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Harriet Bates

Something that made me laugh today...
We were at B.Hall today because it is just such beautiful weather (I have a children's outdoor session on Friday-what do you think are the chances of it staying this nice?!)
anway...we were sitting on this bench by the fish pond and in the fish pond were lots of dead floating fish-the children were all pointing this out to their parents to which every Mum said 'there just sleeping'...to which one kid even said 'wake up Mr fish'...
I wish I were still a child and things were just that simple.

A little premature but Happy Valentines day.

Money can't buy happiness. But it can buy marshmallows, which are kinda the same thing.

Terrible blogger

I know I know I am a terrible blogger. My excuse is that I am busy working on the new site and other projects. It's my fault for the delay in the site due to my long break in Australia but I met with my designers this morning and we are working full steam ahead to wrap this up. I am so excited about launching the new site complete with all new blog. I will make a promise to blog everyday (eek!). 

It's 6pm and I struggling to stay awake. Jet lag-love it!

Missing you. Already.

Hello from Surfers Paradise-Oz

Finally we find ourselves in a place with in-room internet and so I can post a few pictures from my trip so far. All great this end, we are currently staying in the Marriot in Surfers Paradise-and the hotel is pure luxury and they have a man made beach complete with tropical fish and water falls. We have been doing many things, including the touristy stuff-sea world, movie world etc. The weather is a lot better than at home I'm told. I am very lucky to begin the new year with the people I love in this beautiful place.

Happy New Year!

I realise I have been a terrible blogger lately, my excuse is quite ordinary-I have been busy!

However….yes I have been busy which accounts for my lack of posts but also, that lately it’s felt I have less to say. I go to Australia today and it is the best thing that could happen to me at the moment. I need to recharge my batteries, seek inspiration; I need to get back to the bare bones of photography…and myself! Christmas for most people and businesses is an incredibly stressful time, suddenly the art of photography gets lost amongst order forms and deadlines. I am very fortunate to work for myself and to be able to have these long holidays; this break feels more needed than others. I have a pile of business books, but more important than that I have my notebook…and glue and scissors. I will write what I see/find, I will make notes and store images that inspire.

2007 was for me the best and worst year of my life. For a hundred personal reasons that won’t ever get written here-namely because I wouldn’t want to bore you! I am glad to have a great start to 2008; I know that next year will be very different to this one.

So I am signing off for a few weeks but will be contactable via e mail. I will try and post where I can but know we will be on the road for a few weeks and internet may be hit and miss. I can tell you that when I return I will be better….! The new website will go live which includes a custom made blog. I can’t wait to launch the new site and share with you other exciting projects that will make 2008 (hopefully) very exciting! Thank you to everyone for your continued support, your e-mails and notes do literally make my day! I cant wait to work with some amazing couples next year, I have some amazing weddings lined up.

All the best to everyone, wishing you love, happiness and of course, a little bit of hope

Merry Christmas!

 

Terrible blogger...

My only excuse is that I have been racing around delivering Christmas orders and so haven't been behind the camera for a week or so and didn't want to write a post without a picture. Anyway I dug out an old one I don't think I posted. I can't believe Christmas is a week or so away which also means I am going to Australia in a few weeks which is very exciting. Next year will be a very different year for me and Hope...I will post more on these changes at a later date. I hope everyone is enjoying precious family time eating drinking and being merry.