Hey, I'm Nick

I'm a father of 4 insane children and love it! Chaos is just the norm in our family, so much so that it feels weird if I'm not walking around the house with someone hitching a ride on my leg, or having my eye lids pushed open while I nap on the lounge to check if I'm actually asleep. I love the energy that comes from the chaos and that's why I love being able to capture it.

Photography for me has been such a great way to be able to create those memories and seeing the look on other parents faces when they see their kids as they truly are is an awesome thing. Kids weren't meant to sit, behave and smile at the camera. That's not who they are... they're nuts! So I let them be nuts in my family photo sessions. I generally set up a few photos looking at the camera to begin with, but after about 5 minutes of that they generally want to break free, so I let them and actually encourage it. Just when you start to worry that the perfect family photo shoot you imagined isn't going to plan, that's when I find that the magic starts to happen.

Embrace the chaos …

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Ha! Kids are fun aren’t they… except for when they’re not, but anyway this is Ayden, Charlotte, and Jacob. They love me capturing every moment of their life. Can't you tell?

Looking at this pic you'd think butter wouldn't melt in their mouth. Seriously though, they're pretty good kids... Except for the youngest Jake. I think he's probably destined to be a super-villain. Check out his evil laugh below.

See what I mean! He's lucky he's cute... and the other 3... well, butter wouldn't melt in their mouth it seems.

Of course I couldn't handle these 4 punks all by myself, which brings me to the love of my life, the one who keeps us all under control, my beautiful wife Hayley... She wouldn't let me post a photo of here

I've done a lot of things in my working life from burger flipper to cement renderer. However the majority of my career has been as a producer/director for network TV. Now I love TV, I love watching it, editing it and shooting it, but over the years my passion for photography has been so persistent that I needed an outlet.

Family photography is my thing, since kids are my life. It has shown me just how much love you can have for your family, so being able to capture those moments for other couples and families is something I enjoy.

My photography style is candid, natural, modern, in the moment. and never forced. As you know telling kids to do anything they don't want to never gets the desired result, so I like to go with the flow and capture them as their normal chaotic selves.

It's all very relaxed, so even dad won't feel too awkward. I'm a dad myself and so I get not wanting to be in front of the camera doing silly poses. That won't happen in one of my family photography sessions.

Anyway, take a look around and see my portfolio here.

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You’re probably thinking “I don’t need to know about him, just show me the gallery and the pricing” and you may need to see that… but it’d be great if you did keep reading.

It’s important for you (and me) that you feel I’m the right photographer for you, because connection is the difference between good photography and bad photography and I don’t know about you but I’m not too keen on the bad pics… so here I go…

My name’s Nick, and I love what I do. I’ll photograph anything and everything, just ask my kids…. I’ve got 3 with another on the way. They really love me capturing every frame of their life… said none of them ever.

The 3 Punks

Ha! Kids are fun aren’t they… except for when they’re not, but anyway this is Ayden, Charlotte, and Jacob… Sometimes I think Jake is destined to be a super-villain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See what I mean! He’s lucky he’s cute… and the other two… well, butter wouldn’t melt in their mouth it seems.

Of course I couldn’t handle these 3 punks all myself, which brings me to the love of my life, the one who keeps us all under control, my beautiful wife Hayley… she wouldn’t let me post a photo of her.

I’ve done a lot of things in my working life from burger flipper, to cement renderer, however the majority of my career has been as a producer/director for network TV… now I love TV. I love watching it, editing it, and shooting it, but over the years my passion for photography has been so persistent that I needed an outlet. Here I am by the way.

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Family photography is my thing. Since kids and family are my life, it has shown me just how much love you can have for your family, so being able to capture those moments for other couples and families is something I am moved by, and really enjoy.

I can also photograph your wedding for you. Check out the Barley Monks Wedding Photography page here!

My photography style is candid, natural, modern, in the moment – never forced. As you may know, telling kids to do anything they don’t want to never gets the desired result… so I like to go with the flow and capture them as their normal chaotic selves. It’s all very relaxed, even dad won’t feel too awkward because instead of asking him to do silly poses I’ll just be asking him to muck around with the kids.

I’m based in the Hills District, covering Kellyville, Rouse Hill, Castle Hill, Dural and North West Sydney. I also will travel to Sydney CBD, greater Sydney and Northern Beaches… I can also travel further for a fee, which we can work out on inquiry.

Check out my family photography by clicking here.

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