About Me

I am a mother of three boys (three boys, being punished for my sins!) and have been a fan of photography for years. I started shooting weddings seriously about five years ago. With the arrival of my twins, I decided to reduce my working hours in order to spend more time at home with my boys. Using photography to make up for the loss of income was a natural progression.

This is where you will be able to catch regular excerpts of what I am up to...

It was a freezing winter start, but, in the end, it all turned out perfect and once again we were blessed with a beautiful sky (and insert a beautiful couple!)

 

Catherine and Shaun's wedding was full of beautiful details and wonderful moments.  The speeches induced tears and whole lot of laughter.  The dancing was crazy.  The food was yummy.

 

Your day was perfect.  Nothing short of perfect and I'm honored to have shared it with you. Thank you for inviting me into your lives on your most special day.

 

I have much more images in this post as my morning has been chaos, I can not find my 5 minutes of uninterrupted peace (so that I can narrow it down) -  so just posted them all.

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Catherine's mom handmade her beautiful dress.

 

 

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Love these two below, natural "belly" laughter and awesome sky - can't get better than that!

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Jeanette:

Absolutely gorgeous, love the rich colours of the flowers

(07.16.09 @ 10:23 AM)
Kat Forsyth:

Well, as always, I love lots of photos, so long may your interrupted days continue! That sky in the last few is breathtaking! My personal fave is the one where they are reflected in the mirror behind them. Gorgeous!

(07.16.09 @ 01:12 PM)
BIanca:

I have never seen more beautiful wedding pictures. Every picture carries so much emotion. I have tears in my eyes right now! all the best Shaun and Cath! Bianca

(07.17.09 @ 04:32 PM)
janet:

absolutely fabulous!

(07.17.09 @ 05:29 PM)
Linda Kloeck - Catherine's mom:

These photographs are so beautiful and caputure just little segments of what was a lovely day. I am a very grateful mom to have such stunning children. Shaun is very precious to us, and makes a wonderful husband to Cath. If these are but a small start to the photographs, I am dying to see what the full portfolio looks like.

Andrea was amazing! When choosing a photographer you are concerned that the photographs will be perfect, as this is what you take away from your wedding. Already I can see that we have been truly blessed.

Thank you Andrea for sharing your God-given talent with us. We salute you!

(07.18.09 @ 03:45 PM)
Ursula:

Breath taking!!

(07.20.09 @ 12:25 PM)
louise temlett:

Julia and I love all the photos. Lin the dress is magnificent - it has worked so well. I love the little shoulder straps and bodice. Flowers are stunning. Where is the cake? And where is the mother of the bride?- Wally looks like a patriarch! Catherine you are stunning and a magnificent June Bride - go girl.

(07.22.09 @ 01:24 AM)
Anonymous:

Accolades from the bride's mum, no less!! Now there's feather in your cap.

(07.22.09 @ 07:21 AM)
mandy:

i always love your details Shots, so creative so perfect.

(07.22.09 @ 09:46 AM)
Paul Pearce:

Great pics once again!

(07.24.09 @ 08:53 AM)
Lee-Anne de Bruin -:

a friend who missed Cath and Shaun's occassion from Aus but now gets to share it though these beautiful pictures....

(08.31.09 @ 03:06 PM)
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July 15, 2009 // Children / Personal

How to blow out candles when you have twin brothers who want to get in on the action.

 

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Cake decorated by the boys, although I do think most of them were eaten, hence the deficiency on the decor side.

 

Happy Birthday Oli!  Mmmmmwwaaah!

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Jeanette:

Love the hand on the head :) Happy birthday to Oli!

(07.15.09 @ 10:45 PM)
Kat Forsyth:

Heehee! Happy birthday, Oliver!

(07.15.09 @ 10:59 PM)
Mandy Moore:

Happy Birthday!!!

(07.16.09 @ 09:11 AM)
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Just finished Careen and Andrew's pictures, and I can not believe that I missed these when selecting for the blog.

 

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Kat Forsyth:

Those are stunning indeed.

(07.13.09 @ 12:04 PM)
Kim Ross-Kent:

Aaah, these are lovely! The more I see your beautiful work, the happier I am that you will be taking our photo's!

(07.14.09 @ 12:23 PM)
mandy:

these are Lovely, i remeber seeing the first lot you posted.

(07.15.09 @ 03:51 PM)
JaniB:

Andrea, your really a huge inspiration to me. You photos are gorgeous!

(11.20.09 @ 12:48 PM)
JaniB:

Andrea, you've been a real inspiration to me! Thank you!!!

(11.20.09 @ 12:53 PM)
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July 10, 2009 // Children / Personal

 

tan・trum (tan′trem) n. a violent, wilful outburst of annoyance, rage, etc.; childish fit of bad temper.

 

Stage One - Non-stop whining and pestering.
Stage Two - Threat of tears (fake tears) accompanied by the quivering bottom lip.
Stage Three - Full-throttle, real, gushing tears and wailing ...Oscar nomination quality performance here.
Stage Four - The Grand Finale: throwing oneself back onto the floor, kicking and screaming.(Please Note: Great care is taken not to injure onself in the "fling back")

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Mandy:

Oh My that's classic!! I know all too well how these meltdowns go down ;-)

(07.10.09 @ 10:57 AM)
Ursula:

AAAHHHH these are the days!!!! Don't worry - its only another 3-4 weeks and then holidays are over LOL. Love the pics - very funny indeed

(07.10.09 @ 11:33 AM)
Jeanette:

Oh I love it!! PMSL!!

(07.10.09 @ 04:11 PM)
Andrea Carlyle:

Had to look up PMSL, not that good with the whole blog world (or commenting for that matter) but my mate google enlightened me!
For the others out there like me P....MySelf Laughing, hope that is right???

(07.10.09 @ 05:42 PM)
Paul Pearce:

Make like Barry Hilton and walk past and look at him while he has his "Vloer Moer" and ask whose child this is LOL.
Can't wait to have my own one day.
Wait did i just say that,MMM yip cant wait.

(07.13.09 @ 03:50 PM)
Ren Davis:

i absolutely love this and all of your work. you are my new idol. truly.

(09.01.09 @ 07:53 PM)
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July 6, 2009 // Engagement

When Candice approached me for an engagement session the brief was was simple, she wanted images that represent their journey ahead.

She actually wanted a similar shot to one she had seen of the kids on the blog, but as always when one tries to duplicate an image it never works, as light and conditions are always different.

I think we managed meet the brief in our own way!

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Kat Forsyth:

Gotta love beautiful sunset silhouettes! Lovely!

(07.06.09 @ 06:24 PM)
Jeanette:

My word, Andrea, those colours are simply gorgeous!

(07.06.09 @ 10:42 PM)
Candice:

When I gave Andrea the brief, it was just an idea...now its the most stunning reality...The railway tracks turned out even better than I could of imagined...And it was well worth hot footing-it away from the security! Thanks so much for the stunning piece...YOU ARE A LEGEND!

(07.08.09 @ 09:27 AM)
Janine:

Absolutely stunning!! WOW

(07.08.09 @ 04:34 PM)
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