Velvet Bloom Portraiture

07/02/2026

So I just finished taking some photos in my studio and as I walked out past the mirror I snapped this 📸 and I must say I’m so glad I did. I wanted to see my new specs in action! Think I’m entering my .apfel era and I am so here for it ✨ Happy Saturday in the sunshine ☀️

14/10/2025

So honoured to have captured the amazing Kristen from Team McLean in all her glory! Kristen is a perfect blend of sweet and fierce! To quote her inspirational words, Team McLean is your accountability buddy for all your fitness goals! And Spring is a beautiful time to start to begin realising those goals! If you were looking for a little push, this is it! 😎

01/10/2025

When I changed my business name last year I knew I needed a spiffy new logo to go with it! So I decided I wanted to make it myself 🫣 and I’d say I honestly made around 20, but just couldn’t commit to any!

But now I see that’s because I hadn’t made this one yet! Because this one, I love 🖤 So so simple but it feels like me 🖤 Thoughts? ✨ #

23/09/2025

From a fun shoot a couple of months back which I blogged about, but failed to commit any to the grid 🖤 If you want to read about how this shoot came about click on the website link in my bio ✨ Pepper Minx is just the coolest cat aka an impressive woman 🖤

19/08/2025

Today is International Photography Day! 🖤And here’s a few thoughts I’ve had.

Photography isn’t just about images.�It’s about memory, legacy, and visibility.
When we exist in photographs, they exist in history. How cool is that?
�They leave behind evidence of:
‘I was here. I mattered. I lived.’

So today, I celebrate:

Everyone who has stepped in front of my camera. Every story captured and real.
Every moment that deserved to be remembered.

To everyone reading this: you deserve to exist in photos, just as you are.

Tag someone who hides from the camera — to remind them they deserve to be seen!
�Has photography ever helped you see yourself differently?

This was a disregarded photo of me from two years ago! I thought it deserved to be seen 🖤

27/07/2025

Morning ☀️ So I've blogged again! It's about something I have thought of a lot over the years. I'm wondering if you think about it too. It's a 2 minute read if you are keen 🖤

So how yum is food, right!? You’re probably thinking, “Well, der Fred!”*  And you’d be totally right! Winner winner, chicken dinner! The smells, the tastes, the variety—it’s all so good and clearly sustains life. But there are other kinds of food. And something I’ve probably never...

18/06/2025

A few delights from a recent ish shoot with Amy from Everlasting Wellness! Amy is a beautiful soul whose nurturing massages are just what we need to keep ourselves feeling peachy! And a branding shoot like this is always so much more fun than anyone expects ☺️ Allowing yourself to be seen is both vulnerable and powerful ♥️

26/11/2024

Hello! 🙋🏼‍♀️ Thought it was time I reintroduced myself, because if you’re new here you may not have much of an idea about who I am...

So I have well and truly reached the second half of my life and I’m struck by the feeling of ‘my youth may be behind, me but somehow this feels better’

I love the serenity of the ocean and the grittiness of the city so I manage to spread myself thinly between both. Dichotomy is one of my fav words ♥️

I am an avid thrifter – pretty much everything I wear is from a vintage store, op shop or garage sale. I’m waiting of the day someone says, that’s my jacket 😉

I am a recovering chocoholic – sugar is no longer my close friend

I love my cats, well one of them 😉

I love seeing live music, but it’s getting harder to stay up that late

I love biographies - audio or analogue

I will never stop learning new things ☺️

I exercise every day, because if I don’t I feel a bit crap

I make endless lists, often just to enjoy looking at them, apparently

Now it’s your turn to tell me something about you 😌
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Photography has been a livelong passion, and I feel like I am just getting started. Though having taken my first photo 50 years ago I am clearly not!

The thought of connecting with people to create photos for their many varied needs, that they then adore, and which form part of their legacy and evidence of their existence for future generations is bliss. How lucky am I?

A photograph: a literal split second that lasts forever! Only time will reveal its true value, and sadly we can never go back.

If you need head shots, branding photos or family portraits, lets chat 🙋🏼‍♀️ I am also still offering the super popular Over 50 shoots at ♥️

And I clearly need new photos of myself as this one is a few years old 🫣 All good though, I’ve put it on a list 😉

I’ve started a monthly newsletter so let me if you wish to be added to the mailing list 👀

01/11/2024

Flashback Friday to my gorgeous niece who last month made me a great aunt ♥️ with her little newborn baby boy, Sage! Born at just 32 weeks he was literally half the size of my baby boy! ♥️ Can’t wait to meet him ♥️

25/10/2024

Been planning a shoot outside this cute af Torquay building forever and finally managed a quick one for with the help of the always helpful, insightful, and delightful, Gabby ♥️ Something tells me I’ll be back ♥️ ♥️

25/10/2024

PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AUNTS AND UNCLES!!

It's that time of year when I start to put the word out about taking bookings for portrait shoots for teens turning 18 and/or doing year 12.

Imagine capturing such a significant time in a young person’s life as well as creating priceless memories. You can’t go back in time as much as we might wish we could.

If it were up to me every single 18 year old would have a shoot at this age. Not kidding, each and every one of them needs one!!

Shoots need to be booked by December 20th, but can be done anytime till the end of summer... ♥️ All the details in the attached slide. Message me to chat further...

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