Ah Matilda.
She had the most beautiful blue eyes. And we saw a lot of them.
Such a content little baby, peaceful and sweet... just wide awake. For the entire session.
Usually we try to photograph newborns asleep so that they stay in the peaceful curly poses we wrap them into. Its safer if they are in baskets or posed on the beanbag and they look more relaxed and at ease when their arms, hands and legs are all free of tension.
When newborns are awake the like to stretch their arms and lets out (and to be honest, after 9 months curled up who wouldn't want to?) curl their hands into fists and are constantly covering their cute little faces that we are trying to photograph. So, for newborn photos, to make it easier on the day and more adorable in the images, we like them best when they are sleeping.
Not that it really mattered that Matilda hadn't got that memo. We captured loads of stunning photos of her with her mum, with her big brother (oh my gosh he could not be prouder! Check that big brother smile out!) and of course some of her just by herself. Awake.
Her big brother James was a supermodel! I hardly gave him any direction and he flopped this way and then that way and beamed the most relaxed and smooth smiles at me. Seriously, he might have to give his sister some tips next time around on how to rock your photo shoot. (I heard that he slept the WHOLE WAY through his own newborn session a few years ago!)
He was also quite funny when we did the photos with their Mum. He was very concerned that Matilda didn't have a nappy on, and I heard that he still talks about that part of the session all the time - obviously a very defining moment! They told me the photo of James pointing to Matilda's feet is one of the favourites because of that memory it holds for them.
He was also quite funny when we did the photos with their Mum. He was very concerned that Matilda didn't have a nappy on, and I heard that he still talks about that part of the session all the time - obviously a very defining moment! They told me the photo of James pointing to Matilda's feet is one of the favourites because of that memory it holds for them.
This was not my usual session rundown. Usually I win the sleep battle with my big bag of tricks, but Matilda was very strong willed, and although she dozed off here and there, she would always wake up again once we had her snuggled somewhere that she should have been fast asleep.
In the end we came to the conclusion that she had won the battle of wills and no sleep was going to be had this particular morning, so we wrapped the session up a little sooner than usual so her mum and big brother could get some lunch and all three hopefully get a nice solid afternoon sleep.
I have a strong feeling she was fast asleep in the car by the time they got to the end of my driveway.
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