Candid Captures
Black and white candid of a couple mid-embrace at a picnic

For the moments memory can't hold.

Candid Captures. Photographer, Adelaide.

Book a shoot Or become a Monthly →

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raw, open, honest; what the frame catches before anyone poses.

Introducing The main event

The Monthly.

Your own photographer on retainer. Two hours together each month, seven beautifully edited images landing in your inbox a week later. Content that keeps up with your life instead of catching up to it once a year.

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    Two hours, once a month
    Studio, home, on-location, wherever the day takes us.
  • 02
    Seven fully edited images
    High-res, colour-graded, ready for print or feed. Online gallery you can share.
  • 03
    Ongoing creative direction
    We plan the next shoot together, so nothing feels like a template.
  • 04
    Cancel any time
    Month-to-month. No lock-ins, no fine print.
Membership
$120 / month

2 hrs · 7 edited images · delivered within a week

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Best value if you shoot 3+ times a year
Saves you $60+ each session vs one-off pricing.
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Founding member rate
First 10 members lock this price for life. Rate rises next quarter.
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Rollover credits
Miss a month? Bank it and combine two hours into four the next.
Become a Monthly
Reserve your spot · first month locks the rate

Perfect for: creators, personal brands, small businesses, new parents, families with a lot of life to capture, or anyone tired of only having photos from the last wedding they attended.

Selected work

Full archive @candidcapturesa →
Close studio portrait with layered pearl necklaces
Studio Session / Frame 02
Sourdough workshop group sharing brownies and bread
Brand Day / The Workshop
Editorial portrait on a basketball
Editorial / Courtside
Tattoo artist at work under a single light
On Location / Ink
Family playing in the shallows at an Adelaide beach
Golden Hour / The Shallows
Pink Stachio spread jar
Product / Pink Stachio
Couple sharing an ultrasound announcement
Announcement / Plus One
Pink picnic campaign flat lay with cake and pastries
Campaign / The Picnic
Mother and son laughing on the sand at sunset
Sunset / Mum and Me

A slice of the archive. The full contact sheets live at @candidcapturesa.

What I shoot

Almost anything. The honest exceptions: weddings, newborns and animals aren't my lane.

01 Portraits +

Studio or on location. You, without the stiff catalogue pose. The in-between expressions are the keepers.

02 Branding +

Content for businesses that want to look like themselves. Founders, teams, product, the room you actually work in.

03 Events +

Launches, workshops, parties. I move through the room quietly and bring back what it actually felt like.

04 Special moments +

Engagements, announcements, baby showers, the days you wish you could rewind. Documented, not staged.

One-off packages · 2026/27

If you'd rather just book one.

Real, personality-packed shots. No stiff poses, no fake smiles.

Rapid Session
1 hr / 5 edited images / online gallery
from $150
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Standard Session
2 hr / 10 edited images / pre-shoot consult / online gallery
from $280
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Premium Session
4 hr / 25 edited images / pre-shoot consult / online gallery
from $500
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Starting prices. 30% deposit locks your date. Travel free within 10 km of home base, then $0.99/km. Studio hire billed at cost. Finals land in 1 to 2 weeks.

About

Slightly mysterious. Entirely candid.

Hi, I'm Abbey. I photograph people the way a small tucked-away restaurant feeds them: few seats, full attention, nothing off a template. I started shooting to hold onto the moments our memories cannot always hold, and that is still the job.

Based in Adelaide. Portraits, branding, product and events. Travel is free within 10 km of home base and $0.99 per km after that. If you want stiff poses and fake smiles, I know some lovely photographers I can refer you to.

Abbey Molina / she/her / Adelaide, AUS

Moody studio portrait from a Candid Captures session, leather jacket
From a studio session, Adelaide

Start the enquiry.

Tell me what we're shooting. Replies within 48 hours. Interested in the Monthly? Mention it below and I'll send the on-boarding pack.

Prefer email? Write to candidcapturesam@gmail.com or DM @candidcapturesa.