After this family's maternity photos, I was a little worried I wouldnt be able to live up to expectations at their newborn session!
I mean, their maternity session was so amazing, on the beach just around the corner from their home, Sienna dancing on the sand as William played with the sand toys. Then a storm rolled in behind us and we captured the most magnificent images of Katherine in her stunning pregnancy with a sunset and a storm simultaneously erupting behind her.
This moment struck a chord with me as it was happening because you see, Katherine was carrying a rainbow baby. A rainbow baby is the child born after a lost pregnancy or infant death. The term coined as without the storm, the rainbow couldnt be.
So with such an incredible maternity session already delivered, I felt I had set hte bar very high for their next session, the newborn.
The first thing I said when I met little Quinn was "Whoa he's big! Isn't he?" Because he looked so big in Katherines arms, all cheeks and squishy goodness. But he was not the big unit he appeared to be at first, it was jus the perspective of Katherine's small frame holding her baby that make him seem so large. Weighing in at a standard 7lbs and 50cm he was a very average baby boy.
When we were doing the family images I loved creating this cool butterfly shape in the middle of the family, I call this my "Ink Blot Image" because you can view it two ways.
With Sienna and William set playing with some toys we started off with some family photos before calling them in for their cuddles.
Sienna was most happy to pose and smile on cue, but William was less sure of the whole process. With the kids so chilled out after their photos we let Sienna hold her new baby brother for the sibling photos and oh, holy cuteness I think I went to heaven a little bit.
Quinn's turn for the spotlight came next and Katherine pulled out a stunning yellow blanket to show me. This was a blanket her mother had made and it had been passed on from her sister to her. A beautifully crafted pram blanket with a lovely diamond pattern throughout. I knew we had to use it a few ways.
Next we did the rainbow set in remembrance of the childrens' lost sibling. I love this image as a gentle and sweet way to honour their little brother or sister that they never got to meet.
With Christmas just a week away we of course included some Christmas themed images during the sleeping on beanbag flow, and suddenly we were done!
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William and Sienna were both so excited to hear that they were getting a treat for their good behaviour during the photoshoot and were out the door and buckled into the car in no time flat!
It was such an awesome morning with this gorgeous family creating memories and documenting life in this moment.
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