If you didn't already know I recently had a baby which means I'm on semi maternity leave (semi meaning I cant help myself so I'm still working) and thought there no better time to start a project.

I'd seen 10 on 10 around the tracks and thought why not!

For those of you who don't know what 10 on 10 is, on the tenth day of each month you take one photo every hour for ten hours. It's about documenting a day in your life and finding beauty amongst the ordinary moments.

Admitedly I'm still a little tied down with feeds and nappies so the subject matter and location are not new but still awfully cute.

Let's see where this baby takes me, pardon the pun!

P.s. Check out the 5th picture down. That's Sonny with a toy car in one hand and my breast pump in the other. That child cracks me up.

There's something I need to share, something really exciting, but before I do, I'm starting at the beginning.

I still remember stumbling across Samm Blake's work on searching for my own wedding photographer. I worked at an Online Marketing Agency at the time and couldn't help but share the images with every single person in the office.

I never really knew much about wedding photography but I was quite surprised at how stuffy and formal alot of it was. There were times I felt like I was looking at an 80's mag, so when I saw Samm's work I knew that was it, I wanted her to photograph my wedding. 

From there we became friends and I attended a really small workshop she held for some close friends about wedding photography. I happened to mention I wanted to get some experience and she said "Come shoot with me", so I did.

After that one wedding I was hooked. The next day I couldn't stop thinking about it, which felt a little weird. When I look back, I think its because I found something that I absolutely adore and it combines all the things I really love in life; family, connections, stories, love and people.

I continued to second shoot with Samm and other photographers and am now versed in all things weddings. As every creative knows, we are our harshest critic and I never really thought I was good enough but I finally came to the conclusion that's not true at all and that we all have to start somewhere.

So with that, I am happy to say I am now a part of Yeah! Weddings Australia, a Photography Agency.

I'm so truly excited about Yeah! Weddings and what this opportunity holds for me. Not to mention the fact that I get to work along side an extremely talented and very cool bunch of people. 

BRING IT ON!

And because no blog post is complete without an obligatory image, a beautiful sky, edited with the latest VSCO Film. 

The below post was written right before I recently gave birth.

The road has been long. 10 months, but it feels like more.

I’ve never really enjoyed pregnancy too much. The final result leaves you in a state of awe but the ride is slow and arduous.

Truth be told, having a baby is simply incredible and I consider myself one of the lucky ones. You realize how amazing the human body really is when you grow a life. For me however, this wears a little thin after sharing your body for so long. Selfish I know, but honest.

But the wait is finally over and as I sit here in my hospital gown I become increasingly nervous and the whole situation feels strangely disembodied.

It’s now that I realize the enormity of the whole pregnant journey, "I’m having another baby". It means that my family will go from 3 to 4 and I'm finding it a little hard to get my head around.

I know that sounds weird, its not like I didn't know this was happening, derrrr, but sometimes it's still hard to fatham what the other side will look like. 

There's a good chance this will be my last pregnancy and I wanted to remember how it felt. So last night I left my camera next to my bed and from the moment I woke up this morning I started to document the day we went from 3 to 4. Shaun wasn’t that impressed, sometimes he struggles that everything for me becomes a photography project.

So my friends I must go, the trolley is here to pick me up. Wish me luck.

As this post goes to air I am now the proud mother of Ivy Rose Mills, 16 days old and the most beautiful little girl ever. I still can't believe I had a little girl!!

All my concerns and worries have faded away and the long drawn out pregnancy has already been forgotten.

I should have remembered this from last time, the love of your own child far outways anything.

I began studying Photography in the days of film. I loved shooting film but admittedly I use to get a little frustrated at the length of the learning curve.

I spent many hours shooting, developing the film at my kitchen sink and printing in a small darkroom lovingly built by my husband in our garage. All this before I worked out I had messed up the exposure horribly and everything was out of focus!

It wasn't long down the track before I moved to digital and never really looked back until recently. Surprisingly I had gone full circle and decided that the 'long learning curve' was necessary.

Digital can seem so fast paced because it's so easy to press that button, which for something like weddings is important, however I decided it's time to slow down a little.

I want to try and think about things a little more and really connect with my subjects and I feel like film lends itself to all these things. As well as producing such timeless images.

So I made a date with Arlene from Arlene Bax Photography and we shot some film together with the lovely Logan and these are the results.

I cant tell you how much fun I had shooting film again (especially with Arlene) and I cant wait to do more.