
02/09/2025
Celebrating the recent NZIPP - the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography Iris Awards - Finalist for the NZIPP Australian Family Photographer of the Year.
This year the time limit for entries was removed, presenting an opportunity to enter work created outside the 2 year time limit. It was so lovely to see this print relived again - it has always been one of my favourites. It received a Gold Distinction which is a huge honour!
Storytelling is the centre of this triptych - the different relationships between all the siblings and their support of each other - in the top frame the eldest three are all showing their youngest sister how to jump, in the second, she is just doing her own thing - what every three year old does in a shoot, and in the third she is doing her best to copy her brother!
The best way to create a story is to let the kids do their own thing with a few fun suggestions and encouragement from their Mum and Dad as we went along. The hardest part was getting them to wrap when it was time to leave!!