Make Believe Photography

17/01/2025

M I L A N

It feels like two seconds ago we found out we were pregnant again, and before you know it there's a baby here!

The time is so fleeting, i know from experience this tiny perfect baby will all too soon become a beautiful ball of energy like his brother. I want to bottle these soft snuggly moments and keep them forever, from the 3am feeds to the special good morning cuddles with your big brother.

13/01/2025

One advantage of having your maternity and newborn memories captured with me is that I get to create fun stuff like this

12/01/2025

Here is a sample of what your memories would look like captured amongst the beautiful sunflowers

11/01/2025

IMPORTANT!!
Fight To Help Archer & Arlo
Please read & share 💙💙

This is a REALLY important fundraiser that needs as many shares as possible to help these beautiful boys! This family is local to Pakenham, and are a family at my daughters daycare centre.
BOOK HERE https://book.usesession.com/s/8i9zQh_4ym
Archer and Arlo are 2 beautiful boys from Pakenham (VIC) who have a rare genetic condition called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
DMD is a muscle wasting condition that targets the muscles, heart, lungs and spine. They would be wheelchair bound by their teens and have a reduced life expectancy to their late teens to 20's. There is no cure. Due to the specific genetic variation, there is no viable treatment options in Australia to give them the best quality of life these beautiful boys deserve. There is one available treatment in England to give the boys the best quality of life possible. Please help me raise my goal of $800 to their go fund me page by booking a sunflower mini session at the end of this month. Every session booked $100 will go to their go fund me. This family needs $70 000 just to get over to England!
You will not only get beautiful memories captured out of this you will also have the satisfaction of knowing you are helping these boys get to England to help give Archer and Arlo a quality of life they deserve!
I have setup a fundraiser mini session with Winnindoo Flowers for the end of the month in their sunflower oasis to help raise as much money as possible for this beautiful family. My goal is to raise $800 so $100 from every booking will go to their go fund me. You will not only get beautiful memories out of booking one of these sessions but you will also have the satisfaction of knowing you are helping this family give their boys the best quality of life possible.
BOOK HERE https://book.usesession.com/s/8i9zQh_4ym
If you would like to read more about their family or donate yourself here is their go fund me page link.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/fight-to-help-archer-arlo?attribution_id=sl:778724f1-4328-4386-a60c-87e77b5a43e4&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

11/01/2025

IMPORTANT!!

Fight To Help Archer & Arlo

Please read & share 💙💙

I wouldn't normally post this late due to lower traffic to my page however this is a REALLY important fundraiser that needs as many shares as possible to help these beautiful boys! This family is local to Pakenham, and are a family at my daughters daycare centre.

BOOK HERE https://book.usesession.com/s/8i9zQh_4ym

Archer and Arlo are 2 beautiful boys from Pakenham (VIC) who have a rare genetic condition called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

DMD is a muscle wasting condition that targets the muscles, heart, lungs and spine. They would be wheelchair bound by their teens and have a reduced life expectancy to their late teens to 20's. There is no cure. Due to the specific genetic variation, there is no viable treatment options in Australia to give them the best quality of life these beautiful boys deserve. There is one available treatment in England to give the boys the best quality of life possible. Please help me raise my goal of $800 to their go fund me page by booking a sunflower mini session at the end of this month. Every session booked $100 will go to their go fund me. This family needs $70 000 just to get over to England!

You will not only get beautiful memories captured out of this you will also have the satisfaction of knowing you are helping these boys get to England to help give Archer and Arlo a quality of life they deserve!

I have setup a fundraiser mini session with Winnindoo Flowers for the end of the month in their sunflower oasis to help raise as much money as possible for this beautiful family. My goal is to raise $800 so $100 from every booking will go to their go fund me. You will not only get beautiful memories out of booking one of these sessions but you will also have the satisfaction of knowing you are helping this family give their boys the best quality of life possible.

BOOK HERE https://book.usesession.com/s/8i9zQh_4ym

If you would like to read more about their family or donate yourself here is their go fund me page link.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fight-to-help-archer-arlo?attribution_id=sl:778724f1-4328-4386-a60c-87e77b5a43e4&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

11/01/2025

09/01/2025

B O D H I

It’s important to us to have these precious moments captured as our beautiful kids will only remember growing up together.
We want them to be able to look back at these family moments as they show just how little and close in age they all are and to remind them how much they mean to us.

We know just how quick the newborn stage goes, within a blink of an eye you are suddenly celebrating their 1st birthday
We adore the newborn cuddles our little boy Bodhi is the sweetest addition to our family, Our 2 year old and 18 MO are already Bodhi’s protectors.
We are very proud of being young parents to 3 beautiful babies.

09/01/2025

M O L L Y

It was important for us to have these memories captured because the newborn stage goes way too fast and it’s easy to forget all their little facial expressions and the newborn scrunch but to be able to look back at beautiful photos of that time is so special.
I love Watching Molly's big sister Morgan with her, it is adorable she calls her little cutie and little darling and she loves giving her kisses and cuddles and I think she is going to be such a wonderful big sister.

09/01/2025

Indigo-Rain Waipunārangi Cynthia

Having these memories captured is super special to me, it defines so much in just one picture & to me is my strong & ataahua whanau (beautiful family)

With every hurdle and obstacle that has come our way we have defined the odds and come out the other end standing tall and rising above, no matter what.

Our girls have brought us so much closer, with each and individually bringing so much strength , love & manifesting just a happy, safe & joyful life together.

Our rich is our whanau & our happiness stands as long as we are together.

Indigo-Rain Waipunārangi Cynthia
You’re the absolute perfect addition to us ❤️❤️

Here’s to the girl tribe 💗

08/01/2025

NIXON IS NEARLY ONE!

It was so important to capture this milestone as the days, weeks and months are just flying by! We can’t believe our baby boy is already nearly one! Time is such a thief so we wanted these memories to be able to look back on forever and ever! This milestone was bittersweet for us as it’s the last time we will ever have a one year old 🥹

The thing we love most about this age is that Nixon’s personality has really started to shine through making him his own little person. He amazes us every single day with all the new things he’s learning to do. The bond that he shares with Ava and Ivy is honestly something else 🥰 we can’t really put it into words but the love and admiration they have for each other is just so amazing and just melts our hearts 🤍

02/01/2025

Are there any hair and makeup artists available tomorrow at 10am to come to my home studio in Pakenham for a beautiful new mumma? ❤️

01/01/2025

T E M P Y I S O N E

We originally wanted to capture Tempy's first birthday but being sick changed all that. However, I think it was meant to be! Tempy's full of personality right now and we want to capture that in unique ways. She loved the Gingerbread house! With our family overseas I think memories like this are much more fun than IPhone photos.

I've never had family portraits taken but I really wanted something to look back on with our little family. We have so many memories and photos of Tempy but nothing with the 3 of us together. I'll admit I found the process a bit awkward at first because taking photos isn't my thing but in the end it was a lot of fun. Tempy loved it so I enjoyed myself too!

31/12/2024

2024

A heartfelt huge thankyou to the beautiful people who have supported me and my business this year! It has been a bit rough since covid and the cost of living taking its toll on everyone so I just wanted to make sure you all know how much i appreciate you, because without you doing what i love wouldn't be possible! I literally have withdrawals if its been longer than a week before I've captured anyone's memories so I could never imagine a life where I'm not doing this!

2024 highlights!

- 87 sessions, that's 87 peoples memories I have captured that will be preserved for their lifetime and children's lifetime. This gives me great pride in knowing what i produce and hand over will be carried on and keep those peoples memories alive.

- 1 motherhood project, that's 7 women's lives I was able to help remind them that they are beautiful and to embrace themselves for who they are, empowering each and everyone of them! Not only for them but for their children too. This project is super close to my heart and fills my cup I cant wait to offer another round in 2025!

- I WON a Silver award in photographic prize awards this year my highest ever score. The awards makes me challenge my creative side and think outside the box trying to better myself always!

- I scored 10th place in the Highlight photographic awards with the Find a Photographer platform and was gifted a lovely camera strap for this achievement.

Bring on 2025 I get to start off the new year this weekend with 2 beautiful newborn baby girls as well as finish up a beautiful boys 12 month growth milestone which is always a bit emotional for me as I've documented this beautiful baby for his first 12 months of life from womb side to earth side to sitter and now 1 year so knowing I wont get to see him and his family as frequently is always hard as I really grow attached to my clients a lot of them i consider friends

30/12/2024

Do you put ice magic in the fridge and microwave for 30 seconds before use or keep in the cupboard?

My whole life i thought the instructions were in was kept in the fridge and then microwaved but for some reason I read the back just now and it says specifically DO NOT REFRIGERATE 🤯

30/12/2024

Last design appointment for the year and it was for the beautiful Arlie girl she is so darn cute her mummy and daddy chose an album with her name personalised on the front for a keepsake for her to have forever which says Arlie is one. This milestone forever frozen in time ❤️

26/12/2024

Caterpillars update 🐛🦋

So 2 days ago our 2 biggest Caterpillars made there way to the top of the enclosure to get ready to make there caccoons. This morning one turned into a caccoon and then this evening the other stopped wriggling around as he or she was looking for a place to stop haha and hung upside down in position to make its caccoon so by morning we will have 2 caccoons. The other 2 smaller ones are still catching up chomping down leaves they are getting very big now I suspect they will also make there way up the top in the next 2 days or so to make there cacoons then in a week or 2 they should metamorphosis into butterfly's then we will release them all together ❤️

25/12/2024

I hope everyone had a beautiful Christmas spent with their families today filled with lots of yummy food and happy memories made from my family to yours Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 ❤️

23/12/2024

These caterpillars are getting so fat they are so fascinating to watch, look at him go chomping on that leaf!