& above is my blended fam. I'm mum to 2 teenage boys Cay & Saxon. Partner to my amazing man Mitch & blessed with his 2 kids. We live by the ocean & in the bush on the South Coast of NSW. Every weekend you can find us at the beach, skating, surfing or adventuring - anything outdoors keeps us happy.
From watching my own children grow up and the adventures this life has taken us on, I have found a deep connection with documenting peoples lives through photography. I've been shooting for 14 years now.
For families who want to remember what this season felt like. Tender, untamed, nostalgic
A love letter to the beautiful, blurry chaos of motherhood
"Back then, the three of us lived in a little retro fibro shack a few streets back from the beach in Husky. It was small and old, but I loved it. It felt like us.
Most mornings started the same way. We'd wander down to the beach before school, the boys would jump in for a swim, then we'd head home where they'd sit on the front steps eating breaky with salty hair, bare feet and dirty knees and then go off to school.
I grew up much the same. Skating with my brothers, building ramps in the front yard, checking the surf with my stepdad every morning and spending endless days outside. Life revolved around the sun, saltwater and family.
When I became a mum, I realised I was trying to give my boys that same feeling.
Looking back now, I don't notice what we were wearing or whether everything looked perfect. I notice who they were. The dirty knees, the gappy smiles, the way they reached for my hand without thinking. All the little things I didn't know I'd miss one day. Somehow, those little boys are taller than me now.
These days they're teenagers with lives of their own, but every now and then I find one of those old photos and just for a moment we're back in our little retro shack, racing to the beach before school."
