Mabel - Brisbane Newborn Photographer

As Mabel was being un-buckled from the car her big sister Eleanor burst into the studio full of questions and smiles. Its been a while since I last saw Eleanor and it was such a delight to see her now as a gorgeous bubbly toddler. 

Since Mabel was hungry after they arrived, we started with photos of Eleanor on her own - and she loved being the centre of attention! She has the sweetest smile, starting off a little shy then bursting out into the most generous and joyous ear-to-ear grin that even reached her eyes. 

After these, and while Mabel was still feedings, we started setting up some of the sets for the rest of the session. I love doing this with the family once they are here so that we can create setups that are exactly the style that your family will love. 

As soon as Eleanor saw the vine nest from David Lam Designs she got so excited! She wanted a photo with the nest as well! So we did her a special photo in the nest before Mabel had her turn. 

With Mabel fully settled we moved on to photos with her Mum. We had done a maternity session a few weeks beforehand and so the first image we did was the "Before/After" photo combining an image from her maternity session and newborn session together to create one special  timelapse image. 

Next we pulled Dad in, then Eleanor again and before long we had finished all family photos with Mabel sleeping almost the whole way through. 

The sibling photos with Eleanor were so gorgeous! She took a little bribing (to be fair she was getting tired by this stage) but with a little help from my Nemo pez dispenser that clips to my camera, she laid down on the fluffy blanket and enjoyed her snuggles with her beautiful little sister, even kissing her and whispering to her. 

It was time to get Mabel naked now and as her Mum was changing her I nipped out to grab my water bottle. Next moment there was a shreik from the studio and both Dad and I ran in.

"Whats happened?" Says Dad.

"This is what happened!" Says Mum. 

Poor Mum was sat with sweet little Mabel in front of her,  a generous sized poo squirted right across the gap between them to cover Mums thighs! 

It was such a mess we all took a moment to work out where to start with the cleanup! Eleanor comes in with a dress up outfit she wanted help with and we were all a bit "Uhhhh.... Just a sec... "  

Slowly we got everything all clean and sorted again and it wasn't long before we were ready to finish the session.

Since Eleanor was all done, her Dad took her to daycare while we moved on to the rest of the session. 

Pink blanket photos were up now and Mabel looked so sweet snuggled on the soft mohair blanket, almost the same colour as her deliciously chubby cheeks. 

She was not a fan of bringing her elbows forward for the head on wrists photo but she did love laying on her side and her tummy. 

With the sleepy photos all wound up it was home time and as they were packing things up Dad said "Hey, we have time to head to the city now to look at some cars!" to which Mum replied "Yes, after we swing by home for a change of clothes!"