SEVEN!

Ok I am officially useless but this was at least seven posts in around about eight days so its a lot better than usual.
I'm off for about a weeks break so if you phone or email expect a slight delay in me getting back to you. I've spoken to all current clients in regard to this and any galleries will be extended as needed on my return. Bookings are currently running into mid/late June, remember if you are expecting a baby and would like photos please let me know ahead of time so I can make some room in my diary around your EDD.
I will leave you with a photo of my youngest Ebbie. She is two but will tell you she is three, so sad how time passes so fast once you are grown up yet when you are little and want to grow up the years take forever!

Sixth Day

These two are school friends of my kids and their mum has those picture recesses in her entry and main area. Gorgeous picture recesses with lighting and everything but she doesn't have anything in them!! Drives me crazy..... so we went round to try and solve the problem. This was the little man having a moment when he was more interested in playing than hanging out with me anymore but his beautiful big sister cheered him up :)
p.s. I'm having major mobile phone trouble, mine just keeps turning itself off constantly. Loose connection in the battery I'm thinking but its a total pain. I'm not getting phone calls as often as I should do so if you get the message bank just leave a message. Best option however is to email me : davinahurst@yahoo.com. Thanks!

Fifth Day

What a wild weekend in Perth, despite the rain and cold I had a busy weekend so just catching up on work tonight. This little spunk was from a little while ago but I had been meaning to post his cute face and hadn't quite got there so here we go...


Oh and yes I know... its technically Sunday and I have missed a day, but I have a valid excuse the date/time is set to US time and really I haven't actually missed a day.

Fourth Day

Oh and this just sums up the week really...

I negotiated with the kids all afternoon that if they behaved we would go to the DVD store and get the DVD's I had reserved for them. Got them into the bath early, out in their pjs so that when we got home they were all ready to watch. Drove to the store about 10 mins away, realised I didn't have my wallet so had to drive home. Grabbed my wallet back to the store in the rain and now the dark too. Get there and waste 10mins choosing a DVD for myself as I had a voucher for 3 new releases... line up at the counter only to be told that the two we reserved have not been returned even though they were due back yesterday!! Arghhhh.... oh gee you can just imagine how my 5 year old reacted when he found out we would not be watching Ben10 tonight just as I had promised him we would ALL day!

Third Day

Isn't he just the sweetest, I LOVE newborns. So, so beautiful.

Second Day

Just a quick one as I am running on empty after a late night doing processing work for this shoot. My youngest then decided to wake me at the totally un-mummy friendly time of 6am which is not normal for my super sleeper kids. Four hours sleep doesn't really cut it for me so I'm feeling like I won't make it into the office tonight.

Isn't she just the prettiest thing though?

This is just hilarious!

Bad Blogger

Yes, I am officially a very bad blogger. I can't believe how bad I am considering its not like I am ever short of a few opinions or photos to go with them!
So here is my challenge to myself.... at least one photo every day for the next week. I'd like to say month but really thats like me saying.. no more chocolate! Its just not going to happen.
So here are a couple of absolutely stunning young ladies who I had the pleasure of spending a couple of hours with over the weekend. Such sweet little girls who were totally in love with each other, just the way little sisters should be.

Back up Back up

I bought myself a new external hard drive yesterday and I feel such relief from this one little purchase. I do already back up my images, I have an external hard drive, they are on my internal hard drive AND for my personal images I have a THIRD portable external drive. I know slightly overkill. BUT, one of my external hard drives came to a grinding hault recently while we were moving house, luckily I had everything still on my internal drive and quickly backed up that again. It is like feeling naked and exposed, extremely vulnerable. I don't know what I would do if I lost my images! Not just my clients but all my personal memories. I am actually going to buy myself a fire proof safe, wouldn't you be spewing if you stole my safe and found it contained nothing but backed up personal images on cd!! No diamonds in this household!

Seriously I know many people that have lost their personal images when their hard drives crashed, please, please back up your images!

That being said, last week I revisited with a family whose son I photographed about three and a half years ago now. He is now a big brother and totally proud as punch.