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Jessica + John {Married} | Hobart wedding photographer, Katinka Smith

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March 12, 2016 was the day that John and Jessica said ‘I do’! What a beautiful day it was.

John got ready at his family’s home and Jess got ready in the gorgeous home recently purchased by the happy couple (2016 is their year!). They said their vows in St Stephen’s Anglican Church (also know as the Red Chapel at the Bottom of Red Chapel Ave in Sandy Bay) and had their Reception at the Henry Jones Art Hotel on the Hobart docks.

The skies were a little grey but the rain held of until the couple hit their reception (phew!).

The team that helped to make their day special were:

Hair: Bianca Schenk
Make-up: Beth Oakley
Priest: Rob Stanley
Flowers: Anna Marchant
Dress: Caleche from Luxe, Hobart
Musicians: Hobart Mobile Music

Thank you also to my second shooter Elena Gough who helped me out on the day and in particular got some great ‘in the moment’ shots while I was working with the bigger groups. Thanks Elena!

Here is the story of Jessica and John’s day.

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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Tori and Anders Engagement photoshoot | Hobart wedding photographer, Katinka Smith

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Some images from Tori and Anders sweet engagement session in Fitroy gardens with their wonderful beagles! Dogs are family too and I love including them whenever we can. I love working with my wedding couples prior to their big day. It is a great way for us to really get to know each other and help reduce some of those camera nerves so that they can just relax and feel a bit more natural on their special day. I think it worked, Tori and Anders were fantastic on their wedding day! You can see for yourself HERE.

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

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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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Tori and Anders {Married} | Hobart wedding photographer, Katinka Smith

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On 14 March 2015 the gorgeous Tori and Anders said “I do” in the company of their special family and friends. The weather left a lot to be desired but wow we were so lucky, we got perfect windows of lovely weather at the exact times that we needed them! It was an honour to be apart of their very special day!

Tori, Gemma and Anna got ready at the Marchant family home – which was amazing! Their make up was done by Liv Rodgers and their hair by Cath at Bboss Sandy Bay.

Anders, Stuart and Rowan got ready at the amazing Woodbridge Hill Hideaway where the lovers were wed, which was handy, because they had some work to do hanging their lanterns and setting things up just so. No rest for the boys!

Maria Bond was their wonderful celebrant and she did a great job tailoring their ceremony just so. She was also LOVELY! The cake was AMAZING and was made by Lisa Morgan at Creating Cakes. Those adorable flowers are by Lisa at Milkbud flowers and styling on the East Coast.

All in all, it was an amazing wedding for two really beautiful people. Congratulations Tori and Anders! Thank you so much for having me along to photograph your special day.

Thanks again to my wonderful ‘sidekick’ James Garlick for being my trusty second shooter. I couldn’t ask for better!
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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Deanne and Brad – Married! | Hobart wedding photographer, Katinka Smith

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On 14 November 2014 at Frogmore Creek in the Coal Valley, Tasmania, a beautiful and intimate wedding was had. Brad and Deanne were married in the presence of their close family and friends and it was lovely. The rain threatened all morning and finally sprinkled us during the ceremony – but the Bride and Groom weathered it in style.

The cloud cover was every photographer’s dream for a midday wedding and it meant that we got to utilise most of the venue for photos as well. The staff at the Winery were WONDERFUL! Very friendly and not one detail was overlooked. Maxine Lowry was their fabulous celebrant ensuring that everything ran smoothly.

Thank you Deanne and Brad for inviting me to photograph your wedding, it was a lovely event!

Thank you also to Ron Franks for assisting me with the wedding and photographing his very first wedding – he did a GREAT job!

Below is the wedding of Deanne and Brad in images.

Katinka x

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

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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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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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Introducing Miss Mila | Hobart newborn photographer, Katinka Smith

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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! Hills-01 copy 12

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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The Wakefield Family | Hobart family photographer, Katinka Smith

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Another shoot that I kept under wraps until the images were gifted as Christmas presets…so I’m pleased to share with you the Wakefield family!!

I have photographed Mark and Penni exchange vows at their wedding, have fun at the beach in a ‘trash the dress’ session, their anticipation in a maternity session, their new love in Louella’s newborn session and now as a growing family. They are just gorgeous and their love is wonderful. View the slideshow of images and some words to each other to witness just how much love they share. 🙂

Thank you again Mark, Penni, Loulou and Baxy!

Katinka x

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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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Jeremy + Gina = love | Hobart photographer, Katinka Smith

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

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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

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