Aisling and Lauren | Wellington Portrait Photographer

Oh my Goodness this shoot was absolutely a blast.   Aisling and Lauren are best friends and are the most gorgeous girls inside and out.  It is hard to imagine the parenting that went into take two girls that are so beautiful and shaping them in to being such unassuming, playful loving 15 year olds.  They were an absolute riot to shoot with and then would pull out the most gorgeous angelic shots that immediately followed complete and utter piss take shots.  It was a roller coaster ride of awesomeness.

I posted the behind the scenes of Lauren and Aisling's shoot and Aisling wrote this to me on our Facebook page "Hey Mandi, Lauren Mee and I just wanted to say a huge huge thank you for a wonderful day on 4th July! We had the most amazing time traveling around Lower Hutt with you and the crew taking photos, of which were full of hilarious and amazing times evident in your amazing photography :) We had an unforgettable experience and we both hope we get the chance to work with you again :) Thank you so so much for this experience, we can't wait to come view the photos this coming Thursday :) xx"

Golden Ringlets | Wellington Photographer

Some times you fall in love with a client...if mum would have let me I would have taken her home and raised her she was so incredibly beautiful inside and out! There is just something about the wonder and possibilities in the eyes of a 4 year old. The world is still so sparkley and magical. I kept wanting to pick her up and squeeze her like the little girl from Despicable me and yell "She's so fluffy" She wasn't very fluffy but I just really wanted to squeeze her like a puppy. GOD I LOVE MY JOB!

Beautiful Bethany | Wellington Photographer

Today I am working on some images of Leigh and Bethany a gorgeous mother daughter duo who came to have a mothers day shoot done with us.  GORGEOUS!!!!  I haven't even gotten to Leigh but I worked up this one of Bethany and I couldn't wait to show it off.  Isn't she the most beautiful porcelain creature ever?  Her skin and eyes and hair and lips...geeze what a gene pool.   So looking forward to the rest of these but let me just share this one first then I can dive back in!

Thirza our beautiful Island Princess | Wellington Portrait Photographer

Isn't she beautiful, Daddy's little girl has grown up into such a beautiful woman.  Thirza is such a beautiful person on the inside and the out.  We had such a blast on this shoot.  She is the sort of person everyone wants to hang out with.

Angelic Arianna | Wellington Teen Photographer

This gorgeous creature is Arianna.  Her mum works for our framers and after seeing our work come through she decided that a photoshoot with us would be the perfect thing for her daughter.  What a cool mum.  Arianna came in with her mother and for the life of me I couldn't make eye contact with her.  I thought "oh boy, this might be a wee challenge."  Nah....her mum left to go back to work and we stuck her in the hair and make up chair.  As the makeup went on the girl started blossoming...by the time we started on the braids we had a down right chatty little thing...then we fed her pineapple lumps and that was it...she was off and ready to pose....and not just posing politely...she was twirling and leaping in the air.  We had a complete and utter blast.  It was fantastic!  I love tweens they are one moment a playful young girl and the next minute you see the woman they will become pulling to the surface.  And oh my goddess is it a beautiful thing to behold!

Chrisna the Artist | Wellington Portrait Photographer

Gorgeous Chrisna had her beautiful baby three month ago.  She has been completely relishing her role as a new mother but was feeling slightly disconnected from herself as a woman and artist.  So she decided to come in and be pampered and reminded of what an amazing woman she was.  We wove flowers and ivy in her hair, did her makeup, played music for her, brought her tea, and reminded her she could dance and swing...we twirled because twirling is good for the soul.   At the end of the shoot her gorgeous son was brought in and we got this beautiful photo with Chrisna looking as beautiful and radiant as her boy.   Now that is what I am talking about!