Craving portraits full of life and colour? I make ART that is as vibrant as your family.
Choosing the right photographer for your family can be tricky, and I understand the hope you're carrying into it. You want someone who sees what makes your family your own, and who can turn it into art you'll be proud of for a lifetime.
The hardest part of family photos is usually everything around them. The planning, the outfits, the worry that it won't turn out the way you pictured. I take the lead on all of it, shaping the vision, the timing and the details, so the experience feels considered and easy from the first email to the finished collection. You bring your family and your trust, and I'll bring the intuition, devotion and skill I've spent years pouring into my signature style of family photography.
I create heartfelt, richly coloured, art-filled portraits that hold all the warmth and wild energy of your real life. The result is a collection of images that feels natural, vibrant and deeply your own.
Taking the photographs is only half of what I do. The part I love just as much is turning them into something real you can hold and hang. Too many gorgeous images stay trapped in a folder, so I make sure yours never do.
A screen can never hold what an heirloom-quality printed portrait does, the depth, the texture, the way it changes a room. I know which frame lifts a portrait, which archival paper makes colour sing, and which tones will complement the decor you already love, so every wall feels considered rather than crowded.
Choosing what to do with a gallery of images you adore can feel overwhelming, so I make sure you never have to figure it out alone. After every session we sit down together and I lead you through it, from which images to print to how best to showcase them in your home. With years in art and design behind me, I bring the expert eye, and you get to enjoy the fun part, imagining your family finally up where you'll see them every day.
Let the portraits we create together decorate, dance and wrap your family home in beauty and belonging.
My FAMILY portraits MELBOURNE Approach
Hey, I am Suri
A family, children and women’s portrait photographer in Australia who sees art as a journey and creativity, its’ vessel.
I came to Australia from India at the sweet young age of 17. I met and married my husband in Adelaide, where we lived for 12 years. In 2012, we moved to Perth which became home for 13 years – before being drawn to Melbourne, marking the beginning of this new chapter for Sacred Seed Photography.
Every move has meant packing bags, turning toward the unknown and leaving little pieces of my story dotted around the world in the form of connections, friendships and thousands of photographs.
From the ones printed and wrapped studiously in bows; handed over to beautiful families and women who’ve entrusted me with their story – to my own framed memories… Each photograph represents keeping the people I love close and these everlasting memories alive, even when we’re oceans apart.
As a portrait photographer in Australia whose soul is set alight by many facets of creativity: sketching, drawing, decorating and singing – it’s my promise to capture such breathtaking imagery that it’s impossible to keep your digitals dashed away on a hard drive or suspended listlessly in the cloud. You’ll want them printed and adorning your family home, creating a reverie of love, warmth and connection that only memories can conjure.
All I ask is, let the moment unfold and drawing upon my background in art and design to curate gallery walls and perfect portrait displays – I’ll frame the rest.
THINGS THAT FUEL MY SOUL THAT MAY MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU TOO
adventures with my hubby
animals of all kind...big or small
exploring new places
gardening
rain
objects, homes & artwork that evoke nostalgia
As a portrait photographer, lover of wild places and dedicated storyteller
what i believe in
Whether it is done through a song, film, writing, art or spoken to a small group
of friends around a campfire with drinks in hand. Storytelling and the laughter, emotions and moments that come with it create the greatest opportunities for happiness and belonging.
Better yet – if you can step into nature and drink in her natural rhythm while sharing stories, it’ll feel all the more powerful.
03. Storytelling is fodder for joy
I believe in filling our homes with beautiful things that make us happy. Modern life is demanding of our time and attention. But art nurtures. When we surround ourselves with meaningful objects and connections, we create a refuge: a place that is restorative and therapeutic for the soul.
02. We’re all deserving of beauty
Not the restless, mindlessly scrolling kind — the quiet kind. The settled and slow kind where there’s space to think, daydream and see meaning in the mundane. We become so used to filling every second with distractions that we lose touch with personal reflection, our inner selves and the art of feeling bored. Oftentimes, doing “nothing” is the pause we need to rediscover our rhythm and calm.
01. Bringing boredom back
I believe in filling our homes with beautiful things that make us happy. Modern life is demanding of our time and attention. But art nurtures. When we surround ourselves with meaningful objects and connections, we create a refuge: a place that is restorative and therapeutic for the soul.
02. We’re all deserving of beauty
01. Bringing boredom back
Not the restless, mindlessly scrolling kind — the quiet kind. The settled and slow kind where there’s space to think, daydream and see meaning in the mundane. We become so used to filling every second with distractions that we lose touch with personal reflection, our inner selves and the art of feeling bored. Oftentimes, doing “nothing” is the pause we need to rediscover our rhythm and calm.
Whether it is done through a song, film, writing, art or spoken to a small group
of friends around a campfire with drinks in hand. Storytelling and the laughter, emotions and moments that come with it create the greatest opportunities for happiness and belonging.
Better yet – if you can step into nature and drink in her natural rhythm while sharing stories, it’ll feel all the more powerful.
03. Storytelling is fodder for joy
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how to dress your child
for a portrait session
10 ways to help kids feel
relaxed & happy for photos
for camera shy mums: feel
beautiful in your photos
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