Ellie and Finn are two gorgeous girls who live in Brisbane with their family. They were dedicated enough to get up at a ridiculously early hour for the drive down to the Gold Coast for their morning photo session at the beach. We started at just on sunrise, which at this time of year is just before 5am. You can just imagine how early they got up, given it takes an hour to make the drive!
Unfortunately the gorgeous bright early morning light I was counting on never made an appearance as it was very cloudy, however we still got some lovely soft light shots of the two girls enjoying their experience at the beach.
Four year old Finn was loving the sand, quickly discovering it was awesome to dig holes in!
Burying her head in the sand quickly turned her into a bona-fide sand monster.
Once the squeaky toy made an appearance though, she was momentarily distracted!
This early in the morning, other dogs on the beach were rare, but Finn was always very interested in them, tracking their progress along the beach intently.
The dunes are a favourite place of mine to shoot in, with the soft grey-green grasses and salt-tolerant, wind-twisted trees in the background.
Ellie was also loving the beach. She’s ten years old, but don’t tell her that!
Ellie has that trademark Staffy smile down pat.
If you’re wondering about Ellie’s ears, she had some surgery on the folded one a while ago and it never stood up straight after that, but I think it gives her so much character!
We had intended to stick around at the park behind the beach for some green grass shots, but the sandflies had other ideas and relentlessly drove us off. We all survived (some itchier than others!) to fight another day and decided to organise the rest of the shoot a week later at the girls’ house in Brisbane. So, more photos of these gorgeous girls to follow!
