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…Hello, little seedling.
We welcome you with open arms into this beautiful world.
Grow, little seedling.
Stretch your arms up and up, and let your fingers dance and sway in the beautiful sunshine.
Breathe in this new life you have claimed.
Grow strong for tomorrow.
Love, little seedling.
Snuggle into the warmth of your family’s happiness.
They (and I) are so thankful you have come to be.
Oh sweet baby girl. How you have grown.
You have such a beautiful energy about you. You laugh, you pout, you giggle, you frown. I love how wonderfully independent you are – you are going to be such a strong woman one day. I can’t wait to see what amazing things you will do in this world. I love how Woofy makes you smile (and gives you attitude!). That gorgeous mop of hair that you had at birth is even more divine now – if that is even possible. I want to pinch and smoosh your beautiful rolls because every time I look at them they make me swoon. You are beautiful.
Please thank your mama for bringing you back to play with me.
{*sigh*…. all of her little gorgeous personality traits wrapped up in four frames. I adore her! x)
There was so much love in the room this day.
Her daddy’s eyes just lit up with pride as he watched her.
Her mama’s tender affection was like a magnet for cheeky smiles and kisses.
She was a quiet soul - an observer, a thinker, a great achiever.
With every gaze she became more beautiful.
I am just thankful to have photographed her.
{There is something so special about your gorgeous Madeleine, Vicky and Andrew – I can feel it in my bones. She has such a great future ahead of her…}
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away
xx
{My apologies in my blog absence of late – it hasn’t been intentional, and there are just so many wonderful things happening behind the scenes here keeping me busy. I will try and respond to any emails and phone calls that are outstanding as soon as I possibly can. Thank you for staying a while to visit.}
{Rebecca and Nathan, couldn’t resist posting these – he is the sunshine in my day}
Looking out of my office window this morning, I sighed as I saw patches of overgrown lawn and weeds outside in my backyard - a product of both a lazy husband and a lot of rain we’ve been experiencing here in Melbourne. Everything shoots up so fast when it’s had such a lovely drink after so long.
I was about to sigh once more over this dreadful infestation, when I stopped and looked again.
Peeking out through the long grass strands were tiny little yellow flowers.
Weeds.
Yet… they were so pretty. Aren’t weeds supposed to be hated, even loathed? Why was I drawn to them? They were so beautiful – I’d seen them a hundred times before, they’re not an uncommon sight, so why was today any different? Was I looking at them with a different heart?
I saw them differently because I looked past the fact that they were weeds and therefore supposed to make me feel anything other than beauty. I knew in that moment I could feel whatever I wanted to feel… about anything. That was my choice. There was nothing good or bad about what I was looking at – it was only the way that I was feeling about what I saw that made it good or bad. I saw beauty. I wanted to go out and look at them, admire them, enjoy them. So, I did.
I too often forget, personally, how it’s the little things like this that can make such a huge impact in the way that you feel, love and be. I photographed the beauty that I saw today, for me – to remind me that there is beauty in everything. These flowers are not any less deserving of my attention or love for them just because they are weeds – it is my choice alone how I choose to look at them.
I do this constantly with those I am fortunate enough to photograph – every.single.client.is.beautiful. I am constantly in awe of the beauty that surrounds me when I photograph my clients – every moment, every breath, every whisper. Today my challenge was to go beyond the beauty that I see in my clients, and look for it where I might not have noticed before.
So remember friends – you are important, you are loved and you are beautiful.
Find the beauty in small things, and the most unexpected of things.
One thing that I truly love about being a newborn photographer is that every baby is different to the next. No session is ever the same because no newborn baby is ever the same, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Each one has a different personality, different likes and dislikes, different quirks, mannerisms and features. Getting to know these beautiful little souls when I first come to meet them is one of the most rewarding parts of what I do – they are special, they are loved and they are important. For months parents wonder what their baby will look like and who it will take after – my job is to make sure that they can remember those early moments with fondness as they are too fleeting, too sudden and too quickly forgotten.
I was lucky enough to capture the beautiful connection between this little man’s parents at his mama’s maternity session a little while ago, and was waiting so patiently for his arrival as I knew he would be a very special and loved boy indeed. He is the first little Kynan I have had the honour of meeting – and an honour it truly was.
{He is a brilliant, strong and loved soul Ruth and David}
If you saw beauty in my eyes, remember that I was looking at you
- Jesh de Rox
It has felt like so long since I’ve had a beautiful, independent baby girl in my studio – after a good run of handsome newborn baby boys of late, I was beginning to miss my girls. Zoe is just one of the beauties I was able to photograph recently.
We met… and I fell in love.
{Jess and Mark – she is lovely, she is adored and she is special. Thank you for allowing me to into your hearts to capture baby Zoe’s beauty}
“Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole.”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Try as he might, he couldn’t stay awake forever. I was just a far too patient newborn photographer for his liking. What a brave new soul he was – inquisitive, cheeky and learning about this brand new sense of being in a beautiful way. Welcome lovely baby Ethan – the world is happy you’re here.
{He gave me such a happy heart, Cheryl and Patrick – may he continue grow yours the same way each and every day}
As beautiful as her name, Alessandra and I waited a very long time to meet. Her mama first contacted me not long after she was born, but with my pregnancy the timing just wasn’t meant to be. We decided instead to organise her session for my next favourite age to photograph – baby stage. So here she is in all of her beauty – the gorgeous baby girl herself at nine months.
{Juliana, she was worth the wait. Oh what a joy she was, her kisses and cuddles – divine}.
