http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog pregnancy baby child Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:55:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A conversation about what a photograph means over time prompted me to remember an experience I had a few weeks ago. I had been going through old photos, looking for a special photo of my youngest son's birth to show him on his tenth birthday. I spent hours going through ... http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog/2012/02/04/476/ I have to start by saying, I can't wait for it to be cooler! Could it have been any hotter this summer? I'm well aware that the worst is probably yet to come, February and March usually turn it on even harder in Adelaide, so the air-conditioner will be getting ... http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog/2012/02/02/summer-2/ I must have heard this a thousand times! It's something I have a think about every now and then, because surely it's a special kind of crazy that loves to photograph children being themselves, and if there is a loopy dog or a disainful cat in the mix it's even ... http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog/2012/01/03/never-work-with-children-or-animals/ I don't know about any of you, but I'm so glad to see the back of 2011. It was another one of those rollercoaster rides of a year that I won't forget in a hurry! The highlights were working with so many gorgeous families though, and in tribute I've put ... http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog/2012/01/01/happy-2012/ and the Hanckel household is all still up at 9:30 pm! I think we're all too excited :) I didn't get to organise my Christmas cards this year, every year it gets harder and harder, so I'm adding a photo I took of Morgan and Toby in October. The days ... http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog/2011/12/24/twas-the-night-before-christmas/ The Summer Holidays are coming! To celebrate my recent win of SA Family Photographer of the Year, I decided to dedicate the whole of January to some fantastic, conceptual Summer Sessions. the details are in the flyer below! Each sitting will be a fantastic experience for your kids, a gorgeous ... http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog/2011/12/06/summer-sessions/ How's that for a mouthful? This last week has been spent helping organise, and participating in the AIPP Epson South Australian Professional Print Awards. In other words, this is our state's big daddy photography awards, and as I'm on the State Council of the SA AIPP, it was a mammoth ... http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog/2011/11/10/2011-aipp-epson-sa-family-photographer-of-the-year/ of the divine Charlotte Persia :) I photographed Miss Charlotte when she was born, and I got such a kick out of seeing her up and toddling. Over the course of the sitting I commented that I loved the way we were getting a real sense of what Charlotte's day ... http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog/2011/11/05/a-day-in-the-life/ This beautiful little man was so sweet and placid. I was shocked to learn that he'd had a tummy-ache that day and normally is even more chilled out! I'm sure he's going to be as lovely as his parents, he's very blessed.Especially given their exceptional taste in Burmese cats and ... http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog/2011/10/14/introducing-harrison/ It's been a long time since I photographed my own children with anything other than the phone or point and shoot. They're 12 and 9 now, and having grown up acutely aware of the camera, have decided enough is enough! A new lens meant that I had the excuse to ... http://simonehanckel.com.au/blog/2011/09/28/unguarded/