Alannah

I love love love photographing new babies! Very risky though as it's impossible to hold a newborn baby and not get broody. Newborn cuddles are just heavenly. Especially if you can just hand them back to their parents and don't have to deal with the luck of sleep and tiredness :)

I love watching parents with their first baby. It's such a special time in their life. I remember how hard it was for me. I was so sleep deprived, exhausted after a very long labour, with uncomfortable and painful stitches, not forgetting to mention the initial agony of breastfeeding! The hardest thing the realisation that now I am responsible for this little fragile baby and I just got myself a new job where I work 24 hours 7 days a week with not much sleep, no lunch breaks, very occasional time off, no holidays and no pay :)  And when we were driving home from the hospital, I kept wondering why on earth women put themselves through it again and again and again? I was so overwhealmed and kept thinking why none of my friends with kids told me that it would be so hard?
Of course after a few weeks I started to see why, but those first few weeks are so so hard. So hold on, Alex and Ruth, you will get most of your sleep back and it will get easier :) Thank you for inviting me to photograph your perfect beautiful girl. I hope you will be able to look back on those images and remember this special time in your lives.
Alannah is absolutely gorgeous and you would think she is tiny but you can belive that she was 9lb when her mummy holds her! Here are some of my favourites and really there are a lot more coming in the gallery for you to choose from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to keep up with the previous blog post,  I am posting some with apples :) 

 

 

Birthing shirt

I'm very much behind on blogging so I will start with the most recent sessions. Last weekend I had a session for Lindsey from the Birthing shirt company . All I can say I wish I have found out about it a year earlier! I won't be showing you my after birth photos that's for sure! I ended up buying a cheap nightie from Primark but it was too short to walk around without anything else, looked ugly and I wish had poppers instead of buttons and more of them for better access for breasteeding. Lindsey has really thought everything out and her attention to every detail is amazing. She is an Architect after all! Very good access for breastfeeding, a lot longer than a regular t-shirt (did I mention I wish I've known about the birthing shirt a year ago?!), lovely soft bamboo fabric. And looks nice!
But I will let you see for yourselves:

 

And a matching headband:

It was nice to work with Lindsey, to try and get the images she wanted so those who buy it can see what it looks like on a pregnant model. And if you are expecting or know somebody who is, it would make a fantastic gift. And even though it's called a birthing shirt, it can be used during pregnancy and after birth as well so totally worth the investment.

One today!

Our beautiful little girl has turned one today! It has been the hardest year ever, but we managed to get from here:

to here:

Happy birthday my little one! I love you so much!

Princesses

I get to talk about princesses every day. That's what having a 3 year old daughter does to you! But I don't complain. Even though she likes to tell me every day that her hair  is the same colour as Cinderella's, it's not all that shallow. See, Cinderella makes her bed and also washes floor. Snowhite is so kind that she would never have a problem with sharing toys. And if we want hair as long as Rapunzel, it needs to be brushed every day.
I've wanted to go out and have a session in the woods since my daughter received Snowhite dress for her birthday. I could just see my little princess walking between the trees. So when her friend received her princess dress for her birthday she joined us. That's exactly what I had in mind:

Our little princesses had such a great time and we just couldn't stop saying "Awww" and "How cute"!

 

Waiting for her prince!

 

 

And the running down the stairs, like Cinderella, or course, but no shoes were lost in this photosession!

If you are interested to have a similar dress up session for your little princess, please feel free to drop me a line tamara@tphotography.co.uk

To feel loved

Every time I take photos I'm trying to not just think of what will my clients think of them now, but what those images will help them to remember in the future. I hope when the babies and children I photograph now grow up and look at those photos, they will feel loved. They will see that ever since they were born they have always been loved and cared for by their parents and siblings. Gorgeous miss M. is definately very lucky.

She has an amazing family to love and care for her.

Beautiful mum, who she loves to cuddle up with:

 

A caring dad who she has wrapped around her little finger and who is up for anything that would make her smile:

 

 

And a very loving and patient big brother who has stolen my heart! Such a handsome and kind young man:

 

I found a quote that fits this last photo perfectly: "To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. ~Barbara Bush

I had such a great time with you all! There is a lot more coming in a gallery very soon!