plan a photo shoot (had we planned things Simon would probably have chosen a plain t-shirt!). They were on the beach to look after our daughter while we were doing another "official" shoot. However, after we finished, the light was so beautiful and I already the right equipment with me, so we decided to take a few shots. Simon is an enthusiast photographer himself (specialised in underwater photography, you can see his beautiful (and courageous!) images on http://www.simonsaysscuba.com ), so he also stepped in to photograph his very pregnant and radiant wife.