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This newborn session in Saint John was little Carrson who is the cousin of a Jack and Olivia! He has the nicest parents who were so excited for his arrival! During their maternity session, they talked about the plaid shirts and the significance to Brad’s family and wanted to make sure we incorporated it into his session. Which we did at the very end!

Little Carrson was a dream to work with! So relaxed and easy going! We had a special guest from Calgary with us as well, Martha from Dulce Baby! Martha and I have been friends online for a few years and had spent a few days with our families, hanging out while they vacationed in our part of the country. She graciously came to this session and helped pose little Carrson and the results were amazing (huge thank you to Martha! She is the sweetest person and it was wonderful to have her join us! We learned so much! in such a short time!)

This newborn session in Saint John was little Carrson who is the cousin of a Jack and Olivia! He has the nicest parents who were so excited for his arrival! During their maternity session, they talked about the plaid shirts and the significance to Brad’s family and wanted to make sure we incorporated it into his session. Which we did at the very end!

Little Carrson was a dream to work with! So relaxed and easy going! We had a special guest from Calgary with us as well, Martha from Dulce Baby! Martha and I have been friends online for a few years and had spent a few days with our families, hanging out while they vacationed in our part of the country. She graciously came to this session and helped pose little Carrson and the results were amazing (huge thank you to Martha! She is the sweetest person and it was wonderful to have her join us! We learned so much! in such a short time!)

A few years ago I wrote a blog posting explaining how some of the poses I did during a newborn session required a second set of hands and some photoshop magic. Some beautiful poses require a second set of hands to hold baby safely in place. The rest of the poses that I did I knew baby was wrapped snuggly or safely within an arms reach while I was photographing. There were some props and poses that did require a spotter and I would ask Mom or Dad, who were at the session to help spot the baby (as long as said she felt up to helping or did not have a c-section).

Whenever I booked twins I would ask for another set of hands (outside of Mom and Dad) and hire someone for the day to help me assist during the session. I also hired someone, to help,  when I was photographing a newborn at the end of my fifth pregnancy. My tummy was slowing me down and I knew I was not agile enough to reach the baby quickly enough to be deemed safe.

After Rosalie was born I decided to photograph her newborn session and realized a few things very quickly. I was SOOO sore! I had a relatively good delivery and recovery but I was still too sore to want to comfortably sit and pose my baby. My husband was spotting for me so I could do a few props that required someone to be next to her and we both realized another factor, exhaustion. This was expected, we were parents to a brand new baby and getting very little sleep.

I thought about the fact that there are so many jobs that require a certain amount of sleep to safely perform the job. It made me realize that I needed to be more cautious about asking parents to help. There were certain poses and props I had wanted to do but did not because of the safety risk and parents being too tired. My studio at the time was so small, that  adding an additional person to the room would make it almost impossible to move around but the idea was on my mind. I know that my next goal was to have a larger studio and to add a full-time assistant who I could train.

When the new studio was finally completed, Jen joined my team. It has been over a year and she has been nothing short of amazing. She was trained by me and now has the experience that makes her invaluable! Her sole job is to watch the babies and predict their movements through breathing patterns. She checks circulation, her eyes never leave the baby and she is always inches or hands on when needed. Her focus is 100% safety. This relieves some of the pressure from me and now I am free to focus more on camera settings, being more creative with my setups and more variety.

My pictures show beautiful sleeping newborns but the truth is they are constantly moving, wiggling, squirming. They wake easily, they stretch and lurch! Jen is constantly there stabilizing their heads, holding their limbs so they do not flail and wake themselves. She is next to them to calm them. With her working alongside of me I can now safely accomplish so many poses that require that second set of hands! She can pass me items that I may need (before I would either need to ask a parents of lift the baby out of the pose and prop, risking waking them, all to reach one small item).

With sibling shots it doesn’t always look like you need a spotter because they are laying down or the older sibling has been so easy-going and sweet with their new sibling. After photographing over 100 newborns and 300 toddlers I have experienced how quickly toddlers can change their mind and move. My assistant is sitting next to the baby and ready at an instant to scoop baby up if their brother or sister gets a bit wiggly or wants to push the baby off. The same with parent shots, Mom may feel weak from her delivery experience and Jen is standing next to her helping her support baby and parents feel more secure knowing that there is someone there to aid them if need be.

With our combined experience, Jen and I have managed to photograph babies with special needs and physical handicaps with ease. Working together we do not fear even the fussiest babies and our average photography session has gone down from 3-4.5 hours to 2-3 hours. The biggest bonus? Parents can sit back and relax. They have less stress knowing there are two wide awake, experienced baby handlers holding their newborn. They are able to sit back, have a coffee, browse there phones, play with the older siblings, etc. A few have even caught a short nap knowing that their baby is safe.

I am so pleased that my studio is able to offer this service, of an assistant, for every newborn session.

A few years ago I wrote a blog posting explaining how some of the poses I did during a newborn session required a second set of hands and some photoshop magic. Some beautiful poses require a second set of hands to hold baby safely in place. The rest of the poses that I did I knew baby was wrapped snuggly or safely within an arms reach while I was photographing. There were some props and poses that did require a spotter and I would ask Mom or Dad, who were at the session to help spot the baby (as long as said she felt up to helping or did not have a c-section).

Whenever I booked twins I would ask for another set of hands (outside of Mom and Dad) and hire someone for the day to help me assist during the session. I also hired someone, to help,  when I was photographing a newborn at the end of my fifth pregnancy. My tummy was slowing me down and I knew I was not agile enough to reach the baby quickly enough to be deemed safe.

After Rosalie was born I decided to photograph her newborn session and realized a few things very quickly. I was SOOO sore! I had a relatively good delivery and recovery but I was still too sore to want to comfortably sit and pose my baby. My husband was spotting for me so I could do a few props that required someone to be next to her and we both realized another factor, exhaustion. This was expected, we were parents to a brand new baby and getting very little sleep.

I thought about the fact that there are so many jobs that require a certain amount of sleep to safely perform the job. It made me realize that I needed to be more cautious about asking parents to help. There were certain poses and props I had wanted to do but did not because of the safety risk and parents being too tired. My studio at the time was so small, that  adding an additional person to the room would make it almost impossible to move around but the idea was on my mind. I know that my next goal was to have a larger studio and to add a full-time assistant who I could train.

When the new studio was finally completed, Jen joined my team. It has been over a year and she has been nothing short of amazing. She was trained by me and now has the experience that makes her invaluable! Her sole job is to watch the babies and predict their movements through breathing patterns. She checks circulation, her eyes never leave the baby and she is always inches or hands on when needed. Her focus is 100% safety. This relieves some of the pressure from me and now I am free to focus more on camera settings, being more creative with my setups and more variety.

My pictures show beautiful sleeping newborns but the truth is they are constantly moving, wiggling, squirming. They wake easily, they stretch and lurch! Jen is constantly there stabilizing their heads, holding their limbs so they do not flail and wake themselves. She is next to them to calm them. With her working alongside of me I can now safely accomplish so many poses that require that second set of hands! She can pass me items that I may need (before I would either need to ask a parents of lift the baby out of the pose and prop, risking waking them, all to reach one small item).

With sibling shots it doesn’t always look like you need a spotter because they are laying down or the older sibling has been so easy-going and sweet with their new sibling. After photographing over 100 newborns and 300 toddlers I have experienced how quickly toddlers can change their mind and move. My assistant is sitting next to the baby and ready at an instant to scoop baby up if their brother or sister gets a bit wiggly or wants to push the baby off. The same with parent shots, Mom may feel weak from her delivery experience and Jen is standing next to her helping her support baby and parents feel more secure knowing that there is someone there to aid them if need be.

With our combined experience, Jen and I have managed to photograph babies with special needs and physical handicaps with ease. Working together we do not fear even the fussiest babies and our average photography session has gone down from 3-4.5 hours to 2-3 hours. The biggest bonus? Parents can sit back and relax. They have less stress knowing there are two wide awake, experienced baby handlers holding their newborn. They are able to sit back, have a coffee, browse there phones, play with the older siblings, etc. A few have even caught a short nap knowing that their baby is safe.

I am so pleased that my studio is able to offer this service, of an assistant, for every newborn session.

Sibling love is incredibly special. This is their first best friend and often siblings will have an incredible bond that they will never find with anyone else. Jenna is close with her brother and she was excited for Cruz to have a sibling who was also close to his age!

During the newborn session, I can never predict how a new older sibling will react. Sometimes they are very shy and unsure of this new little creature that has rocked their world. Some are so glad to finally have some one on one attention with Mommy and Daddy because Jen and I are working with the baby. They have so much fun with a couple of hours of undivided attention. Some are SOOOO in love with this little person and will sit next to us and ask to help us (it is super cute!). Cruz was so sweet with his baby brother, he was quite happy to sit next to Jax and his smiles were genuine joy!

I have been watching him grow up from his Mama’s first maternity session, his newborn session and the second pregnancy family session and now this sweet new baby! (and in a few weeks I will be capturing his parents wedding!).

Keeping Jax’s nursery in mind when choosing the colours for the setups we had so much fun with this baby boy! He graced us with a few smiles and we compared how close he looked to his brother (ironically one of the large canvases displayed in my studio is of Jenna holding baby #1 during his session! So we had a life sized comparison!) he decided to open his little yes for a little bit and I was able to capture the cutest picture with both boys!

Sibling love is incredibly special. This is their first best friend and often siblings will have an incredible bond that they will never find with anyone else. Jenna is close with her brother and she was excited for Cruz to have a sibling who was also close to his age!

During the newborn session, I can never predict how a new older sibling will react. Sometimes they are very shy and unsure of this new little creature that has rocked their world. Some are so glad to finally have some one on one attention with Mommy and Daddy because Jen and I are working with the baby. They have so much fun with a couple of hours of undivided attention. Some are SOOOO in love with this little person and will sit next to us and ask to help us (it is super cute!). Cruz was so sweet with his baby brother, he was quite happy to sit next to Jax and his smiles were genuine joy!

I have been watching him grow up from his Mama’s first maternity session, his newborn session and the second pregnancy family session and now this sweet new baby! (and in a few weeks I will be capturing his parents wedding!).

Keeping Jax’s nursery in mind when choosing the colours for the setups we had so much fun with this baby boy! He graced us with a few smiles and we compared how close he looked to his brother (ironically one of the large canvases displayed in my studio is of Jenna holding baby #1 during his session! So we had a life sized comparison!) he decided to open his little yes for a little bit and I was able to capture the cutest picture with both boys!

Eloise was my first baby girl in the studio for 2017, after a long string of baby boys! I was so excited because I am always adding new props to the studio and had a few new items I could not wait to use!

When she arrived she was so incredibly sleepy! This sleep baby girl made posing her very easy. You never know how babies will be during a session, sometimes awake and curious but we never once saw her little eyes! She was a tiny and dainty and curled easily into positions without waking between setups.

Mom and Dad were open to anything in regards to colours and setups and I decided to do a sweet soft girly pink with some neutral browns.  Every prop I brought out and used looked better then the last with her! The spring tulips are now out in the stores and I made sure to pick up some fresh pink tulips and styled them around her. The little white cast iron bed has been waiting to be used since the fall and she looked so tiny and sweet curled up sleeping on the quilt. Designing and planning newborns sessions is one of my favourites parts of my job!

I am so happy for this family! Sweet Eloise is such a blessing!

Eloise was my first baby girl in the studio for 2017, after a long string of baby boys! I was so excited because I am always adding new props to the studio and had a few new items I could not wait to use!

When she arrived she was so incredibly sleepy! This sleep baby girl made posing her very easy. You never know how babies will be during a session, sometimes awake and curious but we never once saw her little eyes! She was a tiny and dainty and curled easily into positions without waking between setups.

Mom and Dad were open to anything in regards to colours and setups and I decided to do a sweet soft girly pink with some neutral browns.  Every prop I brought out and used looked better then the last with her! The spring tulips are now out in the stores and I made sure to pick up some fresh pink tulips and styled them around her. The little white cast iron bed has been waiting to be used since the fall and she looked so tiny and sweet curled up sleeping on the quilt. Designing and planning newborns sessions is one of my favourites parts of my job!

I am so happy for this family! Sweet Eloise is such a blessing!

While on vacation on Prince Edward Island, I told myself I was not working for a few days but when the phone rang I answered it quickly not thinking and I am so glad that I did! I received the sweetest phone call, a good friend wanted all information regarding gifting her good friends the cost of her newborn session for her twin boys,  she was expecting. I do not get too many opportunities to work with twins and I was very excited (they are actually only the second set of boy twins)!

Working with twins requires extra patience, more hands and careful planning. Often they are a bit smaller or born earlier then the majority of our clients and sometimes they break the rules for age. Ideally, I prefer to photograph newborns at 4-10 days of age. They are still very ‘womb-like’, will curly nicely and will sleep much deeper. If a baby is born premature, we adjust the timeframe taking into consideration health, weight and adjusted age. Once we had word both boys and Mama were coming home from the hospital we scheduled their session.

The twin boys arrived healthy and sweet as could be. My assistant and Jen and I each had a baby to cuddle and they loved to snuggle with each other!  I know how fast the first few days fly by, between feedings, diaper changes, the lack of sleep…I can only imagine that being doubled! I am so glad I had the opportunity to capture this brief time in their life. Mom and Dad had the chance to sit back and relax and watch us pose the cuties and Jen and I gently posed them.

I styled this session with a vintage rustic style that will be timeless (vintage rustic is my favourite!),  matching cream mohair bonnets, simple cotton and knitted wraps and rich brown fur rugs. Keeping the props simple we focused on their tiny little details and the overwhelming cuteness of twin boys!

We were even gifted a little smile or two! Enjoy these images as much as I had creating them 🙂

While on vacation on Prince Edward Island, I told myself I was not working for a few days but when the phone rang I answered it quickly not thinking and I am so glad that I did! I received the sweetest phone call, a good friend wanted all information regarding gifting her good friends the cost of her newborn session for her twin boys,  she was expecting. I do not get too many opportunities to work with twins and I was very excited (they are actually only the second set of boy twins)!

Working with twins requires extra patience, more hands and careful planning. Often they are a bit smaller or born earlier then the majority of our clients and sometimes they break the rules for age. Ideally, I prefer to photograph newborns at 4-10 days of age. They are still very ‘womb-like’, will curly nicely and will sleep much deeper. If a baby is born premature, we adjust the timeframe taking into consideration health, weight and adjusted age. Once we had word both boys and Mama were coming home from the hospital we scheduled their session.

The twin boys arrived healthy and sweet as could be. My assistant and Jen and I each had a baby to cuddle and they loved to snuggle with each other!  I know how fast the first few days fly by, between feedings, diaper changes, the lack of sleep…I can only imagine that being doubled! I am so glad I had the opportunity to capture this brief time in their life. Mom and Dad had the chance to sit back and relax and watch us pose the cuties and Jen and I gently posed them.

I styled this session with a vintage rustic style that will be timeless (vintage rustic is my favourite!),  matching cream mohair bonnets, simple cotton and knitted wraps and rich brown fur rugs. Keeping the props simple we focused on their tiny little details and the overwhelming cuteness of twin boys!

We were even gifted a little smile or two! Enjoy these images as much as I had creating them 🙂

One of my favourite parts of a newborn session is the planning and collaborating with parents. I am constantly sourcing new props and accessories for my tiny clients and I love when I get a request that I know I can get very creative! Baby Harlow’s (isn’t her name amazing?) Mama wanted something white and natural. I had white backs drops and props and to give it a unique look I brought the natural outside into the studio by cutting some hydrangeas, that were in season, from a property I own and some wildflowers from my own garden. The results was a perfect blend of of the simple clean white palette and the natural wild flowers.

She was so sweet to work with! So beautiful and perfect and her big brother was sweet and curious about his new little sister.

One of my favourite parts of a newborn session is the planning and collaborating with parents. I am constantly sourcing new props and accessories for my tiny clients and I love when I get a request that I know I can get very creative! Baby Harlow’s (isn’t her name amazing?) Mama wanted something white and natural. I had white backs drops and props and to give it a unique look I brought the natural outside into the studio by cutting some hydrangeas, that were in season, from a property I own and some wildflowers from my own garden. The results was a perfect blend of of the simple clean white palette and the natural wild flowers.

She was so sweet to work with! So beautiful and perfect and her big brother was sweet and curious about his new little sister.