Nathan and Az, a special father and son session by Hobart photographer, Katinka Smith

I’d love you to meet Nathan and 5 year old Asaiah (Az). They have a wonderful father and son bond as you can see below.

It was wonderful meeting and photographing Nathan and Az. You can see how much Nathan enjoys being with son. Az is full of life, it is as though he is committed to squeezing every drop out of life, he’s going to live it all and leave no stone unturned. He is such an exciting little guy and a joy to be around. My aim for our session was to document Nathan and Az being a dad and a son. If you know my usual family imagery, then you know that I don’t want contrived, cheesy posed stuff that isn’t YOU. So as always, I wanted authentic and real interactions and images, only this time it felt more important than ever to capture these two people exactly as they are with each other, exactly as they would remember it themselves, because Nathan has aggressive brain cancer and so his time with Az might be short. He is already exceeding the life expectancy that he was given when he was diagnosed 3 years ago, so every day with Az is a real blessing.

So Nathan and Az played at the park, horsed around by the river, they played light sabres with sticks and rock paper scissors on the grass. Then we wrapped it up with an ice-cream and a stroll on Kingston beach. Even if I wasn’t there, I reckon they would have had a pretty cool father and son afternoon out.

Nathan has a Gofundme campaign to raise money to get them both to Queensland to live with his sister and brother in law and to provide for Az. You can donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/fy4q27qc

Thanks for a great afternoon Nathan and Az, it was a pleasure.

Katinka xx

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Katinka Smith is a portrait photographer based in Hobart, Tasmania. Katinka specialises in creating emotive and meaningful imagery that is close to your heart with her aim to ensure sessions are ‘fun, emotive, you’. Katinka photographs babies and children of all ages, families, maternity, couples and weddings. Katinka can travel interstate for weddings or special commissions by negotiation. You can contact Katinka Smith via the contact form here and can stay up to date by ‘liking’ her Facebook page.

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