Newborn

Back in 2015, I’d just had my first baby.

I was figuring out how to care for this tiny human, running on hardly any sleep (thanks, hormones)… and even though I really wanted to capture that time, it just felt like too much to organise.

That’s exactly why I’ve made it simple for you to plan everything before your baby arrives — so when the time comes, you don’t have to think about a thing. It’s all taken care of.

Because what could matter more than preserving those first hours, days or weeks — when you held your baby and looked at them with absolute awe and love in your eyes?

A mother looks down at her newborn child while breastfeeding. The mother has a catheter in her wrist and is lying down.

What is a newborn lifestyle session?

Lifestyle sessions are about capturing your daily home life or those first hours and days in hospital.

It’s very relaxed and focuses on baby’s bond with their family, those first snuggles, baths and feeding.

It’s about telling the story of their first days in this world.

Booking

For newborn sessions, please book anytime during your pregnancy. We’ll pencil in a date until we have a birth date.

Once we’ve selected an estimated date, I’ll call you to:

decide where you’d like your session held – hospital, home, my studio or outdoors
give advice on styling
work out where in your home you plan to display your artwork – send me a photo of your room or wall and we can design something specially.

Want to book in for a maternity session?

Book your newborn and maternity session at the same time and you’ll receive your maternity session at no additional cost (my package prices stay exactly the same).

Maternity sessions are best held between 28-32 weeks but if you’re outside these dates, let’s chat.

A newborn baby is held against his mother's chest as he yawns.

Your Session

The first days with a newborn can feel very overwhelming, particularly if this is your first.

Lifestyle sessions take this into account and are very much about making you and baby feel at ease and enjoy the quiet moments as they’re documented.

You’ll be forever grateful you booked to have this hazy time in your life captured in absolute clarity.

*For the safety of your baby, I am up-to-date with my whooping cough and flu vaccines.

The Photos

At the time of booking your portrait session, we’ll also book you in for a viewing appointment of your images.

Within 10 days of your session, I’ll invite you to my studio to view your images for the first time and I’ll help you to design your artwork on the day.

Collections of artwork (three or more frames or canvas) range up to $3,200, digital packages start at $795.

Then it’s just a matter of waiting for your artwork to arrive!