Capturing the emotion in a photograph speaks to my soul...

It's a story that cannot be put into words
HI MY NAME IS ASTRID

I have had a very for filling career in Nursing and Midwifery over the past 25years. My passion and drive has always been around empowering women through pregnancy and birth. Working with women and their loved ones brings me a great deal of happiness and sense of gratification. I feel truly blessed to be able to work alongside women during this important time in their lives.

My other passion has always been photography. For as long as I can remember I have always spent hours taking photos and pondering over my work. I would become immersed in the beauty of what my lens could find and have always adored taking photographs of people in nature. My drive for a good photo is to be able to create not only a beautiful picture but to be able to capture the emotion of the moment within the picture, to tell a story. For today’s moments become tomorrow’s memories. For me photography is a way of being able to remember the little things long after you have forgotten everything. Photography captures the memories of our lives and is a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.

A COMBINATION OF
​BOTH PASSIONS THAT COMPLEMENT BEAUTIFULLY

I am now truly blessed to be able to combine both my passions together and offer women and their loved ones an opportunity to capture those tender, precious moments throughout their journey from pregnancy to motherhood. I would be honoured to help you capture ​these precious moments through photography.
All photography packages will include:

*  1 hour photo shoot at chosen location (excluding birth and newborn photography)
*  Minimum of 15 – 20 edited photos in jpeg file (excluding birth photography, 50 – 100 edited photos)
*  Digital high resolution copy of photos provided on a keepsake USB stick
*  Printing of photos negotiable
*  $100 deposit is required to secure/confirm your chosen date. The remainder is to be paid either through setting up a payment plan OR prior to the shoot.
*  All shoots come with a personal satisfaction guarantee from me.  Should we not achieve the results we were both hoping for a  1 x reshoot will be offered at no extra cost. I am committed to ensuring you are happy with my work.

PACKAGES/INVESTMENTS: Payment plans for all packages are available - pls enquire with Astrid.

PREGNANCY JOURNAL

A documentation of a woman’s journey

These photography packages are unique and my own creation. The journals are more than a one off photo shoot. They become a series of photo shoots over the course of your pregnancy, birth, newborn period. During your journey I will encourage you to diarise your experiences, feelings, emotions, hopes and dreams for the future. Together with the series of photos and diary entries I create a treasured journal which I print for you. A treasured keepsake and memory for you to reflect on for the rest of your life. Pregnancy, birth and those early days are often the most tender moments of our lives. To have a keepsake book that tells your story is an invaluable treasured memory for ever more.
I have a midwife neighbour who is also a newborn photographer and doula. She has been my night time savior, coming over at 3am in the morning to help with breastfeeding issues, just because she cares. This is what true community is about. It really does take a village to raise a child and I have been blessed with the very best neighbours.
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If you like Astrid’s work and you are in the Northern rivers pregnant
or with a newborn, hit her up. ​She is a gem.

​~ Juls Ashby