Like many family and newborn photographers, I first fell in love with photography when my own kids were born. From the moment my daughter arrived, I was desperate to catch all the memories so I could revisit them later, once she was grown.

This meant my kids were my first photography subjects, and as well as the technical side of how to use my gear, they helped me learn the more hard-hitting lessons that have made me the photographer I am today.

As a seasoned family and newborn photographer, there are SO MANY advantages to an in-home session when you have teeny kiddos, and here is another: we don’t have to time your session for golden hour.

See, for that delicious golden hour light that’s necessary for getting the soft and dreamy romantic result we all love, you need to time the session pretty strictly with the half hour directly before sunset, and when there are small humans to consider, this can be HARD.

Geelong and Melbourne families: if you’ve ever looked around and thought, ‘this is our life, and I love it, and want to remember it, just as it is right now’ documentary family photography is for you. It’s for the families who value honest above all else.

It’s for families who know that there real life is enough, just as it is, and want natural family photos that tel that story.

Did you know that when you book an in-home newborn session, you can ADD ON a six month milestone session at an attractively discounted or reduced investment? Yep! Reach out and ask me about ‘add on sessions’ today.

Okay YES, you booked me for a photography session to celebrate the arrival of your newborn, but honestly..?

If you have a firstborn babe (or two, or three!) at home already, it’s not uncommon for big brother or sister to steal the show a little bit, and I LOVE that for us. 🥹 See the thing is, your bigger munchkin’s at an age where they’re practically overflowing with personality and character, and an in-home session is a brilliant, low-stakes opportunity to let all that quirky / spirited / energised / sweetness / insert-your-kiddo’s-brand-of-awesome shine.

It’s so easy to get emotional when you let yourself pause on the details of a freshly born baby. The story is written all over them; where they’ve been, how they came to be here. The ancient legacy echoes in every wrinkle, and through the delicate curve of each petaled toe: we belong to one another.

Her story is my story, and mine is yours. It’s enough to leave you breathless, isn’t it..?

Geelong and Melbourne crew - I’m currently seeking families interested in participating in a Day in the Life Story Session.

These are for families who want to remember it all.

For a DITL I visit all day. It’s far lower energy, as the natural rhythms of your family can be left well enough alone. Basically, I’m a fly on the wall, documenting your real life, unfiltered.

You’re dreaming of pretty portraits of your brand new family looking blissed out and in love. Imagery that shows the way your’e feeling: as if you have your whole wide world in your arms. Those photographs are wonderful, and important, and I’m crazy about making those photos for you.

But the beauty of me coming to make your photos in the comfort of your home is I can also always make for you the photo below.

The beautiful ordinary: just you and your little crew at home, catching the memories of real life, right now. It wont matter if it's raining, windy, chilly, or sunny; we're not making plans, we don't need them - what we're seeking is as old and true, and as easy and effortless as time. The secret that can't be unseen..? Magic is made in the in-betweens.

Hearing from my families and learning if I’ve served you well is one of the many things that makes this job so wonderful.

Reviews are also SO helpful for my potential future families, who might be trying to get a feel for if we’d be a good fit. Come and see what a recent family had to say about our time together.

My pop turned 94 this week, and I went to visit with him in the home of my mother’s childhood - a place that continues to vibrate with many of my own earliest memories.

To sit again in these rooms brought back pieces of myself I’d forgotten to miss. It was like opening a time capsule, and being met with the many precious relics I’d once carefully tucked inside.

There’s very little that makes me more happy as a photographic artist who works with young families than re-visiting a family when they welcome their newest little human home. I first met this Geelong based family when they invited me to photograph their second newborn son, so it was a delight and a privilege to be asked back to meet son number three!

We know photographing families in their home is an excellent advantage when there are small-big siblings in the home, but it’s also a golden opportunity to comfortably and conveniently include grandparents in the story, who are often visiting when a new baby is welcomed home.