Unposed newborn photography: Julian takes a bath

Who knew that just taking a bath could capture the fragility, the exquisiteness, the brand-newness of a baby?

This is just a small part of a session I did with little baby Julian when he was only twelve days new. His parents, and doting big sister, wanted some very relaxed, unposed portraits at their home, which is a small Wahroonga apartment. The bathroom had no windows or natural light, but only using overhead light? No worries. That’s your bathroom – that’s where you bath your baby every day. You’re going to spend a lot of time in there – let’s capture those ordinary, wonderful, consistent moments you will come to treasure when your baby is grown. You’re going to want to remember those moments.

Fifteen minutes, that’s it. These fifteen minutes, this tiny window of time in their day, provided a wonderful little vignette of life. In a few months’ time, they will not be able to bathe Julian in his little bath. These moments will never come again. I’m so glad they called me and they allowed me in to this private, beautiful vignette of their lives. I think these will be photographs that they look back on to say, “Look at you. You were so tiny. You were so fragile. These times were hard and beautiful and full of love. Look at your tiny toes.”

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(I don’t photoshop babies. I don’t need to. They’re perfect, just the way they are.)