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Natural light, Melbourne

Portrait, family and wedding photography made in natural light, in Melbourne. The frames that last are rarely the posed ones. They are the half-second before a laugh, a glance held a beat too long, the moment everyone forgets the camera is there.

01The work

20 frames, unposed

Everything here was made in natural light, in Melbourne. Choose a frame to see it whole.

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20 frames

A couple kiss in warm evening light while their young red-haired child stands between them, looking at the camera.
Between Themfamily
A young woman in a beige trench coat stands against a red brick wall tagged with graffiti, looking past the camera.
Concrete Soulportrait
A mother and her daughter face each other on a swing at sunset, both dressed in white, the mother laughing as she touches the girl's cheek.
Golden Hour, Two of Themfamily
Black and white photograph of a couple seated at a small marble cafe table with takeaway cups, leaning into one another.
Coffee, Winterportrait
Close portrait of a woman in a white shirt looking upward, dappled sunlight across her face and a fine gold chain at her throat.
Looking Upportrait
A woman in a white top and navy pencil skirt leans against a pale sofa in a dark, softly lit interior.
New Ventureportrait
A bride in a red and gold veil and heavy gold jewellery walks through her wedding reception as guests look on.
The Bridewedding
A woman in a flowing black dress sits sideways on a wooden chair in a bare, sunlit room, looking off to one side.
Empty Roomportrait
A woman sits barefoot on a chair in a white studio raising a film camera to her eye, a vase of pink roses beside her.
Behind the Cameraportrait
A woman in a dark coat and sunglasses descends the steps of a neoclassical building in hard afternoon light.
Down the Stepsportrait
A woman in black leans against a black Volkswagen Beetle at sunset holding a coffee cup, flowers resting on the bonnet.
Beetle, Late Lightportrait
A bearded man in an open white shirt and angular sunglasses rests a wooden bat across his shoulder.
Bat and Shirtportrait
Black and white portrait of a woman laughing with her eyes closed, both hands raised blurred toward the camera.
Caught Laughingportrait
Black and white full-length portrait of a woman in a belted trench coat against a plain wall, holding dried roses at her side.
Dried Rosesportrait
A young gymnast in a sequinned leotard kneels and rests her cheek against a large mirrorball.
Mirrorballfamily
A woman in a loose black suit sits barefoot on a white studio floor between two mirrorballs.
Black Suit, Two Mirrorsportrait
A woman in a white sundress glances back over her shoulder while climbing a pale sandstone rock at the shore.
Sandstoneportrait
A woman in a black dress stands small against a vast weathered sandstone cliff, one arm raised to her hair.
Scaleportrait
A woman in a black dress sits against sandstone at the waterline, chin resting on her hand, looking at the camera.
At the Waterlineportrait
Sada, seated against a soft grey studio backdrop in a satin dress, resting her chin on her fist and looking at the camera.
Sadaportrait

3 frames

A couple kiss in warm evening light while their young red-haired child stands between them, looking at the camera.
Between Themfamily
A mother and her daughter face each other on a swing at sunset, both dressed in white, the mother laughing as she touches the girl's cheek.
Golden Hour, Two of Themfamily
A young gymnast in a sequinned leotard kneels and rests her cheek against a large mirrorball.
Mirrorballfamily

16 frames

A young woman in a beige trench coat stands against a red brick wall tagged with graffiti, looking past the camera.
Concrete Soulportrait
Black and white photograph of a couple seated at a small marble cafe table with takeaway cups, leaning into one another.
Coffee, Winterportrait
Close portrait of a woman in a white shirt looking upward, dappled sunlight across her face and a fine gold chain at her throat.
Looking Upportrait
A woman in a white top and navy pencil skirt leans against a pale sofa in a dark, softly lit interior.
New Ventureportrait
A woman in a flowing black dress sits sideways on a wooden chair in a bare, sunlit room, looking off to one side.
Empty Roomportrait
A woman sits barefoot on a chair in a white studio raising a film camera to her eye, a vase of pink roses beside her.
Behind the Cameraportrait
A woman in a dark coat and sunglasses descends the steps of a neoclassical building in hard afternoon light.
Down the Stepsportrait
A woman in black leans against a black Volkswagen Beetle at sunset holding a coffee cup, flowers resting on the bonnet.
Beetle, Late Lightportrait
A bearded man in an open white shirt and angular sunglasses rests a wooden bat across his shoulder.
Bat and Shirtportrait
Black and white portrait of a woman laughing with her eyes closed, both hands raised blurred toward the camera.
Caught Laughingportrait
Black and white full-length portrait of a woman in a belted trench coat against a plain wall, holding dried roses at her side.
Dried Rosesportrait
A woman in a loose black suit sits barefoot on a white studio floor between two mirrorballs.
Black Suit, Two Mirrorsportrait
A woman in a white sundress glances back over her shoulder while climbing a pale sandstone rock at the shore.
Sandstoneportrait
A woman in a black dress stands small against a vast weathered sandstone cliff, one arm raised to her hair.
Scaleportrait
A woman in a black dress sits against sandstone at the waterline, chin resting on her hand, looking at the camera.
At the Waterlineportrait
Sada, seated against a soft grey studio backdrop in a satin dress, resting her chin on her fist and looking at the camera.
Sadaportrait

1 frame

A bride in a red and gold veil and heavy gold jewellery walks through her wedding reception as guests look on.
The Bridewedding

02Moving

In motion

Sessions cut down to a few seconds. Silent, so nothing on this page ever starts making noise at you.

A Family in the City

14s · Silent

Recent Work

13s · Silent

03Sessions

3 ways to work

A couple kiss in warm evening light while their young red-haired child stands between them, looking at the camera.

01

The whole shape of you, as you are right now. Children are allowed to be children; the best frames almost always arrive once everyone has forgotten the camera.

A young woman in a beige trench coat stands against a red brick wall tagged with graffiti, looking past the camera.

02

One person, properly seen. For a milestone, for work, or for no reason beyond wanting a photograph of yourself that you actually like.

A bride in a red and gold veil and heavy gold jewellery walks through her wedding reception as guests look on.

03

The day as it happens, documented rather than directed. Room for the ceremony and the traditions that matter to your families, and for everything unplanned in between.

04About

Sada, behind the camera

I photograph people as they actually are. A face in afternoon light, a family that will never again be exactly this size, a day someone will want to remember properly.

Sessions are unhurried and led by you. We work in natural light: in a studio, somewhere in the city, or somewhere that already means something to you. Nothing is rushed.

You leave with a small, carefully edited set of photographs, the ones worth printing and keeping, not a hard drive you never open.

Melbourne, Australia · @melartsada

Sada, seated against a soft grey studio backdrop in a satin dress, resting her chin on her fist and looking at the camera.
SadaMelbourne Photographer

05Enquire

Let us make one worth keeping

Tell me roughly when, where, and who is in the frame. Every message is read and answered by me.

sadakhanjanaus@gmail.com

Melbourne, Australia

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