brett and jos...sneak peek...

...st-st-st-stunning bride...

super cool groom with incredibly handsome mates...

three drop dead gorgeous ladies to complete the picture...

some kissin and lovin and cool shots by mike high up on a wall...
and a bohemian rhapsody finale...

more to come...plus the full story...stay tuned...

...mick's pix are a hit...

a big hello to all the smiley happy people who stopped by late in the afternoon at the parade hotel wedding expo...we once again applied late and once again received prime position at the entrance!...besides our glorious selves, our stunning albums and coordinated displays...the majority of our visitors were in love with the magix booth...only half assembled to fit in to our space it was an instant hit...lovin' it...




this little fellow was a page boy at rob and shaynees wedding...still super cute...


benita and her assistant from the parade...the food was divine ladies...thanks ever so much!


the lovely young bride-to-be won a hamper and we thought it deserved a congratulatory photo...

this is ryan and goy and baby lucas...soon to be married and soon to experience pixel magix super stardom...

hi girls!...followed us all the way from the margaret river expo and again rocked the booth...

hard bod and handsome mattie and uber sweet and totally gorgeous kaylene...thanks for a wonderful dinner you two divine people...fantastic end to a busy sunday...

this is evan and his baby girl...also soon to experience pixel magix marvellousness...

hi vicki and vicki's mum!...email or call me...dates are filling fast!

and then the world stopped spinning and gasped as super stars in the beauty industry, cat and jaci from living beauty day spa, luxe hairdressing and dare boutique arrived and caused an instant sensation with sweet smiles and glamour goodness...you go girlfriends!...

but wait...the girls are back in town...

then we chatted to a warm and friendly grandma who was a minding a little walker while mum watched the fashion parade...

three expos in one year is definately our limit...so we say farewell to seeing you on a lazy afternoon amidst crowds, limousines, flowers and cakes and please call and say hello on a more personal level...we now have confirmed dates all the way to the end of 2010, so if you were thinking about us and thinking it is too early to book - it is so not!

...and we have more incredibly exciting innovations (how on earth do we top the magix booth you ask?...) for next year and beyond...send us some lovin'

kylie@pixelmagix.com.au

here's to a sellout 08/09 season...see you on the other side...:)

...donnelly river dreaming...

we travelled a long and windy road to donnelly river, nestled in between the tall karri forest on the road from bridgetown to nannup, for fathers day...clive and joanne have chosen this idyllic location for their wedding in a few weeks...this post is for you two lovely people...

the first thing the hits you in the face when you arrive is the large contigent of emus and kangaroos - old, young and scatty teenagers - that are incredibly friendly and in abundance...




"walk this way...talk this way"...(80's melodramatic guitar fades out)

there was in fact so much wildlife up close and personal that lucy was bored...go figure...


donnelly river in its former life, was a timber community, with a mill and school, and the old homes and buildings are a photographers dream...please God, keep the spring light and blossoms and leaves and goodness for just 2 more weeks...

i could almost hear the cogs turning in mikes head when he spotted this...
the old mill is officially out of bounds...but we always carry bolt cutters as a matter of course...


there are so many 70's locations just screaming for some polaroid loving...

persuading the kids to take time out from freely wandering to pose was difficult..but that is why mr peters creameries made drumsticks...lucy took a little more convincing than normal...
ka-chow...


daisy, of course, knows the drill...walk, turn, pick a flower, smile...

a skater, 15, unruly hair, killer eyelashes, hidden smiles...we finally convinced caleb a few shots would look awesome on his myspace...
this would have to be my fav shot of the day (...oh, and its mine...) for many many reasons (are you freakin kidding me?...look at the door and the wall and the angle and and...) but definately because i have finally been able to capture one handsome young man...
you are literally surrounded by the magnificent karri's - its so quiet and surreal at times...






we continued our meandering and found even more 70's icons - my view...

mike's view...


as is often the case...i turned my back and he was gone...hey babe - fathers day!!!!...

so the kids and i - minus the father - found the old playground of the school...now this bought back scary memories of my childhood where i was literally knee high to a grasshopper (as repeated many times by many laughing uncles) when playground equipment was seriously intended to break limbs, cause nightmares and was in no way government approved...

daisy fell in love with the huge swing...

and the rockin boat thing that nearly tipped her over...

but i drew the line at letting her on the slide of death...i'm sorry there are no images of the kids on this horror - i was hiding behind a tractor tyre with my eyes closed...
ok all you gen x kids - remember this see-saw - no handles, no safe height, no soft sand??? just one long plank of fear...
i dragged the kids away - forgot my blood pressure meds so there was no possible way they could remain - and we went to inspect the old school house...father of the year was already there and snapped this pretty tree...

the balcony and beyond was so pretty...

all too quick light was fading and we had a long drive home, so we broke the news that we were heading home...unimpressed is an understatement...

so we bribed them with a few more bog laps around the town to wave goodbye to emus and kangaroos and my heart skipped a beat when we discovered this little corner and all was well the universe (well mine anyway...)

if you have kids and like sunday drives, we can not recommend this settlement enough...show them how life was when you were young and free and life was as safe as timber cottages with camellia covered verandahs...

joanne and clive...we are counting the days...

...happy days at home...

quality time at home during the wedding season equals long nights and early mornings in front of a glaring 21" lcd screen...so a sunny day morning with daisy, with no editing and no phone calls and no emails and no meetings was pure bliss for this somewhat "part time" mum...first we made a ride with all her babies on the brolly...


then we strolled our largely unkept - but pretty - garden and picked bright flowers...

and then when these eyes looked at me and asked "please mumma, can i draw with chalk on the pavement"...refusal was totally impossible...

...so while the sun was shining this somewhat "part time" housekeeper decided to hang out washing (now, what do you use to keep them on the line?) and sweep the patio (oh my goodness...whoever knew that our verandah was coloured red!...) daisy and puss were very busy creating extraordinary works of art...

with one or two moments of anguish when puss rolled over to a sunnier spot and "ruined" my picture...

i truly believe puss looks remarkably improved with green swirls though...

by this stage, as you might be able to tell, this "part time" housekeeper failed dismally (again) in her domestic chores as she reaches instead for her faithful loving brand new 5d and we strike a pose...

then one stick of each colour quickly turned into one hundred sticks of each colour (mumma is behind the camera - she will never see me tip the boxes out) ...

and this turned to amazement at how the chalk dust covers hands...

and feet...and we were occupied for at least a divine hour of ignoring chore time...

then...one small step accidently made the most exciting sound "like leaves mumma-just cracklier" and the "part time" mum had to intervene...

which bought a prompt end to the happy sunny morning with chalk as only a sulky, reprimanded, 3 year old can bring closure...

puss was delighted...