The art of photography is a gift, and it is a gift that I have to give.  I have been looking around for sometime now for a way that I can share my art in a meaningful way to me.   Through my research, I discovered this amazing charity,  Australian Community of Child Photographers.  ACOCP, is a volunteer organisation of child photographers from all over Australia who have come together to form an organisation dedicated to giving the gift of photographic memories to families that have experienced stillbirths, premature and ill infants, and children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of their local hospitals, as well as children with serious and terminal illness.  I am now really proud to be a member of this wonderful organisation.

Please vistit the web site www.acocp.org.au and pass on our information to anyone you think may benefit.  The ACT contact for the organisation is a friend of mine, Natalie Bice and her contact is 0404 975 215, if you wish to book me, or any other of the local members.

Yes, I most certainly was - exhausted, yes I was that to.  Three very full days of learning and I loved every minute of it.  Three days of hanging out in the most magnificent mansion in Surfers Paradice - well now that’s pretty hard to take isn’t it. 

I wanted to take this opportunity to say thankyou to Ainslie from Wildspirit Photography  in Brisbane for organising this event - you are nothing short of amazing and you can be assured that I will be back again for Inspireme 2010.

Thankyou to Zach, Joey and Nichole Van for sharing your knowledge, and to Andrea who provided a much needed support.

And lastly, to my gorgeous roomies, Jennifer Stocks, Naomi Vasington and Fiona Andersen, I just want to pack you in my bag and take you home with me.  If you haven’t seen their work, go there right now.

Oh, and by the way, this is a real eagle

and lastly, our youngest model - completely tattoo free and incredibly cute.  This is Fiona’s youngest.  Ummm, she probably deserves a post to herself doesn’t she.