Mother and Baby Art Journal, containing recent newborn and maternity photography sessions
Growing up in a big family I had lots of opportunities to practice my mothering skills on my younger brothers and also on the many cats and kittens that I always seemed to have. At 3 years old I would dress them in dolls clothes and push them around the house in a dolls pram. They never dared jumped out, I would smack them and put them back in. So growing up I always knew I wanted to be a mother. The birth of my son Owen was incredible, being his mother has been a roller coaster ride of emotion and experiences that I never thought existed. He is the reason I fell in love with photography and seeing him through the lens of the camera is fascinating for me. I always strive to capture his innocence and beauty. This is why I love to photograph babies and children; their energy is so pure and beautiful.
My Journal is where I post studio news, information and client sneak peeks. It is also a place that I hope to share photos of Owen, he is the reason I started doing all this after all.
I’m not good at the technical stuff. I stopped receiving emails a couple of days ago and haven’t been able to send either. I think it is all fixed now! so if you have sent me an email and I haven’t replied yet I probably didn’t receive it. Please send it again!!!
Thanks
Meet Maya; cheeky, beautiful, loves to blow raspberries, chubby and absolutely adored by her parents. I watched her get bathed, I watched her get rocked to sleep and I think I could of watched her mum’s love for her all day.
I had so much fun at my maternity shoot yesterday. Dan and Kestine were an absolute blast, I laughed so hard all the way through. We took some fun photos thanks to Dan’ s artistic view (sorry Dan I will not be showing them on here). I arrived feeling nervous and left feeling like I had just made new friends.
Guys I can’t wait to come back and do your newborn shoot!
This post has been emotionally hard for me to write. It is about THE FRIEND. You know the only one other person besides your partner that gets you. Leilah is this friend.
We are opposites really. She is the loud clumsy one and I’m the quiet exact one. But somehow we glue together.
Leilah is the type of person that always has a smile on her face and she never stops talking. So it wasn’t surprising that she found Greg who also never stops talking.
They are a perfect fit. As awesome as they are as a couple, as parents they really shine. They are my first port of call for parenting advice even though I have been doing this a couple of months longer than them.
Amelia and Nicholas are beautiful. Amelia is so much a girl, careful and quiet. Nicholas is all boy. He can climb anything and everything and is always on the go.
Greg is leaving to work in the Solomon Islands for 6 months for the federal police. So I wanted to get the most beautiful photos that I have ever taken for them. I know it’s going to be hard for Leilah while he is away, I have experienced something similar with my husband working away. But their strength, love and courage will get them through.
Guys I so hope you love these, enjoy your weekend away together.
This is probably a bad mother moment for me, but this afternoon while Owen was having a meltdown I pulled out my camera and started taking photos. I find him so fascinating and so incredibly beautiful that even though he is flooding with overwhelming emotion I still want to capture it. Although I have the ones of his scrunched up screaming face it is the photos I took after he had settled and was just laying on my bed that show his real beauty.
Archie was keen to make his entrance into this world, arriving 2 weeks early. You would probably expect him to be alert, and ready to face this world head on. But he was content, very sleepy and the most chilled little guy. I think he was just as excited to meet his mum and dad face to face as they were to meet him. He was so cuddly, how lucky am I that I have a job were I get to meet and cuddle these beautiful and precious new souls.
It is amazing to think that sometimes driving around Canberra that we actually live in the city. We had so much fun yesterday afternoon going on a bush walk, well more like a paddock walk. I was unsure if we were allowed to be in this particular paddock but Jock (my Husband and the dare devil one) assured me we would be just fine.
Most of our intentions these days are to keep Owen happy. After a huge day sleep, we had to wear him out somehow and I love any opportunity in which I can bring my camera along and take photos. Unfortunately our plan didn’t work, Owen was still up till 10.30pm last night. I don’t know if it’s the age but we are struggling with his sleeping patterns at the moment. If he doesn’t have a sleep he is hard to live with after about 3pm in the afternoon but crashes pretty quickly by 7pm. But If we can get him to sleep during the day he won’t go back to bed at night (but mum gets a rest).
The joy of bringing a new life into the world for the very first time, is so exciting. This is Carla and Shane’s first baby and can you believe he or she is due in only 3 weeks time and already is incredibly loved.
I offer a complimentary maternity session when you book a newborn session because I think it is so important that you capture this very short and amazing part of life. Every belly and every pregnancy is beautiful and unique. It’s one of life’s miracles.
Carla and Shane thank you so much for today, I can’t wait to photograph you little bub when he or she arrives.
I love Oliver’s name, it really suits him. I think Oliver has been here before, he was very happy and content to look around at his surroundings rather than sleep. This is his beautiful mummy here.
This one is mine, meet Owen! 2 years old and deep in tantrum territory. He’s naughty, he’s cheeky and he is our little miracle. He amazes me everyday, his personality is so different to mine and my husbands. He is feisty, demanding and very stubborn (actually he does get this from me). He has red hair, and no immediate family of ours has?? he is tall, he has blue eyes and has the 2 cutest little freckles on the top of his nose. He is quirky and has the strangest sense of humour. He loves to jump on trampolines, beds, couches, off chairs. He is obsessed with trains and the movie polar express. He doesn’t eat, hates going shopping and loves chooks/ chickens (the real ones). He can color in better than me and is fully toilet trained. Even though he has been the biggest challenge of my life, I wouldn’t change him for the world…
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