Sunshine Coast portrait photographer

Art made from
the life you love.

Natural-light photography for families, little ones, maternity and the quiet magic in between.

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Living Studio · Nicole Yardley

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Living Studio Photography

Photographs should feel like you.

Less than 20 mins from Coolum Beach, Nicole creates vivid, natural portraits using her studio, the beauty of the Sunshine Coast and the honest connection between the people in front of her camera.

Selected stories

Life, held still.

Pregnant mother sitting at home with two children — Family lifeBloom

Two adults cuddling a toddler at home — Family lifeAt home

Woman walking her dog through coastal dunes at sunset — Family lifeCoastal companion

Two adults walking with a baby on a reflective beach — Family lifeBeach reflections

Close portrait of two children with a sunflower — Family lifeTogether in bloom

Extended family laughing together beside the ocean — Family lifeBy the sea

Portrait in a sunlit country field — Home landsCountry light

Girl seated among pink blossoms — Little onesIn bloom

Mother and child in a field — Family lifeHeld close

Young child seated among autumn leaves — Little onesAutumn boy

Family walking together at the beach — Family lifeBeach family

Quiet close wedding portrait — Home landsWedding

What Nicole photographs

Stories close to home.

Relaxed portrait sessions made with beautiful light, thoughtful locations and room for real personalities to come through.

Family walking beneath flowering trees

Family life

Connection, character and the way you are together.

Little girl holding ducklings

Little ones

Playful, patient portraits with space to be themselves.

Parents holding their newborn

Maternity & newborn

Quiet, natural imagery for a remarkable new chapter.

Nicole Yardley, Living Studio photographer

Behind the camera

Meet Nicole.

Artist, photographer and mother. Nicole has a natural eye for composition and tone, and a gift for noticing candid moments before they disappear.

Nicole’s story

The photos were so natural and captured my kids’ individual personalities. Nicole goes the extra mile for sure.

Rachel · Mother of four Read more kind words

Family gathered around a sleeping newborn at the beach

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Make an enquiry 0427 775 169