Peta Nikel Photography

Hobart's Premier Newborn Photographer

REFLECT

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One of the most exciting things about being a parent is watching your children grow up. Reach milestones. Slowly become more and more of their own person each day. While it is so exciting to watch your child develop their own quirks and personality, it is also one of the scariest parts of being a parent.

It happens right before your eyes and quicker than you even realise. It really is as if they take their first step with your arms just hovering by their side and their second step moving into their own home to begin a life of their own. As if one day they are clutching their favourite book upside down and pretending they know what each page reads and the next day they are reading the last of their high school text books ready for graduation. Our children are our greatest gifts and it is scary and wonderful to bare witness to them growing and learning so quickly; to feel proud and as if your heart is both soaring and shivering knowing this is all happening so quickly.

It is so very important to remember to take moments whenever we can, to really cherish the younger years, to hug a little tighter while they can still be held in your arms and to play pretend just a little longer while they still want to. These moments are fleeting – capture while you can.

It was a pleasure to be able to capture some of this moments of little Elsie for her wonderful parents to hold onto and reflect on.

Contact Peta today and book early for your 2019 sessions to ensure availability, January is already fully booked!

Expression of Interest – Admin/Personal Assistant

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I’m seeking expressions of interest for an upcoming position with Peta Nikel Photography in an admin/assistant type role. I’m seeking a reliable, motivated and fun individual to join me.


This position would suit a parent or someone returning to the workforce after maternity leave or someone passionate to be a part of a growing creative business.

This position is not a photography position and you will not be required to take or edit photos.

Duties would include;

Packaging client orders, cleaning studio, follow up of contracts etc, preparing files for blogging, newsletter scheduling, some social media management and general admin/PA tasks.

Essential skills and qualities;

  • Friendly and approachable
  • Great customer service – a people person
  • Highly organised and detail oriented
  • Trustworthy
  • Have a good understanding of social media and technology
  • A great telephone manner

Other skills and qualities that are not essential but would be an advantage;

  • A background in marketing
  • A background in customer service
  • Experience with photoshop

Please note – This is a freelance/contract role so the successful applicant would require an ABN. Hourly rate will be discussed with the successful applicant. Position will begin as one day a week 9.30am-2.30pm at my Honeywood studio. Very occasional weekend work may also be required. Availability required from late January/early February.

To express your interest, please email pnikel@petanikelphotography.com.au with why you would be perfect for this position along with a current resume.

Closing date – 15th January 2018

RESOLUTIONS

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Around New Years we tend to make resolutions for things we hope and dream for the future. We do similar things when we are about to become parents, we make wishes or plans for the type of parent we hope to be. Sometimes you remember your own childhood and the memories or events that made it and we use them to mould the type of role model we hope to be for our own children.

Still, like New Years resolutions we sometimes find that what we envisioned parenthood to be, is not always how it is. Sometimes you go from mashing your own organic, home cooked pumpkin to pretending you didn’t see them drop a cracker on the floor and then immediately back into their mouth. Your immaculate car now has a chicken nugget so old it has practically fossilised under the car seat.

One thing we have in common though is a desire to be the best parent we can be, even when our reality sometimes falls short of our best intentions, we wake up each morning hoping to be the best us. We muddle our way through, sometimes getting it right and sometimes wishing we had done something differently but in the end the journey is what matters.

It was more than a pleasure to meet baby Sebastian and his lovely little family this year!

Thinking of starting 2019 with a photoshoot of your precious family to keep for years to come? Contact Peta today and book your 2019 sessions to ensure availability, January is now fully booked!

 

THIS JOURNEY

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There is a favourite moment for every parent. A favourite part about being a parent. On this big journey you never could have prepared for enough there are moments that make everything worth while. It could be when you finally manage to get a full night’s sleep and wake up together, smiling and sharing a moment of bliss and happiness. Both well rested and thankful for the other. The moment that you realise you have created this beautiful soul that will be the best friend that life could have blessed you with. You created this life with hard working hands and love in your heart. It could be the moment before they drift to sleep when two sleepy eyes look up at you and stare silently, everything around you falling away as you rock side to side and hold your world in your arms. These moments are the ones you will remember for years to come – the ones that will make you wish you could turn back time when they are older and skipping off to school full of independence and excitement.

These moments are nothing more than a few blissful seconds wrapped in the chaos of life that last eternity. The moments that make being a parent the greatest journey you could have never prepared for.

It was a pleasure to capture some special moments of Marley with her beautiful family.

 

Contact Peta today and book early for your 2019 sessions to ensure availability, January is now fully booked!

TIME OF THE YEAR

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This is a very special time of the year. A time that surrounds the world with cheer, happiness and forgiveness. It is a time for family and friends, for any one you love and is close to you. It is the time of year that memories and traditions are made. It is a special time that is far more exciting to share with the presence of your beautiful children. To share the excitement and to try and hide all the little gifts you will surprise them with. To whisk them off to bed and hope they sleep soundly while you prepare for the next day – eagerly. To be woken up early and greeted with a smile so precious and a little you that simply can not wait for the day to start! To see them unwrap all this gifts you were so excited to surprise them with and watch as priceless glee spreads across their face; making everything worth it. It is a special time of the year, where you forget about a year full of big days and sleepless nights, but remember all the highlights – watching with a careful eye for their first roll over and feeling your heart swell as you witness their first smile.

 

How wonderful it is to share this time with the greatest loves of your life.

 

I was lucky enough to capture some precious moments for Alistair and his wonderful family to reflect back on when reviewing the highlights of their year this holiday.

 

January is now FULLY BOOKED. Contact Peta today to capture your memories and make your bookings for February – May 2019!

PERFECT HARMONY

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“And then my soul saw you and it kind of went “Oh, there you are. I’ve been looking for you.”

No one said parenting was going to be easy. Being a parent is a relentless, tiring, giving job with little thanks or acknowledgement. It is a long term commitment and promise of safety, support and unconditional love. It is sleepless nights and constant nurturing; however, all the sacrifices are forgiven with the morning cuddles and excitement over their first steps. It is a love like you have never experienced before, a sense of pride and adoration like no other. it is a perfect harmony. It is everything that is right within this crazy world.

It was a pleasure to capture some of these perfect moments for Ella and her family.

January is now FULLY BOOKED. Contact Peta today to make your bookings for February – May 2019!

TIME OF SILENCE

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In the activity of the birthing room you are surrounded by sounds and movement. Even the most calm of births seem to become a hive of activity at times. It’s different for everyone of course, but at the moment of birth whether you experience the feel of a warm newborn being placed against your bare skin or your child is whisked off to be assessed…at some point there will come a time of silence. It’s this moment, sometimes minutes after the birth and sometimes days. When it’s quiet, just you and the tiny person you created. You stare into their eyes and they hold you gaze with such candour that it’s nearly impossible to believe they don’t hold the secrets of the universe within themselves and behind those wise eyes. You trace their cheek with a soft touch and lift their head to your nose to inhale the scent of the crown of their head. You marvel at the alchemy of love between a parent and their child. You’ve never felt so lucky.

 

To be able to kiss the rosy cheeks and hold in our arms the greatest love of your life. To bear witness to their first smile and feel as if the world just lit up a little more. To now be able to picture your future with such clarity, and the promise of perfection within chaos, as you embark upon the single most life altering journey of your life.

 

Nothing prepares you for this. How lucky you are to have your lives change for the better, to be given the greatest gift in the world and to be able to experience a love so powerful it was simply unimaginable beforehand. In that one quiet moment this all washes over you. And you realise how blessed you are.

 

It was a pleasure to be able to capture some special moments of Alva and her beautiful family to hold on to forever.

January is now FULLY BOOKED. Contact Peta today to make your bookings for February – May 2019!

BUNDLE OF HOPE

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You’re already imagining big things for her. You wished for her, impatiently awaiting the arrival so you could catch your first glimpse of her face and begin memorising all the features that, in no time at all, you would come to know like the back of your hand. Such a tiny bundle but already she signifies your hopes and dreams for the future and in small moments you will find yourself caught in the daydreams of her first Christmas, a wobbly first ride on a bicycle, her high school graduation. But for now she exists in the downy softness of her hair, the curl of her fingers around yours and the small coos she makes in her sleep. You soak it all in, committing the details to memory, the hope of it all to come.

It was a pleasure to photograph this new beautiful family and get to welcome little Sevana to this big new world!

Contact Peta today and book early for your 2019 sessions to ensure availability, January is fully booked, February and March are filling fast.

 

 

A MOMENT FULL OF PROMISE

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It happens so quickly. You sit there, holding your breath, switching you gaze from looking so closely to looking away; and then, in a flash your whole life changes. A second small line appears, faintly – the promise of ten little toes and ten little fingers, two perfect eyes and one little nose. Who could have imagined such a faint line could so quickly throw you into a pool of such immense excitement, anxiety and questions? Before a moment has passed so many thoughts are running through your mind – will they be a girl or a boy? Will they have curly hair? Whose eyes will they have? What kind of parent will I be? Will they be tall?
You start to count the weeks just trying to figure out when you will first meet them. You start to imagine how life will be when you hear the little pitter-patter quickly making it’s way from one side of the house to the other as they learn to run. Imagining their first smile and sharing the night with cuddles and shushes. Imagining how it will feel when they are bigger and moving around. Imagining holding them in your arms on a Sunday morning wondering how life could ever be so perfect. Nine months starts to feel so far away, but they will grow quickly and time will fly, too. You may be scared, but so excited – nothing in life will ever be like this moment; full of promise and the future.

I was lucky enough to meet little Xaviah in September this year and his beautiful family. It was a pleasure to be able to capture some moments of little Xaviah for his family to cherish.

 

Contact Peta today and book early for your 2019 sessions to ensure availability, January is fully booked. Taking bookings from February onwards.

 

 

A GIFT

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A child is a beautiful gift.

A child touches your life in ways you never imagined possible. The moment you meet your child you love them more than life itself – a love completely unfathomable prior to the moment you meet. You realise just how lucky you have become – two wondrous eyes and a perfect heart beat now matching your own. So many wonderful things shifting inside of yourself to prepare you for the journey of a life time about to start. In that moment you become so more than you knew you could be. In that moment a dozen thoughts come into your mind, already imagining the joys to come – their first steps, their first bike ride and the first time they eagerly run through the school gates. A child is a beautiful gift that alters every fiber of your being and changes your life forever, in the best possible way.

It was a pleasure to capture some moments of little Hudson and his beautiful family!

2018 Newborn bookings almost full, now also taking bookings for the beginning of 2019. Contact Peta to secure your session.