The Morgans - Family Portrait Photo Shoot and Newborn Baby Photography
As we’re in the winter months, my favourite outdoor spots aren’t such a viable option anymore. Not with the rain we are having, and the unpredictable weather. That doesn’t mean family photo shoots aren’t possible anymore though! It just means that I need to bring a few extra bits and pieces in the form of some lighting.
Why some extra lighting you might ask? Well, this is exactly what one of their sons was asking me as well. “To make everyone look beautiful!” I replied as I kept setting up my lighting stand and soft box. He paused, thought real hard, then responded with, “You mean handsome!”
“Well, boys and girls can both be beautiful.” He took on this information very diligently.
Today’s blog post is all about the Morgans, who basically got the ‘Everything, Please’ package. From a full family photo shoot to kids portraits, to newborn baby photography, candid photos of the children and even posed school portraits.
With a slight break in the weather, we were even able to go outside for part of the family photo shoot!
But I’m getting ahead of myself. I arrived at their lovely home, and the kids were all surprisingly excited and intrigued about this odd photographer coming by in the afternoon. Often children can be a bit timid at first. Not this bunch though! And since everyone was in such a good mood, I thought it would be best to get the following set of children portraits first.
I threw in some funny ones so the kids didn’t get bored, and had the parents sit in afterwards too. I’m really happy with these family photos. I think they’ll be great shots for them to look back on in years to come. And wouldn’t you agree that everyone in this looks handsome and beautiful in this lighting?
With the family group photos done, I moved on to smaller groups; focusing first on the three girls and then doing the newborn baby after that. Then we went outdoors for some more newborn baby photography, this time including the parents too.
At this stage, the kids were all buzzing too much, so it was a quick stop to the playground and getting all of that excitement out, before some family group shots again, and finally, the school portrait photos!
This is such a solid set of family photos, that I wished I would have had of my own childhood! I love especially how Lydia, the mother, went through the effort of co-ordinating the outfits of the four boys. It’s as if I had hired a professional costume designer!
If you enjoyed this post and want to see more family portraits, check out this summer shoot I did or for more newborn baby photography, check out the photos I took of Caelan.
And for bookings and availability, contact me here.
And remember, besides family portrait photography and newborn baby photography, I also photograph the following:
• and more!
Caelan - Newborn Baby Photography
It’s been said a million times, but isn’t it amazing how ordinary human beings like you and me can create life? Everyone; meet Caelan!
Noreen, Caelan’s mom, contacted me just about a week before this newborn baby photo shoot. At first I wasn’t aware that her son was so young. In fact, Caelan was exactly three weeks old to the day, when we did this newborn photo shoot. So quite literally, a newborn. That makes him the youngest baby I’ve photographed so far.
Now, if you look at my website, you will see that I love to capture natural moments, outside in nature. Natural and nature. Those are the keywords for me. I love how the photos look in those environments. I know other newborn baby photographers do prefer a more studio based photo shoot, with very posed and constructed shots, but that’s not really what I’m about, here at Save The Journey. Even when photographing indoors, I still photograph in a more natural and joyful style, like Elijah who I photographed here. I like shots full of life and love! I was glad to find out during the pre-shoot phone call with Noreen, that she shared the same opinion.
When working in TV, they always say, “Don’t work with kids or animals. They’re unpredictable.” Haha! Well, this might not be TV, but for these kind of shoots, I make sure I have a lot of extra time in my schedule. Just in case. After all, at three weeks old, a lot of basic things can be overwhelming for the baby. Even just being out of the cot, outside! That’s where I have to rely on the parents to help me out during this portrait photo shoot. Sometimes it’s mom that gives the right snuggles to calm them down, sometimes it’s dad, and sometimes it’s the bottle that they’re looking for. Patience. There is no rush after all.
Some of my favourite photos of this shoot are these following ones, with the dad, Thomas. It’s great to see someone be so happy to be a father! It may not sound like much, but it’s also amazing to see a father allow themselves to be so vulnerable with their kid like this. It’s great to see more fathers, and men in general, being more open in this regard. You can tell that both Thomas and Noreen are, and will be, fantastic parents!
If you’d like to book a newborn baby photo shoot or some kind of family portrait shoot, you can contact me here. I look forward to hearing from you!
And remember, besides newborn baby photography, I also photograph the following:
•Engagement Photography in Cork
•Family Portrait Photography in Cork
•Wedding and Elopement Photography in Cork
•and more!
Coming Full Circle - Newborn Baby Photography
Coming Full Circle
It started as a couple shoot, now we’re here.
I think my photography blog clearly shows that I have enjoyed photographing all sorts of different projects in the last couple of years, and I think I must be one of Cork’s most versatile photographers at this stage! I know a lot of other photographers like to specialize on one specific type of photography, be it wedding photography or sports photography, but I really enjoy photographing (almost) everything.
Which is why I’m so delighted to finally be able to officially announce that I, Jannik, under the Save The Journey Photography name, am now offering newborn baby photography as well!
I have to say a big thanks to Billy and Paloma for giving me the opportunity to photograph little Elijah. I photographed them initially last year, before Elijah was born. I did a pregnancy / couple shoot with them. They used those photos to give them the chance to announce to friends and family across the world that they were expecting little Elijah. (Check out their couple shoot here!) And now he’s here! Healthy and (mostly) happy! Haha!
I really love that I got to go full circle with them in that sense. It really rounds out the whole journey in a lovely way and I can’t wait to continue photographing their family in the future and watching little Elijah grow.
But back to the baby photo shoot! The most important aspect of it all is: timing. This is where the moms are really important to help advise me what time their baby will be the least cranky. Usually this would be post feeding. Although that of course doesn’t mean that the whole shoot will continue without a hiccough!
Just like with other portrait or family shoots, this is why I like to make sure that I have a lot of time to spare, and to use the opportunities that are presented to me. So when Elijah was getting a little cranky, I decided to just let him nap for a little bit and take some close up shots of him then. Or other natural moments are lovely to capture when they appear and would be such a shame to miss out on! Like when dad is laughing at his son, see below. It all belongs as part of the day! I think at least.
“Like when dad is laughing at his son, see below. It all belongs as part of the day!”
But I must say, Elijah was such a good model for the day, and I’m delighted at what lovely and natural family and baby photos we got.
Billy and Paloma just moved into their new home, and are now collecting photos to fill all their empty walls. And I really look forward to helping them do that!
If you would like to know about my newborn photography baby packages, you can contact me here. I look forward to hearing from you!
And remember, besides newborn baby photography, I also photograph the following:
• Couples Photography in Cork
• Family Portrait Photography in Cork
• Wedding Photography in Cork
• and more!
