Newlife Photography

New Website

Our new website is up and running with new things being added all the time. Have a peek: Newlife Photography

I'm a little teapot...

I'm a little teapot, short and stout (sweet),Here is my handle, here is spout...

To see more delicious babies being funny and quirky visit the Attitude Gallery.

Butterfly Whispherer

This is my daughter with a butterfly sitting on her cheek for 20 mins!! This photo just captures her with her quiet pride and joy, her gentle smile and her always sparkling eyes.

Now that it is starting to cool down a bit I am taking bookings for locations shoots (before it gets to cool and I'll just want to stay in the toasty studio with the newborn babies). Have a look here for some inspiration, all the children on this page came to the studio as newborn babies and I have delighted in seeing them grow up. If you have not come to the studio with your child as a newborn you are still welcome to do a location shoot, and of course if you have I would love to see how your little one is growing up.

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Cheeky Baby Photos- too too cute, Newlife Photography Sydney

Love love love this little one and all the expressions that flow so freely at this uncensored age. For more babies with Attitude.

Hand on Heart- Happy Valentines Day ♡♡♡

For more newborn baby photography visit our Signature Gallery.

Heatwave- hot hot hot

How are you and your newborn baby coping with this crazy heatwave? I know many clients worry that their baby is dehydrating in this heat. Babies are very good at getting the fluids they need from their milk. 2 hours in the studio without a nappy and you'll soon realise how hydrated your baby really is.

My best tip, especially if you are breast feeding, is to keep yourself hydrated- it is so easy to get all worried about looking after your newborn baby that you forget yourself- breast fed babies get their fluids from mum so look after yourself!!!

To all my clients wondering when location shoots are going to resume- it is looking like not until March at this stage, depending on mother nature. I will keep you posted. I'm looking forward to getting out into the autumn light. And to all the clients who braved bring their newborns out in that heat to get to the studio, thank you and thank goodness for air conditioned cars. Keep cool.

For more newborn baby photography visit our Signature Gallery.

Just a quick reminder

Just a quick reminder that if you are thinking of having a photography session in the very newborn baby stage (from about 6 days to 2 weeks), please try to book your photo session before your baby is born (we can always reschedule your photo session as needed but at least you are in the book and we can alocate time for you and your newborn baby)- we hate to see disappointment if we can't get you in for a few weeks, this precious newborn baby stage is so brief and so magical.

For more newborn baby photography visit our Signature Gallery.

Dreaming my dreams...

 
Even when fast asleep, the babies have lots of fun in the studio. I had this little one lined up to share today and then the little 9 day old in the studio today smiled in her dreams in nearly every pose, bless her. I can't wait to share those photos.

Don't you wonder what they are dreaming about? Milk, mummy, past life good times, upcoming christmas, just life in general. What's your guess?...

For more newborn baby photography visit our Signature Gallery.

A peek into a bit of the MAGIC

We ummed and uhhhed over this one a lot in the studio. My production head thought it would be a great idea to show some of the behind the scenes processing that goes on, her arguement being that people didn’t have a clue how much work we put into their images and would appreciate them all the more. I always thought that it would spoil some of the magic if we showed all our tricks and that the images spoke for themselves. However in the light of the growing digital age where quantity is prevailing over quality I have decided to take you a bit behind the scene to see what goes on.

Firstly we shoot in raw, this is the highest quality image you can have, I always think of it as having a 3D image to work with as opposed to a 2D jpeg or tiff file, there is just that much more information to work with.
Then a rough process into a preview slide show for you to select from, with only minor cropping and tweaking, to give you a glimpse into the final product when you chose.
Once you have selected your images then the real work begins with processing them, opening them in the raw processor and pulling out the best black and white image we can before we take them into photoshop and individually work on them to bring out their true beauty and make your baby look gorgeous, removing any blemishes such as milk rash, flakey skin, late nights and so on, cropping, dodging and burning and a few other little secrets.

As shot raw image- detail

Final image

You will have to use your imagination on what we can do for a sleep deprived new mother as I just can't bring myself to put any of the before shots of a new mum up, some things should just remain magic.

Of course the real magic is capturing those special moments that the baby gifts us...

For more newborn baby photography visit our Signature Gallery.

Killling him with kindness & love

These two gorgeous little ones brought their new brother all the way from Hong Kong to come and have Newlife photos taken. Aren't they delicious!!
While this photo here shows more of the children, it is the one below that we all loved the best (that is the parents and I). It is full of emotion, and love, and a tinsy squishy bit of reality: