The photobook is in the design process and will go to the publisher soon, they still won’t be available till mid to late Oct though. I will try my best to get them out sooner.

The great news is the photobooks will be available online so you can invite your family and friends from all over the world to purchase and you can pick up any extra copies for yourself without

too much trouble.

Again thanks to all the mums, dad, grandparents, carers who supported our project and got involved, we really appreciate it

If you still want to contribute your RFDS story or experience there’s still time, please contact me through the contact page

“Why do you have your families photos captured?”

(includes Maternity, Newborn, Daddy n Me, Family, Siblings, Babies, Toddlers, Kids or even The Pooch we would love to hear your stories)

New to Brag! Please join us in this international campaign only for select studios called:

We are thrilled that Brag! has been chosen to participate and look forward to reading all your great stories, so thrilled in fact that we want to

Give away 5 Mummy and Me Portrait sessions!

Send in your story before Sunday 16th to Win!

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The My Lifes Moments campaign and website was created to unite people in answering the one question of :

“Why do you have  your families photos captured?”

You can visit www.mylifesmoments.com for some of the responses that have been received. Whether you are a client of ours, or have never been to our studio, we want to hear from you. We as photographers know why we do what we do, and we all have our reasons. But we want to know what photos mean to YOU. What is your desired legacy or what do you know of your families history. Whether we are capturing a newborn, a giggling toddler, each moment is unique and it is a moment in time that can never be recovered. If we as photographers have this privilege of this great honor to share that moment, we would like to know how, seeing these photos – impacted you and or your family.

We will be collecting responses and creating a coffee table book titled In The Moments by Brag! for our studio as our part of history. We would love for you to ponder this question and respond, whether via email info@bragaustralia.com.au or through our facebook page , or even a handwritten letter to Brag! PO Box 4186 Mandurah North WA 6210– we want to hear from you.

This program was started by a photographer – Anamaria Brandt, located in Orange County California. Her thoughts and response is as follows:

“In Summer of 2007, as I was preparing to help inspire and educate photographers on working with pregnant woman and newborns, I realized that I wanted to hear from my clients why they had their photos taken. We as photographers strive to truly capture the moments that our clients live every day. This is not always easy to do, but when it’s done and it’s done right, it can spark a slew of emotions – to not only the client but the photographer as well. So I sent a call out to everyone I knew and asked one question, “Why did you have photographs taken?” The responses were overwhelming and came flooding in. I, as an adopted child have no photos of my biological family, no photos of my early childhood, nothing to reflect on. As I watch my little ones grow I wonder – did I have chubby cheeks? What was my hair like? These are answers I may never have, but I know for sure my children will, and that is enough for me.”

Yuk stuff – Terms and Conds

*Stories must be recieved either via email to

info@bragaustralia.com.au or facebook or a hand written story to PO Box 4186 Mandurah North WA 6210 by Sun 16th May.

*Winners will be notified via email and phone so please make sure all your return contact details are on the story

*Cannot be redeemed for cash or exchanged for products or anything else!

*Winners will be chosen by the Brag Team

* By sending in your story you are concenting to it being published by Brag! and by My Lifes Moments and or Annamaria

So here’s to celebrating all our Bragalicious Mums

Thanks for being a great Mum, and have a wonderful and happy Mothers Day!

Click on the bottom of the picture to view the slideshow and Enjoy!

To the world you may just be one person, but to your child you are the world!

Looking for a last minute Mothers Day Gift- check out our Mummy and Me Gift Session offer just for Mothers Day – Studio Session only $100 and Location Sessions $150*

Includes 30-40 minutes of Photographer and Assistant time and talent

Two black and white or Sepia 5×7 images

At least 10-15 unique poses for you to select from

We only have 10 sessions left! So hurry

Call Brag! on 1800 88 1419

You will receive a beautiful gift certificate to give Mum on Mothers Day and she has 6 months in which to use it

Also available one of a kind Mummy and Me Portrait Parties, if you and your friends love to party and want a gorgeous image with your kids why not book a portrait party and reep some benefits,

call Brag! on 1800 88 1419 to purchase or for more information

As a special Mothers Day tribute to my Nana

Nana’s and Grandma’s Welcome for NO EXTRA COST !!!

The yuck stuff- Terms and Conditions

* Travel within  Mandurah and Surrounding Areas only, if out of these areas may incur an extra petrol fee

(if we have a few sessions to do in your area or you organise a portrait party, these fees may be waivered)

* Sessions are for Mum and up to two children, $10 per additional child

* Must be used 6 months from Mothers Day 2010, unless you call early and make other arrangements!!!

* These sessions are for mummy and me images only!  if you would like additional time to have individual images, family images etc, please let me know when booking so i can quote you an upgraded session fee

We stopped at Meekatharra on the way to Newman to check out The RFDS base there, wow being Easter Monday we didn’t think anyone would be there, but Ian was and came out to greet us and invited us to look at one of the planes. It was so exciting to see the plane and to learn it was flying all night and was getting ready to take off again that afternoon. They are busy busy, you just don’t realise. We actually got to climb into the plane, it’s so small inside. Well this inspired Lysh and I too move onto Newman and register some more Little Faces for our photobook!

From Newman we went further north to Broome, wow Broome is so beautiful this time of year after the wet season, I just love it there, it reminds me alot of Byron Bay, years and years ago before everyone found out about it!

From Broome we headed back south to Geraldton, and it was cold! What the! We caught up with alot of our loyal clients and it is so great to see the kids growing up! I had to rush home as my youngest boy was not well, so Lysh stuck it out and our local BragStar Luana helped her out, i missed catching up with our favorite little face “Mary Jane”!

Now with the NorthWest complete we will be starting our search in the SouthWest.

Here’s some pics from the road, cows, emus and all! Saw one alive Kangaroo the whole trip! Keep an eye on this space as i’m going to start putting some of our “Lil Faces” up shortly.

Well we are just about ready to hit the road again, in our search far and wide for Little Faces in Faraway Places. We had a blast in Karratha. Hedland and Carnarvon and captured lots of  ’lil faces’ for the photobook.

Some pics from the road – Captain Koala and Captain Kangaroo took front seats and kept us safe on our travels.

The Royal Flying Doctor have excellent pilots who land planes in the most unbelievable places, this is one of their landing strips between Karratha and Carnarvon on the North West Highway.

I didn’t notice the water bottle littering the side of the road or i would have picked it up! Oh and that’s our Brag Hummer, be sure to watch out for us on the road and give us a toot or a wave. Safe travels for the Easter break and the school holidays everyone

As we are doing a bit of travel at the moment, so this may take us a bit longer to find, but we will keep you posted on the location of the new Mandurah Studio when it is found.

In the meantime everything is still running as it was, we have a temporary set up in Meadow Springs and can still do sessions and viewings.

When we first heard about Ruby we knew she must be someone special and after meeting her you are left with a smile on your heart!

Go Ruby, we know you won’t stop here… and this story doesn’t end here either keep reading below

PS: that’s our gorgeous accomodation in Port Hedland not only have they sponsored our “Little Faces” event they sponsored the World’s Greatest Shave today. Thanks to The Esplanade Hotel for their generousity and making us feel so welcome in Port Hedland.

Ruby together with her crew of Fun Raisers raised over $5500, that is a huge effort.

Ruby’s crew were diligent and left no pocket unturned in their pursuit of funds.

But wait there’s more, just as the anticipation was building and the locks were about to come off, up pops Ruby’s best friend Emily with a proposition for us all, if we reached into our pockets once more she would shave her beautiful blonde locks off too, how could we refuse… Go Emily

I couldn’t resist the emotions of a couple of extremely proud mums who looked on at their two young girls and what they just accomplished!

The girls didn’t stop their with their generosity they also donated their hair to be made into wigs.

Make sure you check out the Little Faces in Faraway Places Page as all the

wonderful, fantastic sponsors who have been so

supportive and generous are listed there!

If your business/company is interested in being a sponsor and joining us on this great project that keeps growing and growing, please contact us and we can send you a sponsorship proposal.

If you cannot make the full registration payment right now, put down a deposit to hold your spot!

Once spots are filled that’s it as we only have so much time in each area.

Northwest Dates –  Southwest Dates on Little Faces In Faraway Places Page