HELLO!
I’m a freelance photographer in southern lutruwita / Tasmania, who wants to do all the things, but at the moment is choosing… deep conversation, roadside foraging, learning documentary film making, embroidery and spoon carving.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography has always appealed to me because it’s so immediate and impactful. Now, more than ever, we need people who are fast on their feet, telling stories about positive change. A photo can be an influential conduit between people who have something to say and people who are ready to hear it. I’m grateful to be able to focus* my photography practice on things that genuinely matter.
You can learn more about my work and what motivates me here.
*Pun intended.
FARMING
We have been running our boutique Christmas tree farm business for nearly 10 years now. It’s a side hustle that has become far more popular than we ever imagined. We’re always on a quest to make it as sustainable as possible (in every way). You can see more about it here.
HOME
With my husband Jared, and our 2 free-range tween boys, we’re slowly reviving a 1950’s home in a country town, into being a productive sanctuary that is perfectly enough for us. We choose to live a bit slower, and more intentionally. We collectively freak-out about a spectacular sunrise and will move an earth worm out of mortal danger when needed. It’s always the small things.
PERMACULTURE
After many photo shoots chasing Hannah from Good Life Permaculture up and down her very steep urban farm, I finally sussed out what she was on about, and signed up for her Permaculture Design Course in January 2021. People told me it was going to be life changing, and I thought, sure, we’ll see. But it really was. It bought me a ton of clarity and helped me make some mind blowing connections in so many ways. It gave me direction and made me determined to stand up for what I feel is right… it’s not just about gardening ;).
PAYING THE RENT
We directly benefit from the traditional lands we work and live on, so we pay the rent monthly to Seed Mob, an awesome indigenous youth-led climate network.
Sometimes I wish I could photosynthesize so that just by being, just by shimmering at the meadow’s edge or floating lazily on a pond, I could be doing the work of the world while standing silent in the sun.
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Image credit above: fellow forager and lover of a deep conversation, Ali Shillington.
