Kind Words
Childcare and Kindergarten photography is a natural extension to the family work Rhonda captures. Slightly posed Rhonda will capture the children at play. Not every photo will be a “look at the camera and smile photo”, it will however capture the children just as they are. This might be reading a book, doing a puzzle, climbing or playing in the sand pit. All ages of children are captured.
A few of the lovely words received from both centres and parents:-
We had Rhonda attend our large service in 2022. Rhonda was so warm and approachable, and the children reacted so positively to her being in the environment. Rhonda had such a calm and nurturing nature and such a wonderful concept behind taking natural photos of the children enjoying their environments which is something we also wanted for our photos.
Rhonda went to such great efforts to ensure she could get the perfect shot, even when the children were unsettled, she tried different techniques, tried different times of the day, and came back another day to try again to get a beautiful shot.
The educator’s said Rhonda was so great to work with and it was like she was barely there. As soon as the photos were accessible to families online, we had so many families expressing how impressed they were with the photos and how beautiful they were,
many saying they had to purchase all the photos because they couldn’t choose. Because of all the incredible feedback and families asking if we would be using Rhonda for photography next year, we instantly booked Rhonda for 2023 without hesitation.
I highly recommend having Rhonda attend your service for a stress free, natural approach to your centre photos.
Bright Minds Early Learning - Bannockburn
“Rhonda completed our 2020 annual photos at Bannockburn Children's Centre and Bannockburn Kindergarten.
From the moment we made contact, Rhonda communicated in an honest and professional manner.
Rhonda always responded to emails and phone calls in a timely manner. As an Early Years Service Director, the added workload of annual photos can often be a juggle, however the biggest relief with Rhonda was that she managed ALL of this.
Rhonda provided an order form for Families which we distributed- but following on from that, Rhonda answered family questions, organised orders, collected payments etc. This was a dream!
During the week of the photos, Rhonda was professional and efficient. Rhonda has a natural warmth with the Children, capturing candid moments and staged/posed shots with ease.
The photos were ready for viewing quickly via an online gallery, which Rhonda (again) organised and managed.
The look on Families faces when they expressed their gratitude with the photos Rhonda took of their Children was priceless.
I'd highly recomend Rhonda Locker Photography to Kindergarten and Early Years Services. In my 15 years in the industry, Rhonda has been "hands down" the best photographer we have engaged with.”
-Christine - Bannockburn Children’s Centre
Rhonda is a natural with the children and made the ‘kinder photo’ process so easy and stress free for all teaching staff.
She showed respect to each individual child and made sure they felt comfortable with her before she took any photos- this resulted in the most natural and beautiful photos.
We look forward to working with Rhonda again in the future.
-Shannon - Kindergarten Teacher
I would 100% recommend Rhonda as a photographer with young children. Rhonda’s work was of very high quality capturing natural photos of the children in play throughout the day. Rhonda has a beautiful nature with the children and went above and beyond to make sure all children felt comfortable. This resulted in natural, joyous moments captured of the children whilst at kinder- beautiful photos families will cherish forever.
Rhonda is super organised and nothing is ever too much trouble. We look forward to her coming back each year
-Leah - Learning and Development Coordinator
“I have passed this feedback to the centre, but also wanted to let you know how beautiful your photos are. These images are by far the best Daycare/Kinder photos we have ever received. I work with a lot of photographers in my role and these really blew me away.” -Kindergarten Parent
“Thank you so much for the photos, they are gorgeous! I’m surprised you actually got a smile out of her, great work on that one” - Childcare Centre Parent
“Beautiful photos and I gave the feedback to the centre that they’re the best we have had for the last 5 years” -Childcare Centre Parent
“I wanted to say a MASSIVE thank you for the photographs - they are all incredible. The photos you took last year were beautiful, but you've outdone yourself this year. Thank you too for sharing that moment about why his hand is on his heart; I was curious as to why when I looked at the images!” - Childcare Centre Parent