04/11/2026
The one thing I never do
At the start of a newborn session. And it changes everything about how relaxed you'll be.
Newborn sessions often start with a photographer walking in, camera up, straight to business. Mum bracing. Baby unsettled. Everyone performing before they've even said hello.
Here's how I start instead
I come in, sit down, and we have a chat.
The birth story, the feelings, allll the deets. No chaos. Nothing that feels like a shoot yet.
The camera stays in the bag.
The chat at the start isn't me being polite before the real job begins.
It IS the real job. Because a mum who's told her birth story, who's had a cuppa and a laugh and ten minutes where nobody's pointed a camera at her, she photographs differently. Not better posed. Just more herself.
And no, it doesn't always look serene. Sometimes there's a toddler doing laps of the lounge room and a dog barking at the postie while we chat.
That's fine.
Come as you are, I'll take care of things for you.
If you've got a new little one on the way (or know someone who does), comment NEWBORN on the post and I'll send through everything you need to know.
