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Family Centred Newborn Photography, Connection over Posing

ByBec Matheson August 10, 2025August 10, 2025

The magic isn’t in the pose — it’s in the connection. Here’s the truth no one puts on Pinterest: newborn…

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How to Prepare for Your First Professional Family Photo Session (A Step-by-Step Guide)

ByBec Matheson August 10, 2025August 10, 2025

You finally booked a professional family photo session (hooray!), but now you’re thinking… wait, what exactly do we need to…

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Ultimate Guide: How to Easily Backup Family Photos
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Ultimate Guide: How to Easily Backup Family Photos

ByBec Matheson September 14, 2023June 12, 2024

How to backup family photos? Honestly, sometimes I lay awake at night thinking about the what’ifs of losing my family…

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A Practical Guide – What to Wear for Your Family Photos

ByBec Matheson August 8, 2023July 16, 2025

As a photographer, I can’t stress enough the importance of being yourselves in your family photos. Your images should capture…

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Beautiful photography locations from an Eastern Suburbs Melbourne Family Photographer

ByBec Matheson June 25, 2023June 12, 2024

As a family photographer in Melbourne’s east, I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which…

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How to Find a Family Photographer in Melbourne – A Comprehensive Guide

ByBec Matheson May 30, 2023

Are you on the hunt for a talented family photographer in Melbourne? With the hashtag #familyphotographer flooding your search results,…

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Why your next family photos should be at the beach

ByBec Matheson November 3, 2022

It’s fun to be at the beach! Family photography sessions at the beach are wonderful for kids who need to…

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A practical guide for extended family group photos

ByBec Matheson July 20, 2022February 11, 2024

Why have a photoshoot with everyone? Coordinating everyone for large group or extended family photos can be daunting. I photograph…

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She is 11 today 🥰 she weirdly was half into doi She is 11 today 🥰 she weirdly was half into doing photos (as in she specifically selected her clothing - which is a very Céleste thing to do) but the appeal of actually particiating did not last long. I’ll take what I can get. She’s a brilliant writer and thinker. Feels the things deeply and continues to surprise me. 

And a timely Swift announcement today because if you couldn’t already tell with the subtle hat nod she’s all over it.

Also, she just got glasses!
Glorious little inner city wedding. Know anyone ge Glorious little inner city wedding. Know anyone getting married in 2026? Reach out soon!

#registryofficewedding #oldtreasury #melbournewedding #courthousehotel #melbournebride #melbourneelopement #melbourneweddingphotography
Run! Run!
I got to shoot for @villagecinemas a few weeks bac I got to shoot for @villagecinemas a few weeks back. It was a VERY fun day but also mildly intense with juggling light, as lighting in a cinema is HARD work. I don’t typically work with a tonne of gear. I shot this mostly with a bounced on camera flash (I did use some OCF) and also a small (prob too small) hand held LED. I have a weird relationship with lots of excess gear. Yes you can DO more with more… but it comes at a cost of intimidation for those being photographed. And the best images come from when people feel relaxed enough yo be themselves. These were not models or actors they were volunteers. This was the point after all - real employees. 

It was also mildly hilarious in some of my own preplanning researchinh pop cultural references to hint at… being someone who has a glaring gap in my 90s understanding because of growing up overseas. 

Other fun and mildly embarrassing moment of this session was that one of the employees who joined for some of it looked “familiar” and I told him as such - (A friend who worked for Village for a long time so I thought through her) - nope, turns out he was a @survivorau contestant. I do have a mild (not mild at all 😆) Survivor obsession. Just apparently not a very good memory. I think he liked telling me though haha
This nephew of mine @hannah.nixon is not so small This nephew of mine @hannah.nixon is not so small anymore. These images are from a few years ago now. But my other nephew is about the age and gloriously rolly so it might be time… how about it @lbeimers ?
Are they yukkas? I don’t really like yukkas but Are they yukkas? I don’t really like yukkas but I do like them here.
Wintery sunshine is the best! Wintery sunshine is the best!

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