When we left Italy to move to Australia in April of 2008 (a decision that took 11 years of convincing) I had no idea what the future had in store for us. We left a home to move in with my mother, a ten month old little girl and another one just two months away; enough money to buy a car, with no jobs or plans in sight.
After a few months of settling in to a new country (for Igor) and our new family of four, the wheels were slowly put in motion, and thanks to a new (italian) friendship Igor found his first job. The one he still holds today! Much different to what he had studied and to what he was used to from the very busy northern Italy, Igor found himself a job in a local restaurant, a job that only now we realize was/is perfect for our family and my business needs.
I at the time was at home with my little monkeys and after years of working with Qantas, had no idea what I was going to do with myself; again!
This is the story I tell many of my clients, when they ask how it all began, I don’t have a clear story as my passion for photography began when I began photographing, until then I had only had a passion for photos. My need for a new and better camera only came after attending my sisters’s wedding in Tuscany September 2008. The first time I was saddened to realize that all I had from that very special time, were a few average images, either too bright with flash or too dark and out of focus. An occasion that could never be repeated again and one of love, laughter and what I hold most important, family.
This, made me want to capture better images, never did I dream of doing what I do now. My passion turned into not only something that could capture meaningful images of my own life, but the life of others. Creating a means to support my family, to create a future and to LOVE what I do.
So after 4 years, many bumps along the way, amazing support from friends and family, we now have a place to call HOME.
When asked about our new home, it’s hard to find the right words. After a year of choosing, designing, changing, choosing again, changing again, stressful moments amongst the craziness of following the construction, day to day life and trying to keep 3 very patient little children amused amongst it all (without mentioning the pregnancy); now that we are in our home and have spent the last 2 months making it what we had always envisioned from the first day the bank said yes, it feels like it was meant to be. I don’t feel like I’ve moved into a new home, I feel like we’ve moved into our home, the one that Igor says, fits like a glove. So here it is, a work in process.
One of the most important things to me is missing, from each and every wall. Photos, memories, moments and people in our lives that have taken us to where we are today and I just can’t wait to start filling these new walls with our past, present and future. 
