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ABOUT KAREN & ELL

Hey Beauties, we’re so happy you’ve wandered here!

We’re Karen and Ell – a mother and daughter team who love to capture the heartfelt moments with the special humans in your life. We believe there is magic and love in every story. Whether you’re  planning to marry your person, you’re bringing a tiny being earthside, or you simply want to hang some beautiful family portraits in your home – whatever brought you here, we’d love to be part of these heartfelt moments with you, and we’re so excited you’re here.

The mind has a way of forgetting the memories that the heart never does.

karen and ell

Not very often in life do you come across people who were born to do what they do. Karen and Ell are such humans.

With their heartfelt, dreamlike style of capturing a moment, they’re more than just photographers, they’re born storytellers, weaving a tale of love and laughter into every photo.

Their ability to capture the raw, authentic and unguarded moments will leave you smiling long after the moment has slipped into the past … the moment of a tiny stretch as a newborn sleeps, the moment where the hearts of lovers is shown in the entwining of fingers, or that moment of secret looks between siblings, that speaks of something more than just familiarity… these are the magic moments of life.

The raw and natural moments that your heart will remember with happiness as you think

These are the memories that Karen and Ell bring to life through their photography. It is their rich talent to capture and tell the secret stories of everyday life, and to document love that is not always told in words.

“How loved were we”.

KAREN

Karen, a mother of five herself, is a baby whisperer, and feels most at home nurturing babies, and families in her dreamy Boho style studio. Because of her knack of keeping the small people so calm, and at ease during her sessions, there have been many parents that have wanted to take Karen home – perhaps you will too!

Karen has been photographing since she was sixteen, when she was gifted her father’s film camera. She often took it to her workplace, as a Mothercraft Nurse, where she would photograph the small people in her care. The families absolutely loved seeing their children’s faces on the walls at the centre and soon after began hiring Karen to photograph their whole families. This was the beginning of Karen’s photography career and the moment where Shot from the Heart Photography was born – the name simply because Karen’s photos were always noticed as having been Shot from the Heart.

ELL

Ell grew up watching Karen take photos, and although at first was determined to march to the beat of her own drum, she will admit to begging her mother to allow her to play with her cameras. It was during that time that Ell discovered her passion was for the Love Stories of life, and capturing the unique magic that can only be found in a Wedding Day.

Ell is most inspired by the stories of humans  – finding and falling in love with their particular person. She loves to capture the truth of a matter, where two hearts set the frame for the story of new beginnings.

Ell is now a mother herself and is loving capturing all of life’s adventures with her own tiny human…

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