Lightkeeper Photography

09/09/2026

There are so many things mums think they need to do before family photos.

New outfits.
Perfect hair.
A spotless house.
Well-behaved children.
A smaller body.

But honestly?

No.

The best photos usually happen when everyone stops trying so hard to make the photos “perfect.”

I want your kids to be themselves.

I want you to relax enough to actually enjoy them.

I want the photos to feel like your family, not like you've spent three weeks preparing for a family photoshoot.

You honestly don't need to know what to do! That's my job!

You don't need to know where to stand. That's also my job!

You don't even need to be particularly good at having your photo taken.

That's my job. 😂

You really just need to show up.

And allow me to create xx

Can't wait 🧡

Hawkes Bay Photographer
www.lightkeeperphotography.co.nz

07/09/2026

Slightly delusional? Maybe.

But I GENUINELY want every mum to do these things before her kids are another year older.

Get in the photo, even when you don't feel photo ready.

Book the shoot you've been thinking about.

Take the random Tuesday off and go make a memory.

Wear your togs and get in the water!

Say yes to being filmed.

Print the photo that's been sitting on your phone for 18 months.

Let the kids be wild.

And please, get in the flipping frame.

Because one day, your kids aren't going to notice whether your hair was done or whether you loved what you were wearing.

They're going to see you.

And I darn well think that's worth documenting. 🤎

Hawkes Bay Photographer

www.lightkeeperphotography.co.nz

03/09/2026

Forest.
Water.
Moss.
Green.

I got the privilege of playing with the gorgeous Camille dress from Maternity Dress Hire | Baby Shower & Photoshoot Dress Australia

Absolutely magical.

www.lightkeeperphotography.co.nz

Hawkes Bay Photographer
New Zealand

27/08/2026

I always make time to take couple photos on a family shoot.

Because you were the start.

The two of you created this life you now have.

These beautiful little people came from you.

You deserve to be celebrated.

For this reason ill always make time for couple photos xx

www.lightkeeperphotography.co.nz

Hawkes Bay Family Photographer
Hawkes Bay Photographer

27/08/2026

26/08/2026

Why I photograph maternity the way I do 🧡

I don't want to just capture what you looked like pregnant. I want to capture how it felt to carry them.

The strength but also softness, and the wildness of it all!

Beautiful and powerful.

So one day you will look back and remember.

Not just how you looked.

But how you felt xx

www.lightkeeperphotography.co.nz

Hawkes Bay Photographer NZ
Hawkes Bay Maternity Photographer

24/08/2026

Sometimes you meet a woman who makes you change the way you see your own work.

Gemma was one of those women.

She arrived to model for our NZ workshop - completely at ease in front of the camera, effortlessly moving from one look to the next.

First, jeans and a simple top.

Then a white, fitted dress catching the last of the golden light.

And finally, a beautiful brown two-piece gown as the light faded into blue hour and she moved into the black sand and water.

Three completely different looks, three different moods -and somehow Gemma made every one of them feel completely natural.

Her long, golden hair moved through each scene, catching the light and becoming almost part of the landscape.

And she was so professional. So present. So incredibly easy to photograph.

Which is exactly what I love about these workshop moments.

Because I don't want to teach photographers how to force a pose.

I want to teach them how to see the woman in front of them.

How to notice what feels natural to her.

How to guide without taking over.

How to move through a scene and let it unfold...

And sometimes, when someone like Gemma steps in front of your camera, you remember just how beautiful that can be.

Natural.
Effortless.
Connected.

Gemma, you were an absolute dream. 🤍

www.lightkeeperphotography.co.nz

Hawkes Bay Maternity Photographer

18/08/2026

When a photoshoot feels like a catch with friends 🧡

Photo-sessions are about the photographs - of course.

But they are also about the pause.

A chance to step away from the busy-ness of life, the never ending to do list, and to slow down to simply just be together.

Watching the sun go down with the people love can can be the little circuit break you didnt know you needed.

A chace to reset
To reconnect and reclaim a little presence xx

www.lightkeeperphotography.co.nz
My favourite is image 2 - just the way she is looking at her daughter 🥹 xx which is yours?

www.lightkeeperphotography.co.nz

Hawkes Bay Family Photographer