Oscar - Brisbane Newborn Photographer

Baby Oscar. 

Adorable. Frowny. Snuggly. Delightful. Charming. 

He snuck into the studio in silence as his parents and I said our hellos. He snuggled peacefully on dads chest as we did paperwork and set up for the session. 

He settled into mums arms easily as we went through family photos. 

We soon found out that Oscar liked to be wrapped tight. So I wrapped him tight and settled him onto the bean bag for a sleepy photo.  He was just gorgeous laying there sound asleep. Until he wasn't... 

Yes Oscar kept a close eye on me the whole session. As hard as I tried to get him into a deep sleep, he just kept checking in to see how things were coming along.  

It wasn't a problem though, I just added more wrapped setups and snuggled him tight and he was happy enough, although always listening. 

At one point we thought he really was in a deep sleep and perhaps we could move on to the "sleeping on beanbag" photos, but it turned out he wasn't. He was still awake and he was not happy when we tried to move him onto his side. A quick cuddle and he was content again, but we had been told!

To finish the session we did my neutral toned signature setup and guess what... Oscar was so happy! 

Chilled out, reclining on the soft materials (no fluff!) he was chatting and looking around at all that he could see. Those beautiful eyes locking right on my camera and enabling me to capture the most stunning images of his inquisitive little face. 

And that was the end of the day! Oscar was dressed in his comfy clothes again and he quickly settled into his carseat for the drive home. 

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Baby Nadia - Brisbane Newborn Photographer

I was so excited to hear from this lovely family that they were expecting a baby girl - their newborn session with little Rick from just last year was awesome!

My excitement multiplied when they sent me a photo of Nadia before our session - oh my stars her eye lashes!! And a beautiful little pout to match - I was steeling myself for this shoot just in case my heart couldn't handle so much sweetness in one little person. 

With 16 month old Rick in tow, we started the session wiht family photos, and he was such a little trooper! Calm, happy, content to watch his baby sister getting cuddles, then he came in quite happily for his photo wiht everyone too. 

He was a bit wriggly when it came to having a snuggle for himself, so we changed it up and laid his baby sister on the beanbag so he could come and give her kisses as he liked, and he certainly liked!  

Her mum had asked for lots of girly flowery styling so I had a lot of fun doing some new setups for the first time.  First we did some simple white tulip imagery, then some colourful pinks. 

She was a quite aware of everything that was going on around her, but she settled quickly into each pose on the beanbag - her mum very excited to get a photo of her in the tutu. It was so cute how she was breathing in a deep sleep and the tutu was rising and falling with her breathing. 

With the session all wrapped up in near record time we farewelled each other all agreeing it had been such a wonderful morning, everyone - including 16 month old Rick and 3 week old Nadia, had enjoyed it so much! 

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Oliver and Henry - Brisbane Baby Photographer

Oliver and Henry are identical twins. Thankfully, they came dressed in different outfits so for at least half of the session I could tell who was who.

We knew the boys would run out of smiles by 10am so we worked as quickly as possible to get a great variety of images in their gallery before their morning nap time crept up.

Family photos and parent photos out of the way we moved on to photos of the boys together in they really cute sailor suits.  They have recently learnt to crawl so it was quite the job trying to keep them in one place for their photos!  There are tons of images where Oliver has crept forward or Henry has gone sideways - all with a cheeky grin.

Henry soon became concerned with the texture of the fluffy mat and so I changed it up and did a new setup with a softer mat underneath. We gave the boys a little teddy bear to hold to try and keep them still for this one, but Oliver preferred to play "Dropsie" with it. Every time he would throw the little teddy, his mum would hand it back and he would laugh hysterically! It was the cutest thing.

Next, to bring some colour into their gallery we did a powder blue fluffy photo.

Now I have to confess, the boys were now naked and this was the point at which I started getting confused about who was who.

So, the first one to have a turn on the blue fluffy mat (and I want to say it was Henry, but I really am not sure) loved it. He lay there, relaxed and happy, smiling and playing peek a boo with Dad.

The second one (and for consistency sake, I will say Oliver) was not such a fan. We tried three separate times to get him to lay back and relax on the fluff and each time he was very clear that he did not like it.

So I changed tack again, and we set up a basket photo on the dark wood. This time Henry (I think)  had first turn and was neither happy nor bothered about the basket.  He was a bit like "Oh. A basket hey? Ok. Whatever." and just sat there looking around.

But when it came to (probably) Oliver's turn in the basket, it was another story. Now, Oliver had not been keen on the blue fluff, or the white fluff. But there was no fluff touching him here. He sat in the basket, he was not sure about it until... he found he could rock it like a rocking horse.

Before you know it he was rocking and giggling and having the time of his life!

Next minute, Henry realises that he has missed out on some fun! So we put the boys in the basket together and got some of the cutest photos of the day.  Until Oliver realised he wasn't able to rock the basket as much with his brother in there and started protesting again. With Henry removed he enjoyed one last rock before we pulled him out.

Thankfully the rocking basket had lifted his mood just enough hat we were able to capture an image of him on the blue fluff to match the one we had gotten earlier of his brother.

The final shots of the day were "Superman" swings. Now, I want to say that the boys enjoyed this. I think they did, there were smiles and grins. There were also quavering hands as they were swinging - hopefully from excitement and not fear! Either way they seemed to enjoy the end of the shoot and that was the end of the session!

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Gautier Family - Brisbane Family Photographer

As we met at the gorgeous location of Bunya Crossing Reserve, the boys were chilling out in the car while their mum and said our hellos. 

Im used to kids not being interested in me, or even shy of me when we start a session but it never takes long for them to relax and open up. 

As we walked through the gorgeous bush tracks I chatted with Jaxon about animals, there were so many around us, bush turkeys scuffling in the undergrowth, turtles bobbing their heads out of the water to see what the fuss is today. Jaxon got a bit of a fright looking into the water at one point as he thought there was a crocodile waiting to lunge out... but it was just a submerged tree trunk. 

After getting the hard part out of the way, that being the first family photo - Jaxon was straight off up a rock wall as I spent some time talking and photographing younger brother Hudson. 

Hudson was such a character, full of over-the-top smiles where his eyes were so crinkled you couldn't even see out of them anymore! 

We called Jaxon back down from the rock wall and he went and sat with his dad at the river side and looked for turtles and threw rocks as far out as they could. The splashes made the water sparkle and twinkle in the late winter sun, gosh its such a pretty time of year for photos! 

So full of energy the boys bolted off further up the track, I took my eyes off them for a moment while I changed lens on my camera and next time I looked up they had both jumped the rails of the boardwalk and were exploring underneath it! Got to love boys and their fearless explorations. 

We pulled them back up to the boardwalk and let them climb over the rails which they both loved - especially since this meant they were nearly as tall as Dad! 

Back to the waters edge for the last-light photos and a new competition. Theres an old tree that sticks out above the river level and within seconds of seeing it the boys were throwing rocks to see who could hit it first. Next thing you know a rock comes hurling over our heads as Dad has a go too! 

I love having fun with the kind of energy these boys brought and so we did a bit of a crazy photo to end the session - and it turned out to be one of my absolute favourite ever family photos! Hudson's Dad was flying flying him around with his arms outstretched like an aeroplane and his Mum and older brother Jaxon were racing and laughing in the background, then I applied a cool effect to look give a 3D feel to the image and it was just magic! 

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Willows First Birthday - Brisbane Family Photographer

We met at the gate to the Mt Coot-tha Gardens almost a year from the day we met the first time, when Willow's parents were waiting to meet her. 

Their maternity session was a gorgeous afternoon out and this first birthday session was a stunning winters morning. 

We went to a few of the same spots that we had photographed at the maternity session and recreated some of the images. I loved that Willows dress had a similar floral design to the one her mum wore back then. 

She had me laughing as she cuddled mum but was reaching for dad, so they passed her over and then as soon as she was cuddling her dad she was reaching back for her mum! 

She loved her mums necklace too, constantly finding the pendant on the end and playing with it. 

As we walked through the gardens her parents were pointing out all the birds, spiders and butterflies to her. There was one little garden by a tree that was such a beautiful spot, some of the maroon flowers echoing the colours in her dress and the soft undergrowth giving the photo the feel of a fairy garden. 

We came across some bright yellow bamboo and used that as a backdrop for a really bright family photo before heading to the jetty by the lake to finish the session beneath the two Willow trees.

She loved playing peek a boo between the jetty balustrades and looking into the water. We finished the session with one of my favourite images (because its usually one of the little ones favourite images) where dad lifts them high into the air. It is nearly guaranteed great smiles, and Willow loved it! 

I loved this image because theres the halo of sunlight behind her golden hair and the Willow tree was softly rusting behind her, framing her beautiful beaming face. 

It was such a wonderful way to end not the session, but also to wrap up the past year of sessions. I was so honoured to capture Willows journey from bump to first birthday and to have enjoyed spending so much time with her lovely parents in the past year also. 

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