— Studio Story

A quiet hand,
a generous eye.

Aline, newborn photographer on the Northern Beaches
AlineMona Vale, Sydney

I've spent fifteen-plus years behind a camera, and seven alongside babies in early-childhood rooms — settling, feeding, soothing, holding dozens of little ones a day.

The two careers ran in parallel.

A Bachelor in Cinema & Audiovisual Production — and years in television and commercial production across South America — taught me to light and frame like a film director. A Diploma in Early Childhood Education taught me to read a baby's cues, calm a fussy one, and keep a space safe and unhurried. Neither is rehearsed now. Both are muscle memory.

My studio sits in a quiet corner of Mona Vale — walls washed in soft northern light, baskets of linen warming on a radiator, the kettle always on. Families arrive often anxious, sometimes exhausted, always tender. My only job is to make them feel held.

Over the past seven years I've had the privilege of working with more than four hundred Australian families — on the Beaches, across Sydney — as the studio moves into its second decade.

Founded
2018
Families
400+
Based
Mona Vale
Maternity portrait, Northern BeachesNewborn in the Mona Vale studioFamily session, Sydney
— Gear & partners
— Trust & safety

Held to a higher standard.

  • Working With Children Check
    Verified · NSW WWCC 1935217E
  • First Aid certified
    HLTAID012 · Education & Care setting
  • Fully insured
    Public Liability + Professional Indemnity
  • On-site certified Child Restraint fitter
    Full professional fitting facilities on-site · Safety certificate included

“Every family that walks into the studio is held to the same standard I held the babies in my care for seven years — safe, settled, unhurried.”

— Ready when you are

Dates fill 6–8 weeks out. A quick enquiry locks yours in.

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— Find us

A quiet corner of Mona Vale.

11/89 Darley Street
Mona Vale, NSW 2103
Australia

Private parking footsteps from the entry. The studio is open by appointment — a calm, unhurried space with soft northern light, warm linen, and the kettle always on.

— What makes this different

Two careers. One unusually safe pair of hands.

Babies first, cameras second. The blend is the work.

15+
Years behind the camera
7
Years in early-childhood rooms
400+
Sydney families
70+
Year family teaching lineage
Lineage 01 — Early childhood

Seven years in the rooms, not the studio.

Diploma in Early Childhood Education. Various roles from Centre Director to Room Leader and Educator across major early-learning networks. Now part-time in a boutique centre — kept for the love of it. Night nanny, sleep support and gentle guidance for new mothers on the side.

Backed by a 70+ year NSW early-education and primary-school teaching lineage in the family.

Lineage 02 — Film & cinema

A working cinematographer, not a hobbyist with presets.

Fifteen-plus years in film, TV and commercial production across South America. University-trained in composition, light and visual narrative. Every frame personally lit, shot and graded — never outsourced.

Bachelor of Cinema & Audiovisual Production · Universidade Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro — trained in the system that produced Globo, City of God & Pixar Brazil.

“I light a newborn like a film director, and I hold them like the educator I've been for seven years. Most photographers can do one. The blend is the point.”

— Further credentialsAll current · verifiable on request
  • QualificationDiploma of Early Childhood Education
  • ComplianceNational Quality Framework · CELA member
  • On-site teamCertified Child Car Restraint fitting (AS/NZS 1754) — full facilities, safety certificate included
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