Newborn | Henry

Meet Henry Byron Jack Bradley.  I wonder how many friends and family thought that they were being pranked when little Henry chose to arrive on April Fool's Day? - at least there should be no problem with people remembering his birthday!

Henry is destined for great things.  Well, when you meet Kate & Wills at just two weeks of age, you're bound to be, right?!?

Chelsey and Adam, you are doing simply the most amazing job. I was awed by your absolute calmness and total devotion during our session.  Henry is one lucky boy indeed.

With love, 
Rachel xxx

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Newborn Session | Nicholas

Champion sleeper, Nicholas, was a dream baby for his newborn session at 13 days of age.  We managed to get a fantastic range of images without so much as a peep out of him.  He even graced us with smile after smile.

A beautiful second son for Leanne and Daniel - you are truly blessed.

Thank you for allowing me to share some of Nicholas' session.

Rachel xx

Newborn Shoot | Annabelle

Beautiful Annabelle came to see me at five-weeks of age for her first professional photo shoot and she was just the perfect little model.  

Already by this age it can be much harder to achieve sleepy, posed images as babies become more alert and interested in their environment.  Despite this, we managed to achieve a few mini-sleeps out of Annabelle and that was all we needed.   Combined with gorgeous eye contact and heart-melting smiles this resulted in a lovely variety of shots.  

Rose, Niall and Annabelle, I wish you all the very best for your future back in Ireland.  I very much enjoyed meeting you all.

Rachel xx

Baby Session | 8-week-old Georgie

Georgie has been blessed with the most mesmerising blue eyes...and they want to take absolutely everything in!  She was the most alert little thing for our session this week and only after the camera had been put away did she finally succumb to sleep in Mum's arms.

We got some gorgeous wide-awake shots which I know will be shared with all of Georgie's extended family up in QLD.  Here are some of my favourites, I hope you enjoy them.

Thank you Jess and Georgie.  It was my great pleasure to be asked to photograph you.

Rachel xx

 

Product Shoot | Rosa

Oh lovely Rosa!  Rosa was my second model in my product shoots for the Studio Styling range. (http://studiostyling.bigcartel.com) 

Whilst we only got a few set-ups out of her before she demanded Mummy back, she totally aced the ones that we did (she completely loved being in the basket even if her legs were dangling over the edge!).  

I love all these creamy, natural tones for little girls - they are completely timeless and will look wonderful with any frame or home decor.  If these images don't sell a few throws and baskets, then I don't know what will!  

Thanks to Rosa for being so darn gorgeous and of course to Lynne & Steven for allowing me to use their lovely little girl as my model.  

Rachel xx

Product Shoot | Hugh

Meet seven-week-old Hugh who did a truly wonderful job of modelling some of my Studio Styling textiles.   Studio Styling, for those who don't know, is my online retail business that stocks, amongst other things,  a wide range of beautiful furs, throws and wraps for newborn and portrait photographers.

Not sure I could have been happier with how Hugh performed - he was a total champion and could not have chosen a better time to show off those new smiles!  I just love photographing this age, still so little but amazing eye contact and beautiful soft skin *swoon*.  Hugh, you are going to be a total heartbreaker!

Thanks to Suzie and big-brother Jack for visiting with Hugh.

Rachel xx


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Newborn Session | 10-Day-old Tilly Rose

It's always a slightly nerve-wracking experience for a photographer to be asked to photograph another photographer's family.  And so it was for me, when I was invited to photograph the divine Miss Tilly Rose.

Tilly's Aunt (a fellow photog') was unfortunately unable to make it up to Sydney from Melbourne within the magic window of 4-10 days of age that is recommended for photographing newborns.  To my good fortune, I was honoured to act as substitute.

My first impressions of Tilly were of brilliantly intense brown eyes and a shock of jet black hair - perfect in every way.  This new family unit were pure joy to photograph, clearly smitten with their new daughter and with one another.

As lovely as it is to photograph newborns, there is something very, very special about capturing moments of bonding and tenderness between the whole family.   My brief was for a range of both family shots and shots individually of Tilly Rose.  The result is a lovely collection of photos of all of the family.  I honestly think I could have shown you almost every shot from this beautiful session.

With much of the extended family living in Victoria, I hope that these photos give them something to cherish until they get to meet the gorgeous girl in person.

My heartfelt thanks to Elly, Anthony & Tilly and my best wishes for your future happiness.  Thank you for allowing me to share your images.

Rachel x

Newborn Shoot | 11-Day-Old Fin

I spent the most lovely of mornings with the Wood family this week.  This session encompassed a little bit of everything.  Of course, when booking a newborn session a client expects to receive beautiful images of their new bundle, but how special (and time-effective!) is it to be able to get updated images of the whole family together at the same time.  I am always more than happy to include family in a newborn shoot and there is usually time during feeding and settling of the newborn for siblings to have their own mini-shoot.

Big sister, Kyra, has the most mesmerising blue eyes and was such fun to play with - in the course of photographing her we played on the slide, in the toddler car, blew bubbles, built block towers, played with the polar bear (my long-haired white rug) and dressed up with jewels, fan and a parasol.   I think she has inherited Dad's appetite for exercise...she was barely still for a moment.  What a gorgeous spirit she is and so photogenic!

Meanwhile new addition and star of the show, Fin, calmly took everything in his stride.  It took a while to get him soundly off to sleep but when he finally went he was out for the count!  I love it when clients bring little props that are meaningful to them.  Fin had received a beautiful sterling silver dumbbell (Dad is reported to be a gym junkie) and we managed to grab a couple of images of him with this.  He'll be giving Kyra a run for her money in no time at all.

Thank you Natalie, Andrew, Kyra and Fin for such a lovely session.