Newborn Baby Mason

Newborn Baby Mason is gorgeous but I am not surprised!   He has inherited the great genes from his parents and grandparents.

A small world!

I have known Baby Masons’ maternal grandmother for a good few years and even though I didn’t know her daughters well, I obviously knew about them both.  Strangely enough, I  have also met Baby Masons’ paternal grandmother as she is the sister of a friend and Sean is the cousin of my sons good friend.  Imagine my surprise when I realised that these two separate friends had become family.

I was very stoked when I was asked to photograph this gorgeous little man!  I couldn’t wait to meet him.

His parents, Sean and Jennifer are completely in love with this little dude!  It’s beautiful to see!

These two gorgeous parents are absolute naturals and are completely relaxed with being new parents.

Newborn Baby Mason with his rabbits.  It will be cute to check on his development every month to see how much bigger he is than his rabbits!

No, I am positive that that is not a wind smile!  How perfect is he?  Gosh, no wonder he has everyone wrapped around his finger!  He is just so adorable and so absolutely relaxed!

Beautiful Jennifer and her gorgeous boy!  I think she is totally smitten.  He definitely has all the ladies twisted around his little finger!

Granny Gusti is also totally bowled over!  She told me the other night that she is getting withdrawal symptoms if she hasn’t seen him!

Such a beautiful natural mommy!  Jennifer seems to be so comfortable this tiny baby.  It’s hard to believe that he is her firstborn! And he was only born 11 days previously at Louis Leipoldt Hospital!

It is always special to see young couples become a family!  Sean and Jennifer are naturals  and I am sure it won’t be too long before they give this little cutie a brother or a sister!

This was the only time that I saw him cry, when he was changed!

How cute is that face?  I love those baby expressions!

Link to the cousins proposal!

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 Newborn Baby Girl

This newborn baby girl is a precious gift to her family.  She is the light at the end of a dark tunnel.  I have been fortunate to have captured this beautiful family a few times.  I photographed Charlie’s big brother, Luke, when he was a newborn and I was able to do a lovely family shoot when he turned 1.

Julie contacted me about 18 months ago to ask if I was available for a newborn shoot as they were expecting another little boy.  I was super excited for this lovely couple.  Only to be heartbroken a week later to receive a message that baby Adam had died.  I could not imagine the grief that this young family was going through.  But my heart bled for them and I watched from afar as this young mum handled her grief by remembering her baby boy and letting the universe know how loved he was.

Time passes, life happens, hearts slowly mend, recovery is slow but you never forget and nor do you want to.  Adams memory will always be treasured.

Newborn baby girl

Charlie’s arrival

One day, I received another email, asking if I was by any chance back in Cape Town.   Julie and Derrick had been blessed with a precious baby girl, Charlotte or Charlie to some.  I was so excited to be able to say yes, I was home and excited to meet this little girl.  But we all had to be slightly patient as a precaution, Charlie was delivered early and spent her first two weeks in hospital.  Charlie was an absolute champ and went from strength to strength.

Capturing this lovely family with their newborn baby girl was an honour.  Luke has grown into a most delightful, young man.  He is definitely excited to be Charlie’s big brother.

Charlie has two brothers.  Luke will protect her and Adam will be her guardian angel.  And all of them are loved by their very special parents.

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Baby Isabella is just a chip off the old block.  She was in a hurry to arrive.  It reminded me so much of her parents wedding day, when her mom, Gemma was in such a rush to marry Chris that she arrived almost 30 minutes early and she and her dad had to drive around the block a couple of times to give the guests a chance to get seated before the bride arrived.  Their beautiful wedding at Nitida can be viewed here!

I have always had so much fun with this young couple.  My initial meeting with them was for their engagement shoot which was pretty epic …a fun filled paint throwing engagement shoot with their bridal party!  And because of that shoot, I always knew that Gemma and Chris were game to play along!

Next was the wedding, I am not sure her mom has forgiven me for taking them bundu bashing and dirtying her fairytale wedding dress!

And then we had the most fantastic maternity shoot which can be viewed here!  We found an empty house being built and had some fun there as well as grabbing some beach shots.

Anyway on my way to meet newborn baby Isabella ..their perfect little  baby princess.  It struck me that Gemma and Chris would give me some creative freedom.  And lo and behold they were once again game.  I think Chris was relieved that this time he didnt have to tresspass!  And when I told him to get back into bed …I got the biggest smile because lets face it  parents of a  new baby are always sleep deprived and I doubt if anyone needs a second invitation to climb back into bed!  I loved the results we got.  I believe this session shows the intimacy of a young couple being enthralled and besotted with love for this perfect  newborn baby that their love created!

I  have loved being part of Gemma & Chris’s journey ..they are truly a very special young family!

Note:  Dads love for all things Star Wars …suprised Isabella wasnt called Princess Leia! 

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Baby Huxley is super special and so is his cute sister, Niah!  The beauty of my job is to watch families grow and see those beautiful natural moments as a new baby is introduced to the family. It is normally more special when I have photographed an older sibling or their parents marriage even. In the case of this gorgeous family, I originally was introduced to them when big sister, Niah was a baby at the same age as Huxley. See Niah’s newborn shoot here! It was really special to go back to this lovely family and see how they have grown. Niah is absolutely gorgeous and the cutest little girl imaginable and baby Huxley was an angel! Di & Grant, it was super special spending time with your gorgeous family! Di is a super talented creative person and her baby nurseries are just super special.  I loved the details of Baby Huxleys’ nursery!

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Newborn Baby Maddie

 A maternity & newborn concept shoot.

Newborn baby Maddie was in too much of a hurry for us to do the final storyboard in this concept shoot. Luckily, all was not lost as I think the story does unfold!  I smile when I see the first maternity image in this series as Kirsty was hardly showing and did her utmost to push out that “wee” tummy!  The second maternity shoot …was definitely more of a show and I couldnt wait to see how that tummy progressed until the final month but unfortunately I never got to see it …I got to see this beautiful newborn baby Maddie instead …..a supermodel in the making …absolutely beautiful and a dream to work with!  And without a doubt has her gorgeous parents, Kirsty & Matt absolutely wrapped around her little finger!

Kirsty & Matt, you are natural born parents ..enjoy every moment with this sweet angel!
Newborn Steyn Family  shoot can be viewed here

Baby Shamir can be viewed here

Carla & Geordins maternity shoot can be viewed here

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Newborn Baby Photography

Dan, Kim & Mitch

Newborn baby photography is extremely important to families I believe.  I do so wish that when my boys were newborn babies that this concept had been around.  I think it is a very precious time  to photograph beautiful moments of parents being so in awe of their very own creation.  It is such a small window of opportunity to take these special photos.  To me its very special to watch to adults being totally immersed in this tiny baby and to see that maternal love in total evidence.  A special mention to the mommies ….dont worry about your weight at this stage …you have just had a baby …no one will see your weight ….what we will see …is a mommy totally in love with her baby ….you will regret not having taken those precious photos!  I know ….I do have those regrets!

It was an honour to be asked to photograph Kim & Dans newborn son, Mitchell!  Dan is himself an amateur photographer who takes wonderful photographs and a good friend too..so I was very honoured to be given this very special family to photograph.  Kim and Dan are absolute naturals at this parenthood lark ….you would think they have been doing it for years already!  For someone so small …Mitch was totally aware …and fought off sleep big time!  I loved how their furry children were part of this shoot!

But I think what I found most special was the day Mitch was born ..Dan said he had never loved Kim more than at that moment ….when they became a family!

How very special!Ok, now that I dont have her undivided attention anymore ….I will now befriend you!
I also want to be part of the shoot!!Enough already ….I dont want to listen anymore!  

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I really enjoy capturing Newborn Photography!  I think it is so special seeing parents being so utterly mesmerised by their newborn babies!  I love those moments of awe and utter love that we are able to capture at Newborn Lifestyle shoots …and Chantelle & Sheldon were no different!  Chantelle & Sheldon have travelled the world and are currently NGO’s working in Ghana …they decided to come back to Cape Town for Zara’s birth and to adjust to being parents (which they seem to have taken to like ducks to water).  It wont be long before they pack up their little family unit and move back to Ghana for the next few years!  I must say, I think Sheldons Africa tattoo is so very apt considering their careers and their lifestyle …one of the nicest tatoos I have come across!

Newborn lifestyle photography

Newborn Lifestyle photography

Newborn Lifestyle photography

Newborn Lifestyle photography

Running shoes are ready!

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