The grandest day of the year!

Huge congratulations to Melissa Brailey (Tuggerah Lakes Physical Culture Club) for her 7th time being awarded Grand Champion!

An amazing achievement for an amazing woman.

Images are now available via the Previews tab.

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As always, a wonderful competition day!

This has to be my favorite captured moment (which is unashamedly biased).

The gorgeous 15 years section and my daughter happened to turn her head at the right moment.

I highly encourage all mothers, daughters, grandmothers, aunts...ladies from all over...find your nearest EP Physie club and get involved. 

So many photos to share. Gallery will added soon!

Miss Libby was lucky to have received a photoshoot gift voucher for her birthday. So we had a great 'travelling' shoot. There were plenty of costume and location changes which made it a great afternoon of photo fun.

Happy Birthday sweet girl! I hope you had a great first photoshoot experience xx 

Its been a marathon of weekend shoots. So many lovely dancers to create memories with. Blessed to spend time getting to know them and capture their personalities in each photo. The feedback has been heart warming...good to know I am hitting the mark!

Thank you to all of you and your parents for allowing me to bend and flex you for that 'woah' shot and for going along with 'one more time', knowing it never really means it. haha! xx

It's like being welcomed to a new home. The dance family at Turning Pointe Dance Co are just adorable. We had a jam packed photoshoot day with their troupe girls...it was So.Much.Fun!

The 3 hours went by so quickly, although my phone was buzzing with all of the insta stories the girls were sharing. Glad to see they thoroughly enjoyed their day behind the bright lights. The feedback has been wonderful. 

Massive thank you to Claire for organising xxx

Thank you to Miss Sarah from The Dance Space for having me photograph their inaugural mid year recital.

​The Dance Space run classes from the Sundown Rooms at Oran Park Library. Check them out if you are looking for an enthusiastic dance school for your little ones.

Everyone enjoyed their time in the spotlight. Its great to see a dance school with so many smiling faces. I really look forward in seeing The Dance Space flourish and raise some great performers.

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A huge thank you to Peppa and her mum for allowing me to capture some amazing dance pics.

​Whilst the weather looked a little worrisome, we managed to beat the rain and dance our way around the park.

The team at Performance Edge Dance Academy have moulded Peppa into a wonderful dancer with a great future ahead of her.

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Theatre Arts Titles Eisteddfod 2019! Exhausting and AMAZING! wow...just WOW!

This two day event was jam packed with endless talent. It was wonderful to be there to capture it all.

Day One gallery will be available Friday the 7th June and Day Two will be ready Sunday the 9th.

Below is a snippet of whats to come!

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Show Oz Productions were at their finest!

Always enjoy watching the young talent from the Macarthur region. Sing, dance act - they can do it all.

You've just got to love all things PHYSIE!

Well done Mulgoa Valley Physie for hosting their second year of the Physie Expo.

A great event to gather stall holders for a one stop physie shop.

First time I've put together a stall of my own. With so many ways to showcase photography, it was hard to settle on a display to cover all that I do. This is what I came up with...

Whats a change of season without a trip to Mayfield Garden.

​Perfect time of year to see the colours of autumn.

The birth of baby Mia Jayne has given us five generations on our maternal line. I am lucky enough to have experienced this for the third time over. When I was born in 1974, I was lucky enough to have a great great grandmother named Alma (1898-1982). Second time was when my daughter, Emily, was born in 1996. She had a great great grandmonther named Mavis (1917-2011).

This photo shows my grandmother (1940), my mother (1958), me (1974), my daughter (1996), and baby Mia (2018). 

​So very blessed xx

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Another day another newborn shoot.

This big fella is Freddie Arthur. I can honestly say that I am falling deep in love with newborn shoots. They are absolute bliss to capture. Such angels of perfection. Can't wait to do more!

The first shoot for 2019 will probably be the best of all time. 

Welcome to the world baby Mia Jayne! Our first grandbaby came on the 27th December. She did not look 8ld 1oz as she was skinny and rather petite. Mother and baby are doing very well. I'm so proud of my daughter and son in law, they have taken to the parent roll very well.

I'm sure my new muse will feature prominently from here on hehe.

Might have to add newborn photography to the repertoire...itching to do another baby shoot. They are so darn adorable and easy to work with. So much love!

Well that was a jam packed 2018! 

Between the day job, teaching EP Physie to 9-12s, 13-16s & Ladies, driving around 300kms a week and caring for my fam...I had the absolute pleasure of capturing some wonderful events and people. With around 20 shoot sessions and 'I can't even fathom to count' images...it was a whirlwind year for sure. 

Model Quest, Theatre Arts Titles, Camp Rock, High School Musical Jr, Cinderella, Harry Potter, Big things for Little Wings fleet launch, Dance Australia Magazine, EP State Finals, EP State Grand Finals, Camden Valley Physie Club comp, Macarthur Physie Club comp, Model and Dance shoots - Arabella, Tara, Ireland, Maeve, Sasha, Caitlin...YIKES!

So very blessed to be surrounded by amazing people who make my side gig possible. I look forward to many more adventures and hope to capture many more memories along the way.

Whilst its been a load of crazy hectic fun, now its time to sit back (collapse) and relax (comatose) with a whole month off work...yay! Then it will be full steam ahead for 2019! Dates are already booking up, so get in and save the date with me if you have an event happening.

Nic xx

EP State Grand Finals is the pinnacle of the physie year.  Hours of dedication throughout the year lead to this wonderful display of the EP syllabus every November at Sydney Town Hall.  There were many physie girls full of anxiety as they anticipated their time in the spotlight.  The abundance of stress I felt was up there with them.  Whilst its an absolutely amazing competition to watch, I unfortunately didn't get to share the full elation of the day.  Don't get me wrong, I love to see the perfected positions, the tears of joy and hugs between physie friends and family...its just that, any technical issue that could have happened - happened!  Brand new equipment failed to work! Grr!  I frantically switched between cameras to try and capture the girls in all their beauty and became upset that I didn't get to capture all that I wanted to. Whilst no-one may have noticed and I'm probably outing my otherwise oblivious problem, I wanted to share my heartache.

One thing I know about 'physie girls', they are perfectionists. I know this too well, because I am one (and so is my daughter).  I am disappointed that I missed the mark on my level of perfection, but glad that I managed to capture what I could with what I had.  I'll bury my sadness with copious amounts of wine over the festive season and the upcoming joy of my first grandchild (due very very soon!) as well as enjoying a well earned rest after an extremely busy year and unbelievably frantic end of year.

A huge thank you to those who have purchased images and for your very kind words of appreciation.  Glad you are happy with the photos of your beautiful physie girls. The gallery will be available until 31/12/2018.  If anyone is looking for a particular girl and can't find them, please contact me via the contact tab and I'll check through everything for you. Also, the preview gallery has a download link for free images of State Finals held at Hurstville Civic Centre. This gallery will expire on 31/12/2018, so get in and save the memories.

Wishing you all a very merry and safe festive season and a happy physie new year!

Got to test out new glass at the Edith Parsons State Finals held at Hurstville Civic Centre.

Can honestly say it was a great purchase. Looking forward to capturing the top 12 in each age section at the State Grand Finals in a couple of weeks.

It was fun to photograph another physie code. Western Zone Physie is built on strength and astounding flexibility.

The girls put on a fantastic show of this years syllabus for their family and friends.

Big thank you to Miss Tahlia for having me as your photographer for the day xx

Spent a great spring afternoon with young talent. Models growing their portfolios with this fun shoot.

Thank you all for allowing me to be your photographer :) xx

The hottest competition for youth in the performing arts for the Macarthur region. A solid packed 2 days were spent photographing young talent...and boy there was LOTS of it.

Well done to all competitors. It was a pleasure watching you all perform your absolute best.

​Gallery for image purchase expires end of August. Grab your snaps before they are gone.

Beyond happy with how the photos turned out for the Dance Australia Magazine shoot.

The spread looks quite cool.

​Blessed to have opportunities to do what I love and see them in print. 

Theatre Arts Titles presented their inaugural eisteddfod which included a Model Quest which was held at Camden Civic Centre. Adjudicated by Mikaela Bell and Clayton Carafino who had an array of great talent to judge. Participants attended a workshop prior to learn the ropes with ambassadors Scarlett Bowser and Brooke Murray. All competitors received a prize package and winners get to appear in Dance Australia Magazine and be represented by Bubblegum Casting for 12 months. A fun and entertaining evening to say the least. Well done to organisers for bringing a great event like this to the Macarthur region.

Tucked away in a little lane way in Hobart is a feast of colour, culture and creativity. Bidencopes Lane way in the CBD is home to the Vibrance festival. Over 20 street artists have fill the walls top to bottom. Great way to spend a rainy afternoon in the Apple Isle.