I am very lucky to live very nearby to a spectacular sunflower field. Blooming annually, the local farm opens its gates so people can come in and pick their own sunflowers. Some are as tall as your knees. Plenty of them are well over 7 feet tall. It’s like a magnificent happiness jungle that you can get lost in. The flowers bloom gradually over the season, meaning the opportunity to pick them lasts many weeks. Taking photos here is an annual happiness I’m glad I get to have.
For these pictures I had my sister Goldfields Girl come out with me to be my human tripod and shutter remote and also, just to hang out. Sunflowers are always extra special when you get to share them with somebody.
The dress I bought especially for the occasion and have been waiting weeks and weeks to wear it. It’s from The Pretty Dress Company.
I am an experienced wearer of heels; I was running in these in the field at one point. I highly recommend you DO NOT wear heels. Wear gumboots or something sensible. The ground is quite uneven and you never know if there might be snakes. I was very consciously looking out for snakes during this shoot because of my choice of footwear. Maybe next year I’ll have found some matching gumboots by then!
Here are my top tips for visiting the sunflowers.
- Bring your own secateurs. If you do forget, this year they were selling them at the gate. The sunflowers have big thick stems and you won’t be able to just snap them off.
- Wear sensible shoes. I know I’m wearing heels in these pictures, and in previous years photos, but that’s for the photos.
- Take a picnic and enjoy the day! They had beautiful beach umbrellas up for shade.
- Sunflowers are quite scratchy so if you get irritated skin from hayfever an antihistamine will help. (You should have seen my arms after these sleeveless photos.)
- Pictures will look lovely any time of day but if you want golden hour pictures, look out for a twilight session.
- Dress to make your photos look stunning by wearing sky blue, white, yellow, or beige. These are all colours that you will see in the sunflower landscape. Green will make you disappear.
- No cash? No worries! This year the team had an EFTPOS machine.
They’re so enormous! And perfect for some dreamy photography.
Love the new-look website, too.
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It’s amazing how they can make you feel like a little kid, because you’re swarfed by them.
Thank you! You sneakily saw it well before aaaaanyone else. I haven’t even announced it yet 🙂
Gorgeous photos and such beautiful flowers! Fields of sunflowers must be amazing to see in person. Once when I was a child we planted a row of sunflowers that grew to 7+ feet tall, but we’ve never had them grow that tall since. It was magical.
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Gosh that must have felt special as a kid. It’s amazing in the field, because there is a pretty big heigh variance across the whole place. Some a really small and then you get into the middle and it’s a forest full of whoppers.