Honey Atkinson

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Honey Atkinson

I’m a visual storyteller. I love helping creatives, farmers, chefs, makers, and small business owners put good things out into the world.

24/08/2026

It started here. My two kids, a Lilly Pilly tree, and the kind of play that flows effortlessly is full of magic… something as adults we seem to lose.

This tree half burnt in the 2020 bushfires before we ever arrived. And here it is, years later, covered in fruit, with my kids underneath it making potions and trying to dye fabric pink.

My daughter ended up using cosmos flowers for the colour in the end, but the Lilly Pilly got her there.

This is just the one half of this story. Part two is about what happened when we realised you could grow a hundreds of trees from that same fruit!

Full project on my website, comment - LP for link x

18/08/2026

I recently sat down with Nikki Morrison on her podcast Under the Brim, and we had such a good chat.

The episode is called The Beauty of Being Seen and we talked about nature, the seasons of life, and what it really means to let yourself be seen. And we landed on a topic that I’m very passionate about especially for women - being in photos, so you exist in your own story. Not to post. Not for anyone else. Just so you’re there.

Go have a listen via the link in Nikki Morrison bio. I’d love to know what you think.

Honey x

16/08/2026

Three years ago this was gravel and wishful thinking.

The soil was terrible. Most of the topsoil had been stripped away when they levelled the house site, so I was digging into clay and granite, some holes needed a crowbar. I couldn’t raise the garden beds because they would’ve sat higher than the deck, so I just had to work with what I had.

I had no gardening experience beyond growing up watching my mum. So I did what I always do. I saved hundreds of photos to Pinterest until I started to see a pattern in what I kept coming back to. Purple, green, a bit of grey foliage. Prairie-style, grasses mixed with salvias and other hardy things. I stuck to that palette because it made every decision easier.

I planted things that said they needed well-draining soil into soil that was the opposite of well-draining, and thought: if they survive, they survive. Surprisingly, a lot of them did. And a lot didn’t!

My bedroom has two big glass doors that look straight out onto the garden. I have a cup of tea and look at it every morning. I wash the dishes and look at it every afternoon, so I feel like this helps in being really connected to the garden and always looking for ways I can improve it. It’s never finished and that’s the part I love most.

If you’ve been putting off planting something because the conditions aren’t right or you don’t know enough yet, just start. Three years goes faster than you think!

Garden design & overall property layout - Ben Buggy
Garden structure and setup 🌿PROSCAPE CONSTRUCTION🔨
Timber trellis - Heartwood Traditional Building

13/08/2026

If you’ve been wondering how to work with me, or how much a shoot is, this one’s for you.

I’ve had open pricing for years now. Everything is listed on my website, because I think you should be able to check whether something is in your world without having to ask me first. For the work that needs a quote, like brand video, I list a starting price so you know roughly what you’re looking at before we even have a conversation.

What most excited about at the moment, is personal Brand Story Package - I love being able to combine video and photos to tell a story layered story.

All the details, dates, and contact info are on my website. Link in bio. Or you can DM and I’ll send you the direct website link.

Honey x

1st photo of me taken my beautiful friend Megan - Insight Creative - Megan Marano photographer

06/08/2026

Turn the sound on for this one ✨

This is the first film I’ve made purely for myself in a very long time. No brief, no client, just a story about a tree on our property and what it’s brought to my attention - the journaling has been super help figure it all out.

The more time I spend on a computer, the more I feel pulled back to nature. Not just sitting outside, but really in it. Lying in the grass, hands in the soil, hugging a tree (for real, I do this!). This personal project reminded me how much magic lives right here in my own backyard. I think it’s the start of a longer photo and video series called ‘From The Garden’ ✨

This is part one & two of a longer video. Comment LP to be linked to the full video, my artist process and the photos.

And I’d love to know, where do you go when you need to come back to yourself, is it somewhere specific or is just the sun on your face enough?

03/08/2026

This barn has been a slow labour of love. My partner, my mum, and I have been chipping away at it for a few years now, weekends of painting and building.

This past year we finally gave it the focus it deserved, finished the interior, put up the privacy fence, got the outdoor fire finished and strung the lights. And now we get to share it with people, exciting and also a little nerve-wracking!

The space was designed with a lot of windows and an eye for light, the kind of place creatives get excited about. I’ve already done a few shoots here and have a workshop planned for September. But mostly it’s just a really beautiful, quiet, spacious place to disappear to for a weekend.

If you’re thinking about a trip to the Sapphire Coast, or need a staycation, it might be just the spot. Head to Mayview Barn Bega Valley to find out more

Honey x

29/07/2026

A few years ago I photographed Emily and Michael as market gardeners for a personal project called Will Work for Food. We stayed in touch via socials, and earlier this year they messaged about a shoot.

They’d taken on something new. Monaro Native Tree Nursery, alpine and cold-climate natives, now based at their property near Captains Flat. Watching what they’d built in just a couple of years, the scale of the rows, Emily’s depth of knowledge already, the whole family so involved, was a really special thing to witness.

On the day of the shoot, it rained.. all day!

Proper rain, enough to hold my hand over the front of the lens between shots to keep the droplets off. At one point one of the kids was holding an umbrella over the camera while I worked. Towards the end of the day they brought out a small cherry picker and I went up a storey and a half to get elevated shots over the rows of saplings. So fun, I love being up high.

I surprised myself and still managed to get everything we needed.

I shot stills and short video clips across the day, inside the polytunnels, out amongst the gum trees, the family together, close-ups of rain on the leaves, Emily and Michael grading and selecting. I feel so grateful for shoots like this, when my love of plants and my work get to be the same thing.

Shoot for Emily Yarra (Monaro Native Tree Nursery)

24/07/2026

We did a test shoot today for our upcoming two-day floral and photography workshop, and honestly, neither of us was quite prepared for how special it was going to feel.

We set up inside Nadine’s ivy greenhouse, poppies floating in the light, ivy coming down the walls, incense smoke swirling around, music layered with birds outside the window.

At times we almost forgot we were having our photos taken. We were watching the flowers dance in front of our faces, the pollen catching the light, the whole thing moving like a performance, and we just… disappeared into it.

We’re not creating a workshop where you come to learn a checklist of skills, though you absolutely will. But a two-day creative experience like no other. You’ll slow down, connect with other women, and spend time experimenting creating art with flowers and photography.

Numbers are very limited. DM us if you’d like to know more.

01/05/2026

Brenner came to me because of my personal work, not my client portfolio. For any creative, that’s a gift.

She was launching The Conservation Collage Project and knew she needed imagery to support something she felt deeply passionate about. But she was hesitant to show her face. But we’d built up a lot of trust.. so she did it anyway.

We started in her tropical backyard in the Atherton Tablelands and ended the day wading into a glowing creek in Mareeba as the sun dropped below the gum trees.

walked away with a collection of photographs and videos she loves. If you’ve been putting off a shoot because it feels like too much, send me a DM.

Honey

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