I'm a hopeless romantic who finds great joy in creating and capturing connections and beauty wherever I go.
I'm Mandy and I'm so happy you found the Sugar Tree blog. Here you'll find posts from recent sessions, personal ramblings and tips and tricks on anything from taking better selfies, to how to get great snapshots of your kiddo's. Stay a while and say hello!
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Butterflies, headbands, and fluffy wands…cupcakes, macarons and pretty teacups… everywhere you looked it was a little girls tea party fantasy, and Estela and her friends got to enjoy it all on Saturday afternoon! Whether it was petite sandwiches or fairy sprinkled cookies the choices were endless and oh so pretty! And once the girls had […]
From Brittney’s elegant off-white bridal gown with a cathedral length veil, to the sentimental family heirlooms and Ryan’s white jacket tux, this large family wedding aboard the Clearview Cruise ship was elegant and timeless from start to finish! The minute I arrived at the Fullerton Hotel in downtown Sydney for the getting ready portraits, you […]
The Kriel Family Photoshoot at Fagan Park I love meeting new people! And meeting new families to shoot, hands down is one of my favourite things to do on a weekday afternoon! Especially at Fagan Park. Meeting Fran and Braam Kriel and their boys Waldo and Eckhardt was like meeting old friends!!🤩 Originally from South […]
Meeting Sheri and taking a few business headshots for her in Bowral, was a surreal experience. With all the restrictions of the global pandemic, I have been dying to get out and have people in front of my camera again. So this very first post-Covid photoshoot was an event to be celebrated. I came across […]
Sydney Christmas Lights Christmas is my favourite time of the year and there is nothing that says Christmas more than beautiful twinkling lights and a mammoth tree. So when my sweet friend Tammy told me she was coming to Sydney for work in the last week of November, we took the opportunity to travel into […]
Life as a small business owner can be quite lonely. And it’s not always easy to meet new people. So an event like the Hills District Small Business Expo and Conference, geared to empower and connect small businesses, is a great platform for small business owners to meet other like minded business owners. Inaugural Expo […]
Senior Formal Crestwood High Senior Formal, Matric Farewell, Senior Prom…no matter the name you know it by, it’s a day that was a long time coming…..and yet to see all these youngsters so dressed up and embracing their newfound freedom as school leavers was still quite surreal. I don’t know if you’re ever prepared as […]
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