Life with Lisa Kelly Photography

New blog

Hi all,

I have just launched a great new blog so this blog address will no longer be in use.  Please update your bookmark's to www.lisakellyphotography.com/blog.

Thank you.

Lisa

A long waited for sneak peek

To say that my schedule is crazy at the moment would be an understatement and as a result it is taking me longer to get sneak peeks up for clients, if I even get them on the blog at all.  I appreciate everyone who is being so lovely and patient and promise things will be back on track soon.

In the meantime, here is a beautiful little family I met recently who are so happy with their beautiful new addition:-



Here's big sis keeping a watchful eye over her new baby brother




 



 

Life Lessons from someone facing death

I saw this man, Randy Pausch on Oprah today and his words have had a profound affect on me.  He is dying from Pancreatic cancer and does not have long to live.  He has 3 children under the age of 5 and it broke my heart to hear him speak.  He is a college professor and in September last year he gave his final lecture to his students and it was inspirational.  Rather than wallowing in self pity he is choosing to spend his time sending out positive words to others.  The original lecture went for 76 minutes and can be easily found on google.  The footage here is his abbreviated version for the Oprah Show which runs for around 11 minutes.  Take a moment to have a look.  You won't be sorry you did:-

http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=8577255250907450469&hl=en


Definitely words to live by!

Out of Town

I will be out of town until Sunday.  I'm off to be a "Stage Mother Extraordinaire" and we all know that will end in tears LOL.

Please email if you would like to make a booking and I shall get back to you on Sunday.  Otherwise if you need to speak to me more urgently, please just call my mobile, 0402 804 292.

Take care, have a divine weekend and I will be back with lots of funny little tales of the the behind the scenes saga of being a reluctant stage mother.

The Warm Fuzzies

A client of mine (who has become a lovely friend) ran up to me at school the other day with a gift in her hand for me.  Now this was especially touching because it's not like I just did her family photos, her session was last year some time.  And when I think about it, she gave me a gift them too.  You are spoiling me 'L'.  Anyway, I couldn't imagine why she was giving me a gift after all of this time.  But she explained that she still reads my blog regularly and loves all of the comments I make about mother's and children and she has a beautiful book about motherhood and she felt I would enjoy the book also.  Isn't she sweet.  It brought tears to my eyes that she was still thinking about me and that she would go to so much trouble for me.  I love love love to read, especially books that make me feel better about my crazy life and that tell me I'm doing an okay job even when I often think I'm not.  And this book is just fantastic.  It's called:-

Love in a Lunchbox - tales of a modern mum

I can't tell you how much I am enjoying it.  And there are so many funny little bits in it I plan to share some on the blog every now and then to give you all a little laugh.

Here is the opening few paragraphs from the book:-

There is an awful condition running amok among our mums these days.  Bad Mother Syndrome, or BMS for short.  It is invariably self-diagnosed and, on the whole, way off beam.  Even when they are frantically juggling kids, bosses and husbands - plus family, friends and bills - most mums still seem to find the time for one final job: beating ourselves up.  We do everything we set out to in a day bar one - guess what we are going to focus on?  And, when we really work ouselves up, we imbue everyday tasks with a significance so great it becomes less about something our kids will eat, or not eat, around midday at school, and more a symbol of how good or bad a mother we are.  'If I give my daughter Twisties, will the additives limit her learning potential?' 'If I wrap my son's sandwich in plastic, am I saying it's OK to damage the environment?' 'If I make the sandwich with white bread, will the pumpernickel-mothers sneer?' 'Is it possible I've lost my sense of proportion?'

It seems to me that it might be time to let ourselves off our own hooks for a little while - to laugh at rather than lament the things that go wrong and embrace the chaos rather than the control theory of motherhood.

If you have everything under control, then you don't need this book.  I salute you, but I think I also doubt you.  However, if you have indeed got everything covered, with limitless energy left over, could you please go back to whatever planet you are from because we don't need you here making the rest of us feel more hopeless than we are making ourselves feel already.

But if you have even the tiniest inkling that your marriage, motherhood, career and sense of self may just occasionally be a little askew, this mishmash of maternal musings might just strike a chord.  It's something to flick through while you rifle through drawers for AAA batteries, re-attach Polly Pocket limbs or put the washing out.  Above all, it's something to make you realise it's not just you, it's all of us.  And none of it is as bad as we think.  And most of it is actually pretty amusing.


Doesn't she write beautifully?  This is exactly the sort of book I'd like to write one day (if I was ever going to write a book LOL).  Something that allows mother's to see that they are doing the best they can and not to be too hard on themselves.  I think you should run straight to a book store and buy this book.  But if you can't, keep checking back here regularly because I will be sharing more exerts from it over the coming weeks.

I'd just like to leave you with the first quote in the book:-

'Nothing else will ever make
you as happy or as sad,
as proud or as tired,
as motherhood.'

Elia Parsons


AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH!

My favourite clients.........!

So I have these clients who are my favourites.  It's not that I don't absolutely adore all of my other clients (you know I love all of you guys) but for too many reasons to list here this family are my favourites.  The main reasons are they love me and my work, I love them and their kids and they both are obsessed with Disneyland and you know how much I love it too (even though I've never been).

So anyway they have just had a new baby and when they were here for their session 'D' was saying he is sure I say to all of my clients that they are my favourites LOL.  And look, I do have so many favourite clients for various reasons but I can't deny that the family I am about to share with you are my all time favourites.......



And this is new baby E, isn't she gorgeous








And here is her protective big brother, he'll keep all of those boys away as she grows up

Have you been missing me?

I know, I've totally been missing in action lately as far as updating the blog. I am seriously snowed under with work and life and the first thing to be neglected is unfortunately this blog.

For those who have been waiting on sneak peeks from their sessions, I'm coming I'm coming.  For those waiting on some sort of witty story from me, ummmmm, well you will have to wait because I haven't got any funnies at the moment LOL.  Well I probably do but just no time to write about them.

I promise that I will be back to regular blogging soon guys.

Things that 6 year olds say

My gorgeous sister is always sending me these funny emails.  Half the time I don't have time to read them (sorry T) but when I do it is always worth it.  This one was from today, very funny.......

A Grade 1 teacher had twenty-six students in her class.  She presented each child in her classroom with the 1st half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb.  It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders.  Their insight may surprise you.  While reading, keep in mind that these are 6 year olds, because the last answer is a classic!

1. Don't change horses....

                    ...until they stop running.

2. Strike while the...

                    ...bug is close.

3. It's always darkest before...

                    ...Daylight Saving Time.

4. Never underestimate the power of...

                    ...termites.

5. You can lead a horse to water but...

                    ...How?

6. Don't bite the hand that...

                    ...looks dirty.

7. No news is...

                    ...impossible.

8. A miss is as good as a...

                    ...mister.

9. You can't teach an old dog new...

                    ...Math

10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll...

                    ...stink in the morning.

11. Love all, trust...

                    ...Me.

12. The pen is mightier than the...

                    ...pigs.

13. An idle mind is...

                    ...the best way to relax.

14. Where there's smoke there's...

                    ...pollution.

15. Happy the bride who...

                    ...gets all the presents.

16. A penny saved is...

                    ...not much.

17. Two's company, three's...

                    ...the Musketeers.

18. Don't put off till tomorrow what...

                    ...you put on to go to bed.

19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and...

                    ...you have to blow your nose.

20. There are none so blind as...

                    ...Stevie Wonder.

21. Children should be seen and not...

                    ...spanked or grounded.

22. If at first you don't succeed...

                    ...get new batteries.

23. You get out of something only what you...

                    ...see in the picture on the box.

24. When the blind lead the blind...

                    ...get out of the way.

25. A bird in the hand...

                    ...is going to poop on you.

And the winner and last one..............

26. Better late than...

                    ...pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Mummy Love

Baby R is such a lucky boy.  His mummy is so completely in love with him.  Her whole focus is on him and she is just doing the most wonderful job.  And I just couldn't believe baby R was only 7 weeks old, he seemed alot older, there must be something pretty powerful in mum's breast milk because he is growing at an amazing rate.  And mum told me that she isn't very photogenic, my goodness, if only I was that unphotogenic LOL.  She's just absolutely gorgeous, I hope she can see that in these photos.

Happy Mother's Day to everyone!

Just wanting to send a huge shout out and cyber bunch of flowers to all of my friends and clients who are mother's today...........sometimes it's a thankless task LOL, but mostly it is the most joyful thing in the world.

To all of the new mummies, having their first Mother's Day, I hope you enjoy this amazing first, and may you enjoy many more.

To all of you seasoned mummies out there, I hope your kiddies spoil you rotten with love and presents and chocolate and champagne and foot rubs and special meals and all the housework done for you and, who am I kidding, I hope you get at least one of those things LOL.......!

Here are some autumn photos I took the other day, full of colour and softness and love and newness, just like our children...........I am raising my glass to all of you wonderful Mother's, no one appreciates how hard we work I don't think, so I think we should pat each other on the back for all of the love, hard work and sacrifices, here's cheers to you!