You might recognize this mama from her downtown maternity session. Well baby Kenny finally decided to come earth side a few weeks ago.
I had this vision in my head for what I wanted this session to be. I was going to get to practice all sorts of poses, and really build up my posed newborn portfolio. Well Kenny had a different idea.
His mama and I worked for hours trying to get him to stay asleep as we were putting him down. I finally got one shot in before he woke up again. In all of that craziness, I was reminded of something.
I was reminded why I started this journey in the first place: to document life as it's happening. While I think posed newborn photography is beautiful, and I will probably continue to try my hand at it, what truly inspires me and makes me happy is a session like this. The raw beauty of a baby and mother bonding is just incredible to be witness to. I love that I am able to capture that from an outside perspective and deliver something to the mother that she will look back on and cherish for a lifetime. I want my images to inspire and provoke all those feelings of love and joy that were felt when baby was still so new, and when mom was new too.
birth story of my fourth baby - Arlo Michael