Chris Allsop Photography | Wedding and Children's Birthday Party Photographer, Melbourne, Australia

kim + kane | wedding preview

Chris — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:11:06 +0000

A small peek at Kim and Kane’s photos of their beautiful wedding in the Yarra Valley. More to come soon.

Ceremony: Alowyn Gardens
Reception: Zonzo at Train Trak Winery

chelsea | 7th birthday

Chris — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:16:02 +0000

When it comes to throwing delightful parties, little Chelsea’s mum knows exactly how to do it. Last year I photographed Chelsea’s sister’s 4th birthday party and this year I was invited to take photos at Chelsea’s “Under the Sea” themed 7th birthday party. And it was awesome! There was a real live mermaid at the party, along with treasure in a locked chest, a watermelon shark and lots and lots of swimming. Talk about good fun!

anni + mark | wedding

Chris — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:31:39 +0000

It was a stifling hot day in Melbourne but that didn’t stop Anni + Mark’s wedding from being a beautiful one, filled with love, laughs and memories.

ava | 1st birthday

Chris — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:06:28 +0000

It’s 9pm here in Melbourne and the temperature is still hovering around 40 degrees. It’s going to be a very long night. It reminds me of the night before little Ava’s 1st birthday party. Like today, the weather was a scorching 41. Thankfully the mercury dropped a little the next day so Ava’s party was balmy but not overbearing. That was earlier this month.

Ava’s parents are quite remarkable, beautifully genuine people. Steve, Ava’s dad, is in the Australian Army. When Christine was 34 weeks pregnant with Ava Steve was relocated interstate. Naturally, Christine followed. I was staggered to find out that just three months after Ava was born Steve was posted to Afghanistan for 6 or so months. The dedication and patriotism of folk like Steve is something to be inspired by. So too is the dedication of supportive wives and partners like Christine. I simply can’t imagine what it must have felt like for both of them to have been separated like that: to be sent to somewhere so dangerous so shortly after the birth of their daughter.

I feel really lucky to have been a part of celebration. It was fabulous to watch Steve celebrate being in Australia with his family and see the pride and joy he and Christine share in Ava. I love being a children’s birthday party photographer!