I could write a whole series about the challenges of giving birth and all things newborn during the current COVID-19 pandemic. I have not blogged in months because, quite frankly, it is overwhelming at times to process it all! This beautiful family booked me last fall, so we had been months in the planning. The […]

The story of Rex Robert and his beautiful little family wouldn’t be complete without a newborn session to bring it all full circle! I had the pleasure of documenting this family’s maternity session, birth, Fresh 48, and then newborn session. The original plan was to document their maternity and newborn sessions and it just all unfolded so beautifully.

I just adore in-home newborn sessions!

After being a posed newborn studio photographer for 6 years, I just really felt the draw away from posed into lifestyle sessions in the homes of the families I document. It really came about as I expanded into the genre of video and the opportunity to tell family’s stories through the films I create. I have always been drawn to the story, and this year my goal was to really document not just moments, but to tell the story. My goal is to tell in images what life is like in that moment in time with your new little one. It is not documentary which is completely undirected, but rather directed into connections with each other and really focusing in on the connections between each other, and those little details you don’t want to forget. I believe your home is where your memories are made, where you spend the most time together, and so to me it feels so natural to document that right where you are!