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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

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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An afternoon with the Dillon family | Hobart family photographer, Katinka Smith.

9 August 2014Family photographyChildren photography, Hobart children photographer, Hobart family photographer, Hobart photographer, Katinka Smith, photographer Hobart TasmaniaKatinka

Last Sunday I had the pleasure of spending some time with Bec, Chris and their lovely children. What a fun session we had, the boys were much fun to play with and they even managed to stay out of the MASSIVE puddles that remained from the week of rain and snow last week!

Katinka x

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Introducing Miss Mila | Hobart newborn photographer, Katinka Smith

27 July 2014NewbornsHobart baby photographer, Hobart baby photography, Hobart newborn photography, Hobart photographer, Katinka Smith, newborn photography hobart tasmania, photographer Hobart TasmaniaKatinka

I can’t tell you how much I love to incorporate my clients homes into their photo sessions – especially in newborn sessions. So many of you take so much time and care to carefully plan a special space to welcome your beautiful newborn baby home to. You have special sleeping arrangements that work just for you – and that may be fleeting, like a Bassinet in the master bedroom or a special cot. Our children are babies for a short time and just as I think it is important to capture our little people at this special time, I also love to capture their surroundings, just as it is right at that moment in time. The beauty of being able to photograph your newborn baby in their own home, rather than in a studio environment, is that I can immerse myself in your environment and incorporate these elements into your images – which I LOVE to do. Many families have beautiful heirloom items that have been handed down and were often that precious sleeping space carefully chosen, or made, a few short decades ago by those excited expectant first time parents, who are now anticipating their first grandchild – who will also sleep in that same special bassinet or cot.

Memories and nostalgia are what connects us to our past, are a big part of who we are, are what binds us to the people that we love and are, after-all, one of the reasons why we invest in photography – to create memories that we can physically hold onto. I love it when I can present to my clients the full picture of who they are – inclusive of their home.

Please meet baby Mila along with her mum and dad – photographed in their home a few weeks ago. A beautiful little girl and a wonderful mum and dad!

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The Dornan Family – at home | Hobart family photographer, Katinka Smith

26 July 2014Family photographyChildren photography, Hobart baby photographer, Hobart children photographer, Hobart family photographer, Hobart photographer, Katinka SmithKatinka

A few weeks ago I visited Tim, Chantelle and their three children in their home. First off we set about capturing some studio portraits with the portable studio, and then we went outside to play in their ‘backyard’! How cool is this backyard – what children wouldn’t want to grow up in their own little piece of AWESOME! We had a lot of fun – here is a little overview of our time together.

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Beautiful Hjordi | Hobart photographer, Katinka Smith

5 July 2014Beauty and fitnessHobart Boudoir photographer, Hobart photographer, Katinka SmithKatinka

When My lovely friend Hjordi was in town late last year I asked her to work with me on some beauty portraits of herself! It was so much fun to have a longtime bestie in front of my lens. Here are a few of the resulting images. I don’t think Hjordi had done anything like this before, but she was a total natural! How great does she look!

My favourite images from this set are the two at the bottom – I’d love to hear which are your favourites 🙂

Hair: Katinka Smith
Make up: Tamsin Nolan

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Jeremy + Gina = love | Hobart photographer, Katinka Smith

25 December 2013Weddings and LoveHobart engagement photography, Hobart family photographer, Hobart photographer, Hobart wedding photographer, Katinka Smith, photographer Hobart Tasmania, Tasmanian wedding photographer, Wedding photographer Tasmania, wedding photography tasmaniaKatinka

I have been friends with Jeremy for a long time. We first met in year 7 and we are lucky enough that our wonderful group of friends from highschool and college are still friends…nearly 20 years later (gosh that sounds old!) My memories of Jeremy include his love of Buddy Holly and dinosaurs, his beautiful soul, generous nature and ability to see the best in everyone and everything. He is one of those rare people who I have never heard say a bad word about anyone.

Gina is the incredible woman that has taken Jeremy’s heart, and him hers. Gina has passions that align with those of Jeremy. They both work professionally and also in volunteer capacities to try to change our world. Wonderful people who have a fabulous match.

Here are some frames from our recent session. Be sure to watch the slideshow for many more 🙂

Katinka x

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The Burke family, a wonderful day in Allen’s Rivulet | by Hobart family photographer, Katinka Smith

25 July 2013Family photographyChildren photography, Hobart children photographer, Hobart family photographer, Katinka Smith, photographer Hobart TasmaniaKatinka

A few weeks ago I traveled down to Allens Rivulet, Tasmania, to photograph some dear friends of mine, Daniel and Anna, with their two children, Essie and Henry. I had my work cut out for me, it’s not everyday I set out to photograph a family with a nearly 3yo, a 15 month old, a dog and a horse! haha. I’m also allergic to horses and had a scary incident as a child, so you would think I would have gone prepared hey? Nope. in true Katinka fashion I completely forgot to take any kind of antihistamines with me and was left to just *hope* that I wouldn’t succumb to some kind of allergy attack. It turns out that over the years I have gotten better and I just had the regular kind of allergy reaction to Toby – runny nose and eyes etc. Phew! I even found out that I quite like horses, I just need to stay a number of metres away 🙂 Anna is an animal lover, so having two of her special fur children join in on the session was also very meaningful. Harvey the boxer is their ‘furry firstborn’ and Toby is Anna’s beloved horse. The location that we chose is where Toby is agisted and it allowed the children to run free in the paddocks, which is one of their favourite past times.

Daniel and I were great friends in high school, college and beyond. We used to go bushwalking a lot though we were often underprepared and usually freezing. Ha! So it was pretty clear that a location in the outdoors was going to be meaningful to Dan. I also met Anna in year 11 or 12. Dan and I were at Guildford Young in Glenorchy, and Anna was at the Hobart campus. As these things happen, activities span the campuses, friendships are made and Dan and Anna mixed in the same circles through mutual friends. In 2001, when we all had our licences and were adjusting to university life after graduating from GYC, Dan and Anna got together. And the rest, as they say, is history!

Dan and Anna are very good at teasing each other and most definitely aren’t into PDA, but it is obvious to anyone that they are a perfect pair and have a beautiful love. Over the years they have added dogs and cats and birds and a horse to their lives; gotten married; bought a house, sold a house and bought a house again; traveled overseas and most recently they have added two beautiful children to their incredible world, Essie and Henry.

I don’t need to tell you the rest, because a picture paints a thousand words…and there are a few thousand words below for you to enjoy. The slideshow contains many more images from the session as well as some extra words – Dan and Anna’s very own special words to each other and to their children.

Enjoy x

Introducing Baby Travis at 9 days old | Hobart newborn photographer, Katinka Smith

18 July 2013NewbornsHobart baby photographer, Hobart baby photography, Hobart newborn photography, Katinka Smith, newborn photography hobart tasmania, photographer Hobart TasmaniaKatinka

Master Travis was born on the 11 June 2013. He is an adorable little man. I had the pleasure of photographing him when he was just 9 days old. He was a very alert little man, but I am more persistent than he was stubborn and we got a great series of images from his session. Please enjoy this small selection from the session and the slideshow which contains special messages to Travis from his mummy and daddy.

Katinka x

The Bergman family | A wintery outdoor family session by Katinka Smith

11 July 2013Family photographyHobart family photographer, Hobart photographer, Katinka Smith, newborn photography hobart tasmania, photographer Hobart TasmaniaKatinka

I first met this gorgeous family in early 2012 when I photographed little Darcy at around 3 months old. So I loved having the opportunity to photograph them again, see how much little Darcy had grown and get to enjoy some time in their presence again. This time I got to meet the furry first born as well – Boris. I used to be a dog trainer and am very much a dog person (well, I’m an animal person full stop really! ha!) I love it when families include their pets in their family session. They are family after all 🙂

Beautiful 11 day old Baby Thomas and his family | Hobart Newborn photographer, Katinka Smith

22 May 2013NewbornsHobart newborn photography, Hobart photographer, Katinka Smith, newborn photography hobart tasmania, photographer Hobart TasmaniaKatinka

I love to photograph newborn babies, they are so new, cuddly and super sweet. I got to spend a lot of quality time with Mr Tom, how lucky am I!. This lucky baby has a beautiful big brother and a gorgeous mum and dad. I don’t photograph on green very often…in fact I have had this green wrap for ages and hadn’t used it. When mum said she wanted green, I got very excited and pulled it out! Yes, I think I quite like green!!

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