This is Baby Harvey just 14 hours young. So so so fresh and newly born. I was there at his birth the night before…just…I got there just 25 minutes before he was born. I didn’t want to interrupt those first few hours of him being close to his parents…so I arrived the next morning to capture his absolute newborn newness. Big but still so little sister was cautiously figuring out how a new baby fits into their life.
Sam contacted me as she was really wanting updated family photos. They had only recently moved to Townsville and Her youngest was soon turning one. It seemed like the right time to document this stage of their lives. Sam and I were quick to connect through phone calls and text messages. We quickly got off…
The great thing about blogging almost 6 months after a session (bringing in the positive here to compensate for my slackness in blogging) is you can see how much a little one has grown and changed. He has turned one, he has had a hair cut and he has started taking his first steps. His…
Travelling to Magnetic Island Every time I travel over from Townsville to Magnetic Island for a family photo shoot, I feel like I am going on a mini holiday. This particular afternoon was a little rougher (and busier) then the normal Ferry trip the island. I was very focused on not hitting my head on…
Any time with this family is total fun for me… It means everything to be their family photographer. If I was younger (and without kids of my own…because I have never been tempted to babysit since having my own children) I would be delighted to be this family’s babysitter. The parents delight me, their children delight me….
Before the baby arrives… We bumped into each other in Little Pegs (one of my favorite coffee shops) and I burst with great joy when Ash told me that they needed to book in two family photo sessions…one for maternity photos and the other for an in home newborn. News of a baby always explodes…
I absolutely love photographing newborns. Their tininess always surprises me. However, the thing I love even more than photographing tiny little babies…is photographing parents in all their “newness”. It is super special to be in that bubble with them where silence doesn’t feel like silence. Silence never feels awkward when there is a new baby…
