Newborn studio in Oatlands

For a very long time, I travelled to clients homes for newborn sessions. There are some advantages to this. The main advantage is that Mum and Dad don't have to worry about packing up and heading out the door for their photoshoot. However, there are many advantages to the studio model. The main advantage is that I can have consistency of light. By using my lights, I know and control the space to produce the best lit images possible. Another advantage is that all of my props, hats, blankets and accessories are available should anyone ask for them. For these reasons, I am formally shifting my newborn focus from that of an on-location photographer, to a studio based one. My home studio is located in Oatlands. Most people haven't heard of Oatlands. It's a small, leafy suburb nestled between Carlingford, North Rocks, Dundas and North Parramatta. It's a short drive from the Inner West, including Concord, Canada Bay, Picnic Point and the Hills area, including Castle Hill and Baulkham Hills.

In the short term, I will still continue to service Sydney as a mobile Sydney newborn photographer. When the studio is established, I will make a decision as to whether or not this is a service I will continue with.

I look forward to bringing you some progress photos of my little studio coming to life. We will be having a mini version of "The Block" going on here. In the meantime, I've been practicing using the space with some little clients.

This is sweet baby Lewis. Lewis came to the studio with Mum and Grandma, and he was a dream for my inaugural studio newborn shoot. I hope you love Lewis' images as much as I do.

Baulkham Hills Newborn Photographer

This beautiful baby boy was booked in for his photos when he was about the size of an apple (because baby books always compare growth to fruit for some reason!!) It was so exciting finding out that he was a boy and meeting him and his family for the first time. I've been told by countless clients all over Sydney, that I am very patient, some even say "the baby whisperer". I wouldn't ordinarily describe myself as patient, however, for newborns I very much relax and let the baby fall into their own pattern. They are so little and new and I feel that it's important to make sure that we are working to their clock and not ours. Sometimes, baby is just having an off day, they might have a sore belly or they just might be struggling to get into a good sleep for some much wanted rest. I try always to be patient, and follow their cues.

For this session, Huxley was quite unsettled, in fact, I returned another day for the family photos. However, we ended up with a gallery bursting with images I just loved. I had trouble culling them back for this blog post. You will see, he's as cute as a button.

Natural Newborn Photographer

I was browsing my google results recently, and the most popular searches for me included sydney newborn photographer, baby photographer and best sydney baby photographer (yay for this one!). There were some that surprised me (ones I won't repeat as I don't actually want to come up in those type of searches!) One that did surprise me was natural baby photography. This one was searched quite a number of times. Though it does make sense. Often, I attract clients who want more natural images, both in tones and posing. Although I do use props, clients have described my work as not being too "proppy". This particular client wanted very natural, organic and soft images of her adorable baby. He made the job more difficult by soiling the blankets before we even started ha ha. In all my experience with babies, I've never quite seen a soiling event quite like this!

I kept all of the tones in these images very natural and earthy and I made sure to take a 'baby led posing' approach, so that the images were very reflective of who he was. So you won't see a whole lot of variety in colour, though you are about to experience a cuteness overload. I made a sweet little movie of him too, so that his Mamma can share it with her friends, and never forget how sweet he was in those early days.