There is something so beautifully ‘organic’ about at home lifestyle newborn sessions.

As my kids grow and change and my own ‘Mumma of a newborn’ days haze into a long time ago distant memory I fall more and more in love with creating these authentic memories for my clients. Often the most heartfelt images start at home.

If you are concerned about having a session at home - don’t (but if you are you can look at my ✨Tiny studio✨sessions. All we need is 1 room with nice light, often the master bedroom not your whole home. I know as a parent to a young baby that time often gets away from us and that house cleaning is often waaaay down the list of priorities so please please do not feel like you need to clean up for me to arrive - I have been a Mum to small kids, and I know just what its like to have a newborn.

As long as the areas we will be shooting (the master bedroom, the lounge and nursery - but we can do a full session just in the Master) are free from ‘clutter’ then I am totally oblivious to what else is going on.

I LOVE an image of a ‘posed’ newborn as much as anyone, I appreciate the skills and patience and styling involved in these sessions - but they not what I am drawn to even more so as my children are no longer little the moments that I love to create are driven from my nostalgia of these early days. My sessions are very family centred - I want to capture the LOVE, the WONDER and the EXCITEMENT that has also entered your lives with this beautiful new bubba. BUT we do get LOTS and LOTS of your beautiful new little human.

I want to capture connections and true, raw, authentic moments. I want you to always remember how you baby fit on your chest or in your hands or just how small their tiny fingers looked wrapped around yours.

My passion is for us to create YOUR memories, I love for our time together to be a chance to switch off from the world outside and be totally present in the miracle of your little family. I LOVE to image you, years down the track looking back on your images and not just seeing an image but feeling a feeling, remembering their smell and how it felt to hold their tiny bodies in your arms.

I always have a ‘plan’ when we start these sessions but I know families enough to know that not everything always runs to plan. So on the day I like to relax, go with the flow and gently direct your family as you reflect, snuggle, laugh and fill the room with love - that I get to capture ! Let go expectations for how other children will ‘behave’ and just let them be, have fun, make memories.

My goal is you to LOVE your images now, but in time to transport you back to this very moment, I imagine families looking at these images as their kids grow and get bigger and reflecting back on this special time and ‘feeling’ what its as like to welcome your baby into your home.

I think the BEST compliment that I ever received upon delivering a gallery to a Mum was her comment that:

‘Whenever I looks at these images I will forever be able to smell her newborn smell’.

That is the moment that I knew I was doing what made my heart sing. I am honoured to create these memories for families and I look forward to meeting yours.

Q: When is the best time to have your session ? As my style is very relaxed - age is not super important. Traditional newborn photography suggests bubs should be 10 days old or less - this is because at this age bubbas are still very sleepy and curled up and allows for the more curled up poses for baskets and bowls etc. As my style is very relaxed and more 'baby led' posing age is not so important - it's more important that you have recovered from the birth and are feeling well yourself. In saying that a lot of my clients choose to have their sessions around 7-14 days. In which case we can just 'pencil in' a date post your due date then you can just let me know when bubs arrives or if there are any changes on your due date and am always accommodation to move things around

Q: When is too old for a Newborn session ? Bubbas are never too old I have beautifully captured babies from birth to 6 or 10 weeks and beyond so if you have left it too late please don’t think you have missed your window. Sure if bubbas are older we might not get sleepy curled up shots BUT its more important that your memories are captured and we can create beautiful images at any age