Central Coast Family and Childrens' Photographer

I met Heather through an online forum when we were both pregnant with our now 2 year old girls and have since become 'virtual' friends. I was so excited when she asked me to take her family photos and when we finally met in person, it felt like I'd known her for years. We had to reschedule once and because we live a long way apart, decided to meet up at Olympic Park. Her 2 daughters are absolutely gorgeous and I had so much fun with the family. Poor two year old Jane was tired and had a minor meltdown and we had to dodge some light rain, but I think we got some great shots in the end.

Florentines

We love florentines in this house so I decided to try and make them myself. Thankfully this recipe is really easy and they turned out great even if I do say so myself. We took them to a family gathering on the weekend and they were snapped up very quickly.

1 1/4 cups sultanas
1 1/4 cups peanuts (I used flaked almonds for mine)
3 cups cornflakes
1 tin condensed milk
125g chocolate

Combine all ingredients except chocolate in a large bowl.
Line baking trays with paper.
Drop mixture into small heaps on trays.
Bake in moderately slow oven for 15-20 mins.
Allow to cool before lifting off the trays.
Chop chocolate and melt over a saucepan of hot water.
Spread melted chocolate over base of biscuit and allow to set.

Enjoy!

Christmas is on its way

Only 7 weeks until Christmas so I thought I'd start thinking about getting a photo of my daughters to use on our Christmas cards this year. I make and sell greeting cards from photos I take so thought I should definitely make my own personal Christmas cards this year. The girls were tired, the ground was muddy and in hindsight I probably should have waited for a better time. But here is what I came home with. Some very funny grumpy shots of my eldest daughter but there may be a winner in amongst them. Hope you enjoy them.

New Beginnings

My sister found this nest with 2 tiny bird's eggs in her garden. The poor little nest had fallen out of it's tree and the eggs had gone cold. She brough it around to show my girls and I couldn't resist taking some photographs as I loved the shape and colours. I've called it 'New Beginnings' which is good timing since my part time photography business has really just started out in the past couple of weeks. I've had flyers printed and a website launched. So why not check out www.kathrynjewkes.com.au and if you know of anyone wanting some portraits taken in time for Christmas, let them know about me too.