just look at that face! charlie is an absolute delight! a gorgeous morning, a beautiful boy and such a fun baby photography session. x
child photography melbourne - katie
July 24, 2010 – 10:22 am
how cute is she?? katie was just adorable throughout this children’s photography shoot. thanks for a great play with lots of giggles, tiny toes and strawberry hair…
have i ever mentioned how lucky i am that this is my job!?.. x
portsea children’s photography - oskar, henry & elsbeth
July 21, 2010 – 5:10 pm
as i drove to portsea i tried desperately not to put my wipers on as that would mean it really was raining! unfortunately i had to give in and let them swish away. in the far distance i could see a tiny patch of blue and hoped for the best as i continued down the road. thankfully that tiny patch of blue miraculously sat right above portsea!!! 3 gorgeous little birds and a delightful family photography session.
as gorgeous as oskar and henry are i already have 2 boys of my own.. BUT elsbeth, those eyes, those cheeks, her sweet nature… i want one! x
i am quite a few sneak peeks behind but i promise to get them up for you shortly! x
june 30 - it all happens far too quickly….
June 30, 2010 – 10:01 pm
i was a little stuck as to what i could post today.. i didn’t get a chance to take a photo so started looking through some old files. i always complain that we have no video footage of the boys and i stumbled across some… i called the boys in and they were in fits of laughter just watching themselves. when watching it, i remembered the actual day but i didn’t really remember just how small and just how perfect they were. the footage was from the day tom started walking. i remember harry was a big boy but looking at the footage he was just a baby himself. the 2 of them in the footage were giggling out of control and the 2 big boys on my lap were hysterical watching it… we really do need photos and video to help us remember… how small they were, the sound of their giggle, the sweet expressions that existed then (and are still here now but in an older face). i don’t know… time is a strange thing and memories play tricks on us. i know you must think i have hundreds of photos of my boys, but i tend to miss the memorable days… days spent with friends and family. i also have next to no video footage (which is crazy given i was raised in a household where we made home movies weekly from before i was born right up to me being in my twenties!!) i want to keep better records (through images) for my boys… i’m going to take snippets of video footage regularly too (you only need a minute here and there) and i’m going to store it all in a way that is easy to navigate……. well, i’m definitely adding it to the list anyway! thanks for joining me for my ‘post a day for the month of june’, it’s been fun, i hope you’ve enjoyed it! magical wishes and butterfly kisses, pru x
my baby birds:
june 29 - missing the sun?
June 29, 2010 – 8:32 pm
how cold is it today? is anyone else missing the sunshine and the warmth (and kids playing outside!) … here’s a little pic to remind us! you can almost here the giggles and feel the warmth of the sun… x
june 28 - football cards
June 28, 2010 – 4:16 pm
is it just me?
footy cards seem to have brought to my attention that i may well be a little (or very much so) obsessive compulsive!! i find i have to mark every card off the checklist the second the boys open a new pack of cards. i have to double check both albums vigilantly to see who needs what. i check and i recheck all our ‘trade cards’ to ensure we haven’t missed a card that we do in fact need. the thing is.. i’m not particularly into football (although i am becoming a little more interested these days), i don’t even read the players names as i go through the cards.. to me it’s just about the numbers, checking off the checklist, working out what we need and making sure it’s all in order!!! the worse thing is, i’m doing this for the boys… a 5 year old and a 3 year old… let’s face it, they’re not fussed if it’s in order… they’re just excited to get a shiny one!!! (there are shiny ones for those of you lucky enough not to have been taken over by footy cards!) it kills me that i can’t let it go.. but i can’t… what is this hold that footy cards has over me?? it’s crazy!
we all had our derwent pencils that we had to keep in perfect colour order, right? we all have to have our bookshelf stacked from tallest to shortest, right? we all have a particular place for all the toys in our house, right? sure we do! (right????) BUT what did you do when the pencils had been so used that the lengths varied dramatically?? did you maintain colour order OR change to size order as it probably equated to frequency of use (OH NO… now i can even see why i ended up with a maths degree… i’m a nerd!!!)… and with the book shelf, arranging them from tallest to shortest makes perfect sense BUT what when it’s a landscape rather than a portrait size (annoying!!) … and toys having their place.. there are always the ones that fall into the ‘i don’t really fit in any other basket’ basket… I HATE THAT BASKET!!!!
o, oh!! i think i just had a light bulb moment!!! hello, my name is pru trundle and i am obsessed with order.
deep breath, take a step back, live on the wild side and let the boys trade what ever cards they want to… even if it’s already been checked off the list and you don’t have another one (GULP!!!!).. let the books get out of height order (although they are definitely staying on the shelf for books.. i can’t leap that far!!)… be crazy and mix up the toy baskets.. maybe even mix some dinosaurs with cars (woah.. this is liberating!!)…
our house is minimalist… therefore very easy to keep everything in its place… if we don’t need it.. i throw it out! sounds so cold and heartless…. but the one thing i love about our house is that we use every bit of it and everyone feels at home here.. it’s a comforting place full of fun and laughter and warmth… oh.. and of course ORDER!!!! but over these holidays, since we’re taking it easy i may ask myself ‘what would ‘orderly pru’ do?’ and do the opposite.. just to see where we end up?? straight jacket or more relaxed?…
side note: we saw toy story 3 today… did anyone else have a big lump in their throat?
and this just makes my heart sing…. x
june 27 - another tooth!!
June 27, 2010 – 10:17 pm
well tonight, just after his shower and before bed (thankfully all tucked up asleep before the final episode of underbelly!! phew…) harry lost another tooth! he couldn’t be more pleased with himself.. we congratulated him, took a couple of pics and then used the old ‘better go straight to sleep because the tooth fairy doesn’t come when you’re awake’ trick…it worked a treat!…
look how excited he is:
i keep thinking about these little guys… LOVE IT! http://mymilktoof.blogspot.com/
june 26 - mmmmmmm for MoVida
June 26, 2010 – 8:09 pm
rob hadn’t been to MoVida so i booked the 2 of us in for a late lunch today… i didn’t have my camera with me BUT i did have my iphone… between every course i said to rob.. remind me to take a pic of the next course.. BUT they were so delicious i devoured every single one of them before i remembered that i wanted to take a photo!!!! we started with the potato and chorizo crumbed balls, then the scallop with potato foam, then the teeny tiny quail, then the huge lamb chops, then the john dory and pipi, then the wagu and artichoke… OMG!!!! i think i just inhaled them all.. then kicked myself after each one for not taking a snap!! it was with the final dish.. the churros and chocolate sauce that i remembered…. what a perfect day for a long, lazy, indulgent lunch. mmmmmmm for MoVida….
my iphone snaps:
june 24 - baby and family photography - alexander
June 24, 2010 – 8:27 pm
alexander was absolutely divine! it was such an enjoyable shoot…. even as i looked through the images after the shoot i was oohing and ahhing at how lovely this family is together… it was a gorgeous shoot and all because mum, dad and little alex were keen to play.. the 4 of us had a really lovely time. thank-you. x
i wonder if that’s the last of the autumn leaves? how lovely they have been.
a post a day: well i was going to discuss just how all encompassing footy cards are but have decided this subject deserves an entire post of its own! another topic would be marketing for little bird. i really don’t advertise anywhere… i had my button on a networking forum for a while and have been in an online weekly newsletter twice (just to remind people that we’re here).. i also had an ad in our local newsletter when the gallery opened.. but other than that i have not advertised since my start-up. all the interviews i have had have approached me and many a website out there is just nice enough to put me on their site… BUT i am thinking maybe it’s time?? but what and where and how and frankly… why?? all our business is word of mouth and repeat clients and that is truly how i love it to be.. maybe i would feel more ‘business like’ if i had some sort of marketing strategy to implement.. i looked at a pr company, at an seo company, at a marketing business, at a letter box drop company… and to tell you the truth the latter seems the most appealing!! the others seem so BIG and possibly so foreign that i just can’t take the leap… and i’ve not needed to gain more business so it’s never been a priority… so why now? maybe because i have this gorgeous gallery and i want to let people know where we are? maybe it’s because little bird is all grown up? maybe i just need to add another hat to my bulging hat wardrobe.. ‘director of marketing’… who knows??…. i would love to hear from you if you have any ideas, suggestions or pearls of wisdom! x
