Monthly Archives: January 2010

Jan 23 2010

Donna & Travis engagement bliss! {Adelaide Wedding Photographer}

Posted in Adults, Engagements

Meet Donna & Travis, my soon to be bride and groom! I had the pleasure of catching up with this fabulous couple  to finalise their upcoming wedding plans. After we had finished with the formalities we headed down to beautiful Semaphore beach to get to know each other a little bit better before the big day!

I truely love “E sessions”. I find it a great way to really get to know a couple before their big day! Donna & Travis were no exception! Within minutes of meeting them i felt as if I’d known them for ages!

Unfortunately for us, we decided to meet up on a day that was PACKED down at the beach! So we had to risk 1000 people getting in our shots… or take it a little bit more off road. We ended up doing a bit of both!

So…. here they are! 

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What a gorgeous couple they make!

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I can’t wait for their wedding!

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I love the interaction between them here!

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Donna & Trav, thanks so much for hanging out with me for the evening! It was so great getting to know you and I’m so looking forward to your wedding!

 

xxx {Melody}

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Jan 19 2010

4 Gorgeous Girls! {Adelaide Photographer}

Posted in Babies, Newborn, family

I had the absolute pleasure of meeting the divine miss Ada-Mae. This is the fourth beautiful princess to be born to Rachel & James. Miss Ada-Mae was in a rush to be born and in turn made her gorgeous Mummy miss out on her maternity session but about ohhh 18 hours or so!

It was an absolute pleasure meeting this little cherub along with her 3 big doting sisters!

So without further ado, meet Ada-Mae

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Her gorgeous big sisters

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Meet Mum & Dad

Yes they have four kids! Don’t they look amazing! (Mum is a sensational personal trainer, if you are in the Adelaide area and need one, let me know and I’ll pas on her details)

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Black and white goodness

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Everytime I look at this photo I just want to touch her little fingers!

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The announcement card I made

cardJames & Rachel thank you so much for allowing me the privilege of meeting and photographing miss Ada-Mae. You have such a beautiful family!

xxx {Melody}

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Jan 13 2010

50 year Anniversary! (Minus 43 years) {Adelaide Photographer}

Posted in Adults, Couples

Meet Sam & Luke! Sam contacted me a few weeks ago about doing a shoot in celebration of their upcoming 7th wedding anniversary! Of course I was excited! She was after sunset / field shots that I had recently done with Shana (You can see that session here. Well unfortunately for us….. the council had decided to mow our beautiful block of land! :( So off location scouting it was! And boy did we find gold!

It was a gorgeous location, with stunning models and beautiful light! Seriously a photographers dream!

You’ll have to excuse the funny title of the post, not long into the session Luke had asked if they’d be able to book me in for their 50th wedding anniversary! Of course I agreed and we joked about different ways to do the shoot whilst in wheel chairs!

Anyways enough of my rambling, I’m sure Sam & Luke are dying to see their pictures!

See, what did I say? Models, location & light! Perfecto!
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About 20 mins into the session I spotted up a stobie pole in the middle of nowhere about 200m up a steep hill…. so off it was we went!
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Check out the flare I found up there!
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Then back down the hill to the gorgeous… “weeds”
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On to some individual shots! Sam was just stunning! Poor Luke. He is too funny and happy to be serious! I told him to do his “blue steel” face, and all we got was smiles and laughter!
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I love to watch couples. Either in weddings or engagement shoots and especially anniversary session. I love to see what makes them tick and how they interact. Well in this particular couple Luke just adores Sam. It was so beautiful to watch! At times I felt like I was intruding on a special moment!
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Sunset! Oh how I love sunset! Teamed with an of camera flash set up, you can pick up the gorgeous colours of the sky, while still lighting your subjects properly. This following shot actually happened! Yes the sky really was this gorgeous! We were so happy!
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Sam & Luke, thank you so much for such a wonderful evening! We giggled, we laughed, we rolled around on the ground in hysterics! You were so willing to go with my crazy whims and it was an absolute delight to work with you!

A huge shout out to all the stinkin flies that thought they should join us! While my doing my “ninja” moves to get rid of them caused many laughs, I’m sure next time I will be fine with out you!

xxx {Melody}

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Jan 06 2010

Tammy, Daniel & the fabulous 3! {Adelaide Family Photographer}

Posted in Children, family

Wow! Where do I start? Many years ago, before children, I used to be a childcare worker. I loved it so much! Interacting on a daily basis with these awesome little people! Anyways….. Tammy was one of my co-workers!

Fast forward 5 or 6 years and here we are today! Tammy and Daniel have had 3 adorable little people of their own! They have since moved away from good old RAdelaide, thanks to the joys of facebook, we have managed to stay in touch all this time! I was so excited when they asked if i would photograph their family!

I had such a good morning with them! It was lovely to see young Isaac again, and it was my first time meeting the girls!

Aren’t they a beautiful family?
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I couldn’t decide which photos of the kids to pop up in this sneak peek.. so decided to stick with a theme… black & white!

The spunky little dude isaac! Man i loved this kid! We had a good conversation about rocks and sticks! He will love me forever as I bought some balloons for him and the girls!
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Beautiful baby Bella! She was so adorable. just goo’s and gah’s and smiles all round!
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Tahlia. Little miss Tahlia! Tammy warned me before the session that i would most likely have trouble with her! I can’t say that I won her over, but I’m pretty sure i became close! She didn’t really want to talk to me much, but I could see her brain ticking over, her eyes alert and watching every move i made! She is one smart little cookie!
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Finally the lovely couple! Aren’t they just gorgeous!
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Thanks guys so much for meeting up with me! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek and I’ll have the rest of your gallery up soon!

xxx {Melody}

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Posted in Children, family
Jan 05 2010

Happy New Years! {Adelaide Photographer}

Posted in Children, Personal, family

To all my fabulous clients, friends and family, I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and New Years!

I did! It is by far my most favorite time of year! Yes it’s crazy, and busy and stressful, but it’s all about love and joy and family! What more could you ask for?

On top of the crazy-ness of Christmas, we’ve had a couple of birthday’s around here!

My beautiful Cayla Jo turned 7. it was a rather emotional day for me! Each year older, is one step that she takes further away from me. i’m no longer her world, her everything, instead I can only sit by and watch, longing to be involved as she makes the transformation from young child to young adult.

Here is a video I made for her.

Cayla Jo turns 7! from Melody Gibbs on Vimeo.

Next up my baby boy turned 1! What a bitter sweet day that was. We had a joint party for him along with his little bestie who has his birthday 4 days later.

Birthday Boys!
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It was so much easier getting a picture of the two of them together when they couldn’t move!
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The fabulous cake!
And no they’re not turning 11! There’s a number 1 on there for each of them!
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Do you think it’s mean that I laugh every.single.time I look at this photo? He WAS NOT impressed with everyone singing!
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I think I must have been the most excited about blowing out the candles….. no one else seems to care! LOL
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The beautiful boy eating his cake!
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Then last, but certainly not least, my “baby” girl has just turned 3! Where these past 3 years have gone I’ll never know! She is at the age where she LOVES looking at photos of herself! I made a storyboard and have had it printed for her! She loves it.
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So yes! It’s been an insane few weeks but i wouldn’t change a minute!

xxx {Melody}

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Posted in Children, Personal, family

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