Laughs, beautiful shots, and a crazy armed robbery story!
John and I drove down Spring street, realising we'd scheduled a session on the same Sunday evening that 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' was showing across the road, 'Jersey Boys' just a couple of streets over.. and Moomba, where the entire city feels the hustle and bustle!
It's funny. I'm more nervous photographing someone I've met before.
Dana and I went to the same high school! We were in different year levels so we didn't really know each other until after high school, where Dana was a guest to a Christmas dinner party, which John and I attended. We bonded over the fact that we were both from New Zealand; Dana, however, from the south island, unlike me; from Tauranga, on New Zealand's north island.
When Dana got in touch and asked if she could book a session while we were in Melbourne, I was excited to see her again. Even more so, because she now had a little one!
Dana and Pat are a couple of the most relaxed, fun-loving, giggle-inducing parents that we have ever had the pleasure of meeting.
Their little Charles just turned one last week and he is definitely the most content baby we've ever known -- apart from our daughter when she was a baby.. a whole seven years ago!
Charles was an absolute angel, the entire session.. apart from that one time.. but, more than anything, that was just hilarious! -- I'll let you scroll down!
As we moved onto 'Mum and Dad' photos, I got chatting with Dana and Pat -- Fun fact; Pat was on Channel 7's 'Sunrise'.. for stopping an armed robber, who was demanding money from the till of the store Pat was trying to buy his sausage roll from!! Unfortunately, Pat didn't get his sausage roll for free, but he tells me he now gets a store discount!
These guys were so lovely and such a dream to photograph! When you hear from a client that they read your blog and actually made use of the tips in the emails you send; that feeling as a photographer.. a photographer who runs her own business.. that feeling's priceless.
Thank you Dana and Pat (and Charles) for such a fun evening! We look forward to seeing you guys on your next visit to Maketu.. we'll take some photos and then eat some pies!
Enjoy a few favourites from Dana and Pat's session -- our last family session before we hit Tauranga in thirty-two days!
And, of course, I had to make a GIF of it!
..and then there's John doing what John does best.. aside from being my 'right hand man'!
Erin Michele Thomson ∙ Tauranga Photographer ∙ info@erinmichele.co.nz
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