Casting Call February 2011

Currently I am on the look out for models to extend and update my portfolio in the following criteria:

● Maternity (28 - 38 weeks gestation)
● Newborns (from 4 days and upto 2 weeks old)
● Twins (preferably babies & toddlers)
● Teenagers
● Couples

 & last but not least....

● Canines & Felines

Please email me if you are interested or have any questions

Email Kylie Brand

If you agree to sign a model release form:

It is a free session and you'll receive one free 8x10" print of your choice.
The remainder of the images can be purchased for $100 on a CD to be mailed out to you, this will also include a copyright release, allowing you to print where ever you choose, and any size print you choose.
Approximately 10 images will be available on a private password protected online gallery for you to view, and make your selection.

Photo A Day Challenge ~ Day 29, 30 & 31

Well yet again I have some blog posts to catch up on....


Saturday, 29th January 2011

On Saturday we all headed up to my Mum & Dad's to pick up our eldest son Zachery from his mini holiday with them through his school holidays...

On arrival to their apartment, as soon as I stepped into the lift to head up to their floor I smelt the all too familiar smell of my mother's cooking... something I always pine for when cooking my own meals...

Mum greeted us at the door and let us all in... and to my great delight my Sister was visiting for the day too <3 Unfortunately the sunlight was very bright, not a cloud in sight and I really wanted to use the reserve behind them as a back drop... So here we have my Mum & Dad and my eldest Sister :o) ** Click on the photos to bring up a bigger image **







Sunday, 30th January 2011


On this particular day it was quite warm outside, and the kids were not in the mood to be photographed, not outside nor inside...
So after collecting the clothes of the clothes line... I snapped up a photo of this lonely common weed flower... up until a few moments ago, I had no idea what this flower was called...

It is infact just a flower from the clover weeds...

I've usually found that weeds are not something you relate to as being attractive...
But I found myself compelled to photograph this lonesome flower...

My husband was that inpressed with the photo that he requested to have it in it's largest file size so that he may use it for his desktop wallpaper... Awww well that's a compliment on it's own I think ♥

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Monday, 31st January 2011

Well to end this month's photo a day challenge, I have a couple of photos of my eldest daughter Darcy modelling her new school uniform... We'd gone to the school canteen to bulk up on school uniforms, sports uniforms & hats for her and her eldest brother Zachery..

She was so excited, and extremely proud to be wearing her new uniform... that as soon as she had it on she asked that we photograph her before the sun went down.. hehehe my daughter has already caught on to when I prefer to take outdoor photographs.

Today (Wed, 2nd Feb) was actually Darcy's 1st day in Kindergarten... and she absolutely loved it!!
More about that in a couple of posts to come :o)


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Photo A Day Challenge ~ Day 28

What a long and busy day it has been...

To sum it all up... we enrolled our eldest two children into another school today, Zachery would be starting year 6 at Smithfield Primary, and Darcy would be starting big school in Kindy...

Today was also Tilly's 1st day back at preschool without her older sister Darcy there this year...

There was alot of running around getting transfer papers, immunisations records from medicare, and then filling out some more forms at the the new school.

Tilly as I suspected coped just fine without her older sister.. when I asked her this afternoon if she missed her sister at pre-school, she replied "oh no mum, I was just too busy!". :o)

Darcy was overjoyed to see her new school.. and asked why she couldn't start today already.. she didn't care that there weren't any other kids back yet from their holidays!! On Monday we'll be getting her uniform.. and other neccessary items...
Luckily for us... Smithfield primary has the same colours in polo shirts and shorts as Zach's old school, so we won't have to completely buy everything from scratch for him to start there.

Now on top of this... the youngest in our family, Angus was a grizzley lil bear all day through.
While at home, each time I'd put him down for one of his naps, he'd wake getting only about 15-20 mins at a time of sleep :o( I'm quite certain it's his first teeth troubling him, they haven't cut through yet.. but all day Angus would chew on the corner of his favourite blankie, which is also how I'd find him after each of his short sleep stints. When he's this grizzley... I usually don't get much done at home as he becomes quite clingy and wants to be cuddled most of the time..

Hmmm... I'm thinking maybe I should pull out the baby carrier/sling again from the cupboard... maybe then I could multi task a bit??

Anyways... I did manage to head outside to our backyard while Hubby entertained our lil one.
Darcy & Tilly in tow.. they'd convinced me to come out and check out their skipping rope and hoola hoop skills. A short while afterwards I snuck back inside to grab my camera, I'd had an idea of what I would photograph today... but both my girls had other ideas, and just wouldn't play along.. So I layed down on the grass, pretending I was uninterested in what they were upto.
Tilly took no notice, but Darcy headed on over curious as to why I was taking photos of the sky..

My 1st photo below is of a gorgeous blue sky, but with puffy cotton wool like blotches of cloud.
Out of no where Darcy & I spot an aeroplane breaking through one of the clouds.. leaving a tail streak behind it..

The 2nd shot is of Darcy dreamily watching the aeroplane vanish out of sight.. as it flied further and further away.



Well I'm off now... I've already stayed up too late again tonight..
Tomorrow Zachery comes back home from his week and a half stay with his Omi & Opa (Grandparents)..

Ok... must go... very.. tired.. need..sleep

♥ Guten Nacht ♥




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Photo A Day Challenge ~ Day 27

I'm very thankful.. today wasn't the scorcher like yesterday was...

The girls were able to come and go as they pleased outside, which definitely saved my sanity!

When it had cooled down a fair bit this afternoon and some of the clouds and rolled on in.. I took my lil monster Gus outside as well for a bit of a wander & play...

I sat myself beside him... and promptly started taking some photos.. Gus, quite bemused.. watched me as I snapped away, so while I had his attention I quickly grabbed a few closeups.

Do you think he's getting used to his mumma taking so many photos??

Photo A Day Challenge ~ Day 25 & 26

Tuesday, 25th January 2011

Well yesterday my two girls Darcy & Tilly decided they'd take their huge big stuffed toys outside to play... on the trampoline, in the swings, in their cubby... and then in the end they raced each other ontop of their doggy & pony...

Lol... After their races... as you can see they were quite sweaty & puffed :o)

Wednesday, 26th January 2011

Happy Australia Day everyone!!

Today we all stayed inside... with temps of 37°C and 88% humidity... none of us really wanted to brave the heat unless it was really neccessary..
At one stage the girls got cabin fever and needed to get out of the house for a while... but it wasn't long before they came back in with puffy red cheeks and quite a thirst for iceblocks...

Tomorrow's weather forecast is even worse then today's... so if I can find the ball catcher sprinkler set... I will try and set it up for the girls tomorrow :o)

Anyway.. today's Photo A Day is with my girls at Bathtime... I made the water considerably cooler today... but that didn't deter them from staying in just as long as they usually do :o)

Photo A Day Challenge ~ Day 24

I really wasn't sure what I was going to capture today for my Photo A Day.. so after dinner I headed outside into the backyard, and just photographed things that caught my eye...

At first it was the sunset, then secondly it was the silhouette of the roof of our house against the sunset.. then the washing line against the sky... the sunset had almost passed...

In the corner of my (naked) eye I saw this minuscule black thing swaying in the wind from the clothes line... and on much closer inspection, I realised it was a teeny weeny tiny spider!
So I got my camera ready and adjusted the setting to macro, and tried to focus in on this tiny lil creature. After a quite few goes, I managed to capture him... then suddenly my camera automatically recognised the darker settings, and my built in flash popped up, so I took a couple more shots... and I couldn't believe my luck... upon checking my display screen, I'd managed with the flash to snare it's web in my shots... something I would not have seen for myself in daylight or evening had I even tried.

So here are the resulting photographs... the first one shows Mr.Spidy dangling bwteen the two lines of the clothes line, the second shot close up and with the flash and then lastly also one of Tilly... she came out just after I'd taken my last shot of Mr.Spidy.. and so she asked for a photograph.. when my children request a photograph... lol I do NOT hesitate!!


**Note clicking on any of the images will bring up the original size**
**making it easier to see Mr.Spidy ;-)

Photo A Day Challenge ~ Day 19,20,21,22 & 23

Well it's time for a blog catch up...
And what a week it has been!!

I've been busy doing alot of graphic designs for a friends business... and so I haven't had much time to do my Photo A Day, except for taking the photos...



Wednesday, 19th January 2011

On this day, well I should say evening.. I was surprised to find out our Arabic next door neighbours had helped to lift their two grandchildren into our yard over our fence... Of course my two girls were estatic, and promptly showed off all their backyard toys and ride-ons..

Below is a photo of our two daughters with the neighbours grand-daughter...
Her little brother was wondering around at the time trying to work out how to ride the skooter.

Thursday, 20th January 2011

On this day... My kids and I were meeting up with my parents at a park in Hornsby Heights.
My son Zachery usually spends about a week with my parents each school holidays.. so that he gets to have a little bit of quiet time away from his siblings, and also gets to go out places which he wouldn't normally with us as a big family... yes I am finally realising that our family dynamics are larger then the average family :o) But you know I wouldn't have it any other way!!

Anyway... at first we all sat down to have a hot roast chicken roll picnic, and then let the kids burn off as much energy as they could before my Mum, Dad & Zachery headed back home ...

p.s. Zachery >>> WE MISS YOU VERY MUCH!! ♥ ♥ ♥

Friday, 21st January 2011

On this day Darcy, Tilly, Angus & I headed over to Aldi to do a little shop, mainly to just get bread and milk, but of course like any other visit to Aldi, I came out with more then we'd planned...
McDonalds is conveniently {note the sarcasm} located just next door to Alsi, so the girls were begging me for a thickshake, so through the drivethru we went... my girls were delighted when not only did they get their yummeeeeey caramel thickshakes, but they both got a balloon each..
They insisted on taking them outside when we got home, so after Angus had gone down for a nap, out we went... a perfect excuse to snap a few photos... Unfortunately not long after the photos, both balloons POPPED once coming into contact with the spiky grass on the lawn..

Saturday, 22nd January 2011

While my girls were jumping away on their trampoline... I heard my lil man Angus had woken from one of his naps... So for this day's Photo A Day, I took Angus outside to watch his sisters for a little while... he was giggling his little head off watching his Sisters try to do forward flips, and other tricks.

Sunday, 23rd January 2011

Now for last night's entry... I got caught up trying to do all the usual day to day stuff... and totally forgot to capture my Photo A Day... So just in the nick of time at about 11pm'ish, I snuck into my girls bedroom to capture my two darling angels sleeping ♥ ♥ ♥.