Amy and Simon Allen, founders of Simon and Amy Creative Co, are a husband and wife team specialising in photography and video.

The government's announcement that weddings can only be attended by up to five people to help stop the spread of coronavirus meant many celebrations, and therefore their work, had to be postponed.

"Just when the restrictions were put into place, we were about to enter our super busy wedding season. I'd already shot two weddings and had another five in a row that unfortunately had to be postponed," the mother of one explained.

"We're devastated for our couples and we're sad that things have slowed right down for us but we are trying to be appreciative of the precious time we've been given to spend as a family."

Amy said they miss their clients and shooting weddings, but know when this is over everyone will be excited to get married so are keeping optimistic.

To stay busy and connected during these very uncertain times, Amy and Simon have been a part of three elopements, and just recently came on board with 'The Porch Project'.

The movement was founded in the USA, but slowly made its way to Australia and upon hearing about it, Amy decided to bring it to Dubbo.

"They're at home sessions, taken on the front porch or verandah or in the back or front yard, and we shoot (from a distance) your family as you are," she explained.

"I wanted to start doing these sessions because even though it's a strange time for us all, there are some beautiful memories being made at home and I want to help people document it to remember."

Amy said the response to the Porch Project sessions has been been incredible and very popular in Dubbo, with a few other local photographers now shooting these sessions too.

The 26-year-old started out in the photography business on her own about six years ago before Simon officially jumped on board as the videographer.

Her advice to other small business owners and local photographers during the COVID-19 health crisis was to stay active on social media and engage with followers.

"You don't want to disappear now because when things are back to normal you're going to want to pick up where you left off," Amy explained.

"Get personal with your followers, who them what you're doing in isolation, talk about new ideas that you're coming up with for when business is back to normal."

She also encouraged people to use this time to work on the things that they normally wouldn't have the time to do.

"Come up with new ideas for how your business could be better and tick off all those tedious jobs so that when you're back, you're ready for business to boom," Amy said.

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