The last time Tamara was having a baby, she invited me to take her birth photos. I was eager, honored, so ready to be there to witness and record the homebirth of her little girl.
She called one afternoon to say that she was in labor. Her voice was relaxed, she sounded excited. It wasn’t serious yet, she said, so just to sit tight and she’d call back when I needed to come.
I got off the phone and began leisurely pulling my things together. Her last birth had lasted 36 hours; I figured I had plenty of time.
I should have known better.
Not five minutes had passed when I got another call, from what appeared to be an entirely different person. Her mood had changed, her voice had changed. Everything had changed.
It was definitely time.
I hustled into the car and set out to drive to her place. Across town. At rush hour. C-R-A-W-L-I-N-G at a snails pace and freaking out the whole way.
I pulled into her cul de sac and saw the midwife’s big blue van haphazardly parked across the driveway, back doors still open, wooden birth stool lying abandoned in the street.
Looks like I wasn’t the only one in a hurry to get there.
I walked in to find the new family of four already curled up together in bed. Apparently wee Nora had decided that her mother had worked hard and long enough the first time around to deserve a break.
When Tamara discovered she was expecting another daughter, we decided that birth photos probably were not going to work out (good thing, as baby girl number two came just as quickly – I never would have made it), but that a combo maternity/newborn photo session was definitely in order.
So instead of rushing across town at rush hour, I got to wait until a few days later, and welcome sweet Naomi in a little more relaxed fashion. …
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All knit items featured in this post are by the fabulous Marie. She has set up her shop on Etsy and is ready to take custom orders for some items. I consider myself the luckiest newborn photographer in town to have a basket full of knitted treasures – each and every one is made perfectly and with love – fabulous for any photographer or even for parents who have a soft spot for soft, cozy knitted goodies.
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What a perfect, squishy faced little darling!! I love the family shots and the casual, relaxed nature of them! Gorgeous session!
wow! some of these could be straight out of a magazine. what a lucky family!!
What a beautiful baby! I love all her hair! Great work!
What a beautiful family! I can’t believe how much hair baby has! I love the third photo especially- it is such a unique/interesting perspective that we don’t often get to see!
Beautiful and gorgeous as always! Lyra loved the pictures of the baby, she gestured, smiled and cooed.:-)
These are beautiful!! Love all the interaction you we’re able to capture!
These are amazing! What awesome captures & a beautiful family. My favorite is the one of mom with baby…wow!
WOW! These are absolutely divine!!I love the feel of these!
What a beautiful baby, and what gorgeous photos! You’re very talented! We’re expecting a baby girl in March and these photos make me so excited! I’ll definitely be checking out your friend’s Etsy store!
These are gorgeous! The ones with mom are some of the best I’ve seen. Beautiful
Oh goodness how sweet are these! I love love the little hat
Wow, what a stunningly beautiful family and baby! You captured them so well…LOVE the shots of baby and Mom together, love them all honestly!
Jeannette! I love these! I adore the documentary style, and I literally gasped at the one with Momma and the green background! The family must be over the moon with these!!
Those are adorable, love the connection in them, beautiful.
Such a beautiful baby! That is too bad you did not make it in time, but I think as a mom I would have preferred that over a long labor, LOL. Stunning images.
Wow, I absolutely LOVE them all! Beautiful newborn work. The one with the green background of Mom and Baby is Precious!!
It just doesn’t get any better. LOVE the shots with baby and mom.
hi jeanette! thank you so much for your sweet comments. i have had fun looking through your blog too! you have gorgeous work. i am loving this little cutie- and newborn shoots are so hard! you got some amazing shots. =)
These are so lovely! I love how they show the whole family, the connections.
Goodness me! What a beautiful set of portraits!
I LOVE the yellow wall with the coral colored knit!!! AWESOME. You did a FAB job especially with so many kiddos. The one’s you got with mom and the new baby are so SWEET.
BEAUTIFUL!! These are all gorgeous.
-Shellie
These are beautiful. What a sweetie!
Oh wow! These are so beautiful!!
What a beautiful family. The photos are all so simple and sweet. I adore the ones of mom with baby. Well done!
oh wow these are all absolutely gorgeous, you did a fabulous job with these! These are absolutely gorgeous, and that family is beautiful! I especially love the three colored shots of mom and baby on bed!
What an exciting time this mom has had welcoming her babies! Beautiful images, Jeanette–especially love that third family shot. And the shots of baby with mom and dad just melt my heart:).
Gorgeous work!!
Absolutely stunning, each and every image. What a beautiful family, and such precious newborn images!
LOVE the colors in these!great work!
Ohhh so adorable. Love how you captured the family together, and I love the one of mom and baby (closeup) especially.
What a great story and beautiful family! I love the mix of lifestyle and posed portraits – gorgeous!
OH MY HOW PRECIOUS? Love the one of mom and baby, beautiful job!
I began bursting with exclamation when I saw the 5th picture….sigh…now the let down as I realize it is not meant for my walls…
WOW these are absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!
I love these photos Jeanette! What a sweet little baby
These are just beautiful – I love the style of your newborn portraits!
These are just great.. Mom and Dad are going to just love.
Oh how I adore all of these. Especially the ones with her momma. Just a wonderful variety. . .lovely stuff!
WOW! You captured such tender, precious moments! Great job!
Oh my goodness what a beautiful family! I love these pictures very, very much.
You are awesome at lifestyle work! wow! I love the connection between the family! Lovely work!
GORGEOUS! In every single way.
the colors in this session are absolute perfection!! just soft, gorgeous, pastelly goodness… fantastic shoot
~S
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