Melbourne & Gippsland Wedding | Portrait | Music | Events Photographer

Studio is launched!!! 😁😁🙌🏼❤️🙏🎉 Honestly one of the best nights of my life. The space has been filled with incredible people & I am eternally grateful for everyone's support. I am living a dream xx Lost for words & sleep 😉😎 #laurenmurphyphotography #studiolaunchparty #dancetilldawn

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Late last year I lay on the floor of this room, despite the musty carpet and asked this building for something. ⠀⠀
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I asked this building to let me within it's walls.⠀⠀
I told it I would breathe life into it again.⠀⠀
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Today I believe that will all start to feel real. ⠀⠀
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Studio launch day, you have arrived. A part of me feels like I've arrived to.⠀⠀
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#laurenmurphyphotography #studiolaunch #personaljourney #partytime🍸 ⠀⠀
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It's pretty darn exciting when you get to assembly stage after months of pulling things apart. One thing is for certain, I couldn't have done any of this without my Family. They are there for me even when I don't ask 💞
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Kids have often been with us too, sometimes helping, other times keeping themselves entertained in the old space. This pic is my gorgeous sister @jindi_girl and one of her boys, taken whilst I'm up the ladder painting. All hands on deck!⠀
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#familyiseverything #laurenmurphyphotography #gettingitdone💪 ⠀
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Sometimes you have to admit to yourself that you can't do everything. Getting @rowepainting in to help was the best decision I made early. I had planned to paint everything, but reality check of time and energy said otherwise. ⠀
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Tim and his team did such a great job, worked respectfully with the old building, and were easy to work with. ⠀
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You will probably spot the areas I did myself, ha! Off to do touch ups now 😕#notapro⠀
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#painterstouch #laurenmurphyphotography #studiolaunch⠀
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"When will the Studio be all finished Mum?" James asked me yesterday. ⠀
"On Friday James, the party is on Saturday. It's finally all done!" I replied. "You mean it's all done?" he asked hesitantly before adding "I did a really good job didn't I...you know with all the nails." "You sure did sweetheart, you did an AMAZING job."⠀
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I think both of us are actually going to miss doing the messy jobs.⠀
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#littlehelper #lovethiskid #oldbuildings #studiolaunch #laurenmurphyphotography ⠀
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Today is International Refugee Day. I was lucky to spend it at Living & Learning Inc - Skills & Wellbeing Centre in Pakenham, where Students ran and hosted an event sharing some of their cultures and traditions. It was goosebumps worthy, with fourteen different nationalities all being represented.⠀
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We are SO lucky to have our lives enriched by the thousands of Refugees living in Australia. ⠀
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I welcome you, I value you and I wish you all a sense of connectedness to the communities you have settled in. ❤️🙏⠀
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#internationalrefugeeday2017 #livinglearningpakenham #refugeeswelcome #laurenmurphyphotography #photojournalist #localcommunity #shareculturecreatestories

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Stage 1. Hire the biggest skip bin possible and call in the troops. ⠀💪🏼
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Despite the state of destruction in this photograph I am glad to say that a lot of what you will see in the Studio is recycled. Love and time has been put back into old furniture and little treasures found in Op shops. There are scatterings of 'new', but it's the pieces that have meant something before that I like best. ⠀
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#cleanuptime #studiolaunch #laurenmurphyphotography⠀
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I'm someone that likes surprises. I like uncovering things and trying to piece together stories. My mind races quickly with the 'what if?' lines, creating my own elaborate possibilities. I like to think of this as a positive trait, being intrigued by things. On a lesser productive note, it probably explains why I can at times get distracted by multiple tasks rather than focusing on one 😕
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Where my studio lays is full of stories. Some continue to be written on a daily basis, some lay hidden.I feel there is still much to fully uncover. Renovating has given little 'what if?' moments that I love, like this key stuck to the wall behind an old shelf......hmmmm🤔
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#studiolaunch #rennovating #oldbuildingsarethebest ⠀
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The countdown is on for my Studio Launch...six more sleeps!!⠀
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I'm feeling a bit of everything at the moment 😁🤗😟😴🤔 I aim to share some progress pics each day this week in the lead up. With some jobs still to do and shoots happening this week I'd better get on with my scheduling 😉
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Jo and John - Marybrooke Manor

December 08, 2016 in Wedding, Wedding Photographer, Photographer Warragul.

John and Jo's wedding day celebrated so much more than love. It gave recognition to resilience, compassion, loss and hope. It was a day of coming together to recognise a journey in entirety and feel joy for a love that gets to keep growing.

Brooke & Luke rock the walls off Brighton Town Hall

October 28, 2016

When a Bride tells you they aren't wearing a dress on their wedding day, you pause for a moment, realising what an assumption you have made. Never again will I assume, and never has a Bride rocked a jumpsuit more than Brooke! Luke and Brooke created a wedding party that was full of individual flavor.

Rosanna & Scott take the spot of the first Wedding at 'Seacroft' on the Great Ocean Road

February 01, 2016 in Melbourne Weddings, Photographer Warragul., Wedding, Wedding Photography

Rosanna and Scott crossed Oceans to be together and created a Wedding celebration that was full of music, fun, laughter and spectacular sceneary...oh and some pumpkins!

Julia & Julians loved up Wedding celebration

January 28, 2016

Julia and Julian created the most genuine and beautiful Wedding Celebration because it reflected them as people and all they value in life. It was easy to feel that love was everywhere in that Hall and the celebrations reflected it...complete with a home made giant heart centerpiece from the Groom :)

Carrie & Quintin's chilled Beachside Wedding

January 18, 2016 in Wedding Photography, Wedding Photographer, Photographer Warragul., Melbourne Weddings, Melbourne wedding

The mines in Koodaideri Western Australia may not be the most expected place to meet the love of your life but for Carrie and Quintin it most certainly was...