Family | Invercargill Family Photographer

I love it when a little one I have photographed comes back all grown up, this little guy was here in April last year, what a difference a bit over a year makes :)

Still cute as and still with the big smile, this time he brought both Mum and Dad with him :)

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Jeannette Chirinos Gold - Beuatiful capture the boy is adorable, love his hair :)

Mel Chern - Great images, that little white chair is ADORABLE!!!

Rhonda Imbeault - so nice. Great job Karen!

Schona Kessler - Oh how neat is that! He has grown to be so handsome! love the hair.

Jaidean - Beautiful family - he has grown so much!

evie - Wow! I loved being able to see how much he has changed! So cute and great pics!!

Gillian - What a beautiful family! The little guy sure has grown, but still a cutie!!

Jessi C - What a cutie! They do change so much in that first year. Great shots!

Stacey Lund - Great family picture. Looks like a sweet child. I love the chair he is sitting in. You rocked this session.

shannon - What a cute fam! Great pics!

~Jen~ - These are so sweet! What a cutie he is! Nice work!

J'Lynn - Awwww how cute!!!

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Toddler | Invercargill Family Photographer

This little guy loved to dance and he had some great moves :)

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Renee - What a darling storyboard!

Stacey Lund - Beautiful session!

natasha - I love the storyboard great job!

Manuella - Handsome lil guy and cute family too. Terrific job on these.

~Jen~ - What cute little man! Such fun shots!

Jessi C - What an adorable family! Terrific shots!

Tyjuana Hill-Smith - Love the storyboard!!! I agree with the others, the family picture is perfect!

Mel Chern - What a great family picture. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I hope they print it giant and hang it prominently in their house.

Rhonda Imbeault - the family portrait is perfect! Great job

J'Lynn - What a little cutie!

Jaidean - That collage totally made me smile! He is a cutie!

Amy Dungan - How cute! He's really having fun there! Great shots!

Schona Kessler - What a stud! I totally love that family portrait and I am sure they did too!

Gillian - What an beautiful family!!! Love, love LOVE that storyboard!! What a cutiepie!!! ?

Jeannette Chirinos Gold - great storyboard beautiful family

Jenny Jardine - That storyboard is just too cute, you can totally tell that he is having a blast!

Jolie - What a cutie! Beautiful family!

evie - Ok, I am LOVING that storyboard!!! Perfect combo of cuteness and personality! These are great photos!

Sue Ann - These are so cute!! Love that storyboard!

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Baby | Invercargill Baby Photographer

This is the gorgeous Miss Sophie, another serious little bub but she did smile a couple of times :)

Doesn’t she look glorious in pink :)

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Patricia - Awww look at that PINK. So sweet! Great captures!

Natasha Whiteley - oh she is so pretty!

Mary - I love pink - but the dramatic lighting in the last shot is truly wonderful.

Manuella - She's a doll, love her lil white dress.

Stephanie D - #2 is to die for! Just wonderful!!!

Becky - These are sooooo cute! #2 is my favorite. :) Mom is going to love these.

Mel Chern - cute cute cute. I especially love the pink images.

Amanda - Such a cutie! Oh and love the background too!

Jolie - How cute! Love her eyes!

Jeannette Chirinos Gold - Beautiful I love the last one great job

Jenny Jardine - I LOVE THESE!! The one in the petti is just gorgeous!!

shannon - I am in love with the second one!! She is a doll! Love the pink damask (is that how you spell it?!) background!

kim burnham - oh how I love these!!!! beautiful!

Hayley Hamlin - Precious as can be!! :)

Gillian - How divine is she??!! With or without a smile, she is gorgeous eiher way!

Gillian - How divine is she??!! With or without a smile, she is jus5c g3fq

Rach - Oh so pretty in pink! :) Adorable lil' girl!

Tyjuana Hill-Smith - I LOVE the pink damask background...you did GREAT on these. I love her seriousness!!!

Amy Dungan - She is a doll! Fantastic shots!

J'Lynn - Awwwww what a sweet little girl, and look at those baby blues!

Jaidean - Oh, she is a doll! Love her little smile in #1!

~Jen~ - I LOVE LOVE LOVE #2!! Fabulous!

Stacey Lund - These are precious. I love the bright colors. I know the mother will be pleased!

Schona Kessler - I Love #2~! It is perfect and love the outfit!

Renee - She sure is cute in pink! I love the 2nd shot, it is adorable!

Baby | Invercargill Baby Photographer

This is this mornings lovely young family, the little fellow is 3 months old and the most serious wee bub, the only time he smiled was when I wasn’t looking lol

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Rhonda Imbeault - Love these! That basket one is awesome!

Schona Kessler - Love that 3rd shot! Perfect!

Jenny Jardine - I love the one in the basket with the rug, perfection!

Jessi - Love the little cheeks shot!

Stacey Lund - Awesome session! You did a great job. Such a beauiful baby.

Christina - how creative!!! the baby on the stack of towels is cracking me up! super cute! :)

Renee - All great, but the Dad shot is WONDERFUL!

Jeannette Chirinos Gold - wonderful, i love them all the one in the basket is awesome, he's looking right at yoju thru your camera wonderful work

Amber Wiseman - Love the 3rd shot....what an adorable little guy!!!

Mel Chern - LOVE LOVE LOVE #3 I need to try that pose!!! Love it. Would make a great bathroom photo!

Mary - I like the serious look! He's so very cute. I love the baby on the stack of towels - nice shot.

Evie Curley - Gah! So, SO cute! Love the bare bottom shot!!

Sue Ann - These are so cute!! I love #3!! That one needs to be printed HUGE!

Manuella - Oh my, these are wonderful. Love the baby bum on daddy's shoulder!

Angela - Aww.. what a cutie.. even with no smile :)

Sabreena K. - Awwww! The one with the baby bum is SO sweet!

Heather Georger - That tush shot is the cutest!

kim burnham - love that dad and baby bum shot! :)

Patricia - What a cutie. I love that first shot.

Maternity | Invercargill Maternity Photographer

Another beautiful Mum awaiting the arrival of her second child :)

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Jenny Jardine - These look great! Great work!

Jane Photo - I just love that backdrop in # 1. Mom looks so incandescently happy. So sweet. Hope the labour is easy!

Tyjuana Hill-Smith - Good job on these!!!

Jennifer Fata - Beautiful! Love the second one, just lovely!

Christie Lacy Photography - lovely photos! can't wait to see the baby!

~Jen~ - Lovely! The first one is really dramatic with that stunning background!

Becky - Beautiful! I love the second one with that beautiful flower. so pretty.

Evie Curley - These are lovely! The background in the first shot is fantastic!

Jaidean - beautiful images. Love the background in the first!

Mel Chern - Cute images, can't wait to see you ROCK the newborn session.

Manuella - These are very pretty.

Portrait | Invercargill Portrait Photographer

After a few weeks off its time to get back into the swing of things :)

I have photographed this little sweetie several times starting with her Mums maternity images a few years ago, its really great to watch these babies grow into lovely little people :)

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Mary - Love the idea of a series of this little on growing up. She's so cute. And - a great setting for that shot.

Jeannette Chirinos Gold - I love when the families call back for a session great pic

Jill - What a sweetie! Great shot and I love her outfit.

Andrea - What a cutie, I love that hat!

Patricia - I'm sorry I haven't been leaving you love somehow you didn't get on my list. :( Beautiful images you have here keep up the hard work.

Jenny Jardine - She is beautiful, I love her hat!

Manuella - love that smile. Cute hat and love the outfit.

Sabreena K. - I love everything about her outfit and your bw conversion is so lovely! Beautiful capture!

kim burnham - to cute! love the legging and location! great capture:)

Jaidean - What an adorable little girl - love her hat!

Amber Wiseman - What a darling little girl...and how very stylish she is!!! Great capture!!!

Hayley Hamlin - Adorable!!

Mel Chern - Very CUTE!!! Love the hat and outfit, very vintage feel to the image for me.

Renee - She is ABSOLUTELY adorable!

Gillian - What a gorgeous little thing! Love her hat!

Evie Curley - That is fantastic to be able to continuing photographing a family like that. She is adorable, too!!

Newborn | Invercargill Newborn Photographer

This little man is all of two and a half weeks old and is so strong, he loved lifting his head and looking round.

His Mum had maternity photos taken just on a month ago and it was great to be able to photograph this little guy again in person now he has made his arrival :)

The three of them make a lovely little family :)

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Christina - stunning family shot! they are BEAUTIFUL! great work!

Sherri - Stunning....I'm not a NANA yet....but sure get the baby fever....Love the first capture...Priceless!

Jane Photo - I just love that family shot. Very striking.

Stacey Lund - Beautiful Session.

Mel Chern - Great images. I especially like the last one. Great conversion.

Amy Dungan - What a sweet little guy! These shots are wonderful!

Tiffany - Gorgeous. I love the family shot!

natasha - wow that last one is amazing!

Amber - They are such a beautiful family. Wow!

Manuella - These are wonderful, and that family shot is just awesome.

Jolie - What a beautiful family!

Jaidean - What a cute lil' guy! Beautiful family shot!

Jeannette Chirinos Gold - Teh family shot is beautiful! adorable baby with the big bear

Renee - I love the family shot! What a cutie he is swaddled all up in blue!!

Gillian - What a beautiful family and such a precious little person!! Gorgeous shots!!

Rhonda Imbeault - LOVE LOVE LOVE the family shot!

Jenny Jardine - Love the family shot, that needs to be on a canvas! Gorgeous!!

Jill - So sweet! Love the family shot.

Stephanie D - What a beautiful little one! Love the family shot!

Carri Mullins - There is nothing sweeter than a newborn baby. I like that last shot of the whole family.

Mary - Gorgeous family!! what a sweet little peanut! Gorgeous work!!

Evie Curley - Wow, I love that third shot! Fantastic!!

Jennifer Fata - What a lovely family. I love your fist shot here, perfect!

kim burnham - beautiful! he's already got amazing eyes! love your bw conversion!

Angela - Oh what a cutie! That first shot is just amazing Karen... Love that precious expression :)

Portrait | Invercargill Portrait Photographer

What a great Nana, she brought her little 4 year old grandaughter in to have photos taken together, they obviously love one another heaps :)

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Dot - What stunning photo's , just love the one of you and your little granddaughter

shannon - these are great! Love the jacket!

Amber Wiseman - What beautiful shots...the last one is gorgeous, the textures of this image are wonderful!!

Tiffany - What a sweet series!

Evie Curley - Oh how wonderful that she wanted pics with her granddaughter like that!! She's so cute in her furry pink coat, too. Great shots!

Jessicacoap - Nice ! :).. Thanks buddy..

Jill - How beautiful! The first and the last one are particularly stunning. A great memory preserved.

Carri Mullins - How sweet. It's not often that you get to do pics of a grandma/granddaughter pair. I love the old time look to the first shot, and that last shot is adorable. She looks like a little porcelain doll.

Sabreena K. - Her eyes are so stunning in that third image and your bw conversion is so perfect! Beautiful work!

Shannon Pratt - These are all so adorable, that last image is stunning.

Angela - wow Karen... these are just gorgeous, what a beautiful pair they are too..

kim burnham - wow! that last one just pulls you right in! great job - love the conversion:)

Jaidean - So special - great captures!

Sharon Creighton - Karen, these are stunning shots, as always. I wish you lived closer (or we lived closer...one or the other!) I really love the last one...such gorgeous eyes, and beautiful tones in the photo. Sharon

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Portrait | Invercargill Portrait Photographer

A quick shot of grandson Matt, I wanted to try out one of my new backdrops, this is from Denny Manufacturing and is called Copper Tile :)

Can’t wait to try out the others in the next few days :)

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Christina - your grandson is a doll!

Mary - What a sweet little face. I love the contrast between his soft skin and the rugged looking background. Very nice!

Mary - Gorgeous photo!!!

Angela - Just stunning Karen..

Maria Hays - What a handsome little boy! Great image!

natasha - I like this backdrop!

Stephanie D - I love that backdrop. It's pretty realistic. Oh and the grandson isn't bad either. hehe!

Manuella - OO love his smile and such a daper young gentleman. Loving your background too.

Hayley Hamlin - What a handsome little man. Beautiful backdrop too!!

Jill - That is an awesome backdrop! Can't wait to see more with it.

Carri Mullins - He's a handsome boy. I like his little smirk.

Adrianne - What a great backdrop. Of course, you have such a cute model to show it off! Congrats!

Jennifer Fata - This is beautiful. Love the light and the background and the boy is adorable. Great work!

Jenny Jardine - That background is awesome!! Can't wait to see what else you have!!

Jaidean - Love that background and what a handsome guy!!

Evie Curley - Gosh, that is a beautiful photo! I love the light and the shadows, well, everything!!!!

Wedding | Invercargill Wedding Photographer

I can’t believe its been 3 weeks since I’ve updated my blog, we had 10 days away at the Island over Easter and I was on the mighty fast speed of 48kbs so of course no updating could happen then, hopefully I can get caught up in the next week or so :)

Here is a lovely local couple and their great wedding party from last Saturday :)

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RachK - Hi Karen, these are beautiful shots, I love the upturned heel with the ring on it great idea. Thanks for the comments on my blog.

Amber - Beautiful color! Great wedding. :)

Carri Mullins - Oooo. The colors in that second shot are gorgeous. Very nice.

Charlotte Stringer - Gorgeous! I know she is thrilled!!

Jordan - Love these shots - the ring on the shoe is especially fun!

Rach - Stunning location for a wedding & beautiful bride and bridesmaids.

Rhonda Imbeault - Beautiful work! What a great set for an album

Mel Chern - Fun photos...LOVE the ring shot...very creative!

Renee - All the shots are wonderful, but I love the shoes in front of the stained glass window!

Manuella - Beautiful images, on a beautiful occasion, lovely job on these.

Terry McKaig - You captured some amazing photos for the couple Karen.........the ring shot!! Wow!

kim burnham - karen - great job! love the pp on these:)

Angela - Karen these are just wonderful! And that shoe shot, just WOW!

Sooz - In a word Karen.....WOW!! Amazing photos that capture Jamie and Mike so easily!! Father of the bride will be very proud! Shes just gorgeous!!!

christina r - what a CREATIVE idea to put the ring on the heel! that totally rocks! great idea!

Sonya Allan - Photos are absolutely gorgeous, can't wait to see the rest....

Jamie - Karen these look really really awesome am so happy with them..we cant wait to see the rest and do my maternity photo's. Thanks Heaps

Kristina - Awesome photos Karen