I'm an ex football player and a mum to two teens, so wrangling your wild toddler doesn't scare me one little bit! I'm also the eldest of eight in a big extended family, which means I'm incredibly patient but also a bit of a control freak - combine that with your uber chilled personality and we're going to get along just great!

I can count on my fingers the number of photos I have of myself growing up, so when I became a mum I wanted to make sure my kids had plenty of photos to remind them what our family was like growing up. I enrolled in a photography course at Kingswood Tafe and worked my retail job while I photographed part time. I graduated my Cert IV in Photoimaging in 2010…and that’s when Stacey McCarthy Photography was born.

hello, I'm stacey

...But most people call me Stace

  • Footy! I'm a dual code footy fanatic - AFL or NRL, if you support a team then we'll never run out of things to talk about!
  • English Breakfast Tea - Twinnings is THE best and you won't convince me otherwise!
  • NCIS - The OG. I was devastated when Gibbs left, but of-course I watched it anyway!
  • Caramel anything.
  • Hot cowboy romance novels - IYKYK

5 things I'm obsessed with

When I look at old pictures of my mum, my favourites are the ones where she isn’t thinking about the camera, it’s when she was in the moment, laughing without inhibitions. That’s what I want for you. My approach is to gently guide you so these moments unfold naturally. To give you little prompts and games that will help your personalities shine and hopefully give you a gallery full of photos that make your heart swell, today and 20 years from now.

A thoughtful approach to family 
memories

You don’t need to have everything figured out — we’ll sort the details out together

let's make it
happen

You've been meaning to do this for ages

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