I was sick last week, the dreaded winter flu got me. Fortunately I got on to it early and started taking some vitamins which really took the sting out of it, feeling very blessed that while those around me have been suffering for 2 and 3 weeks with it, I managed to shake it in 5 days! So what’s a girl to do when she is unwell? Go home to mums, of course. Here are a couple of photos I took while I was in Albury.

Taken around the Hume Weir Bridge, it has been years since I have been out there, and with the recent rains the Weir didn’t look to bad.

These were taken on the side of the Highway on the way home, I spotted this stunning blossom tree and had to pull over!

I have some lovely weddings coming up that I am photographing, and I cant wait for wedding season to be in full swing and see some of these beautiful brides!
xx
Lauren

I have looked at the I Heart Faces website on many occasion, and often thought I should enter.. so here it is!! My FIRST entry for the I Heart Faces weekly challenge – this week being “Purple” so the photo must feature a face and the colour purple

Joanne and Dhan contacted me a little while ago about photographing their wedding coming up this October, I was thrilled to be able to join in their special day and we finally got to meet last weekend when they were both in Echuca working on some arrangements for the big day, so we took an hour out of the day and got some engagement photos, it was supposed to rain but thankfully it held off.

Thanks for a fun afternoon guys, I am looking forward to the wedding

xx

Lauren

Winter is such a pretty time of the year, yes, cold as it is…

The girls and I went for a picnic on Friday, we had some lovely late sunshine and we had baked cupcakes. We took my Nannas blanket and found a nice spot to enjoy the sun… we also had some fun with Bubbles, ribbon sticks and confetti. I wish my girls could have known Nanna, had the opportunity to make pancakes with her on the weekends, gone mushrooming or read a book, she truly was a gem So I got a photo of them wrapped in Nans blanket, wrapped in love…

Hope you have been lucky enough to have some sunshine

xx

Lauren

We were blessed with lovely sunshine the weekend we photographed Tori in Albury, I say we because I had my Cousin shooting with me… who, some time ago did the photography at my wedding but had since gotten out of photography. I have finally talked her back around and you may see a few more sessions around here that we both work on Yay!

Anyway back to the sunshine and the very gorgeous Tori! we had a bag of vintage clothes, an orchard and some very pretty light.. so here is a sneak peak of the session, with a couple of my images and a couple from Bec too

Thanks Tori, for putting up with the cold for us You’re gorgeous!

xx

Lauren

well, OK maybe one! Poor Dad :p he was well and truly surrounded by girls last weekend. There was Mum, me, my 3 little sisters AND my three little girls, 8 against 1!

We had a great catch up weekend, and decided to go to Beechworth for the afternoon, I haven’t been there for years.. we wandered the main st, looking in shops, visited the famed Beechworth Bakery and had caulioccoli pies (cauliflower & broccoli in cheese sauce) and the kids HAD to go to the lolly shop, which was crazy busy but they spent at least 1/2 hour in there deciding what to spend their money on. I, of course, had the camera but was enjoying the day so much I forgot to take too many photos, but here are a couple…. Beechworth is beautiful, I would LOVE to shoot a wedding there!

Mum in her new hat

Winter is upon us, it has been bitterly cold here but keep an eye out for the next blog post it has plenty of sunshine and a little vintage flare.

xx

Lauren

I have known Miss Kaitlyn since she was born, we missed her and her family when they moved to Wodonga, but now they are back in Echuca and we get to see them more often! I was so excited to be able photograph her recently and with the weather turning colder an umbrella was definitely the right thing to bring along

And… I HAD to include this one, Gabby was my assistant for the shoot (she adores Kaitlyn!) and had to get in on the act

Check out those groovin styles!

xx

Lauren

Gabby really needed new gumboots, after I tried her old ones on and had to cut them of her feet!

Off we went this morning to buy the gumboots and as with most things, they didn’t have her size in the ones she really liked and her second choice was a blue pair with soccer balls on them (!?) , I finally talked her around to a nice plain pink and white pair

On the way home we did a little detour and got some photos in her new boots, it has to be said though that within 2 minutes on location she got a bit upset that we were in the woods and there could be bears, this from a child that told me today she wanted a baby Jaguar..

WARNING: Capacity exceeded – cuteness overload!

Now I just have to decide which of these I will get on a canvas!

xx

Lauren

I haven’t gotten around to posting these yet.. although I have been thinking about them for much of the week. Gabby turned 4 last Friday and she has since been telling everyone “I four, then I will be five”, and yes, I am sure that before we realise it another year will have passed and she will be 5. This actually makes me so sad, Its not that I don’t want her to grow up, but she really wasn’t a baby long enough so for now I will enjoy her being 4 and watch with amazement what this year brings for her.

She got a bike for her birthday (with a Dora helmet, of course!) and although she loved it, because it means she can ride with her big sisters now.. she was just a little disappointed that it wasn’t BLUE! She is not a girly girl by any means my Gabby, as much as I try to dress her up, she much prefers tracksuit pants and runners, she wont let me do her hair in pigtails or ribbons and insists on wearing it in either a low ponytail or a braid down the back. Her fringe grows so quickly that it is hanging in her eyes most all of the time, but she is amazing and beautiful and so smart (I know I am probably biased, but really she is!). Each of my babies have qualities that make me love them so much more, and with Gabby its when ever she looks at me with those big brown eyes, it kills me and she could get away with just about anything!

xx

Lauren
P.S.. these were taken in the last 5 mins of light, after the sun had gone down… my new camera makes my heart sing!

As the title describes.. little Ava is Sweet!
For the entire time I was there she didn’t sleep, but she didn’t fuss either, she was just content… and beautiful! I have had so much fun photographing this family over the past 12 months. So here are a few from Kerang a couple of weekends ago

And one last one of big brother Chase
Hope you enjoy Shan!

xx

Lauren
Email: lauren@laurendragephotography.com