My love of photography began when was 10 years old. My aunt and uncle invited me to their home in Sydney for a holiday. We visited many places, but my favourite was Taronga zoo. To help me remember my visit they gave me a little disposable camera. It was the most exciting gift during my whole trip and I had so much fun wth it. From that point my LOVE of photography began. I studied black and white photography and Film developing at high school. But went on to do some practical studies so I could support my baby girls whom had at 18 and 20 years old. Although I always had a camera on hand.
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My main career for 10 years, till 2009, was childcare. Starting in the lower ranks I worked my way up and when I left to go on maternity leave, to have my third child, I had become the Pre-school teacher / Assistant director.
During my many years working with children, I took MANY photos of many different beautiful children. While still working it was my boss who designated me to be our centre photographer. She suggested I should study photography as she loved my work. So once on maternity leave and with the encouragement of my husband, I decided I needed something to do. So hence my formal photography study began.
I studied with The photography institute, ( http://www.thephotographyinstitute.com.au/ )and had gained my diploma within a year. I practised by using my 6 month old son, and my 2 daughters (then 5 and 7 years old), my husband and my mum as my models. They were my inspiraton for the assignments.
All photos on this blog post were taken during my studies.
My main goal since going on maternity leave has always been to start my own photography business and work from home. Working around my children so I can spend time with them instead of having them at childcare all the time. A goal I feel I am now achieving with a lot of encouragement and help from my self appointed "photographers assistant" / husband. Through his encouragment things are slowly coming together.
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