Newburyport Baby Pictures :: Georgette + Brett + Rowan

I used to do TONS of family photography and then weddings stole my heart (and all of my time) but I make time for baby pictures when it's one of my wedding couples. I love catching up seeing them with their new little mini-me.

Having said that, my family/baby pictures are not particularly traditional. I'm not going to fix everyone's clothes and I don't mind a little baby drool - there are a ton of photographer/studios out there who'll do the "Smile" kind of shoot and so I warn my clients that these will be more environmental/relaxed pictures. No giant fake numbers or cake smashes or babies in teacups :)

Anyhoo, a few weeks ago I met up with Georgette and Brett one of my 2009 couples (I don't know what was in the water in 2009 but it was a bumper crop year for babies!) and their adorable baby boy Rowan:


Quick reminder - here's Brett & Georgette on their wedding day in 2009. It rained like crazy - torrential weather for their Cape wedding - but they say rain on your wedding day is lucky...


And here they are today!



Rowan had the best expressions ever:


I suggested to Brett & Georgette that we sit Rowan in the sand and get some pictures of the two of them. Not having any children I was unaware of their love for eating sand...


Ummm, hello cute family!


Daddy and Rowan:


Mommy and Rowan:


Rowan even makes drooling look adorable:


I call this one "Flying Baby"


Bye bye Baby Rowan :) You're a lucky little man to have the parents you do.


Do you want your own relaxed family pictures with the word "smile!" banned from the session? Email me leah@leahhaydock.com for more information about scheduling a session over the winter...

Patience is a virtue?

When I moved to the US from the UK in 2002 one of the hardest things was leaving behind my friends and family. I was really lucky to make some great new friends including Emma & Deb. Over the years there have been job changes, location changes, weddings (for me and Deb, Emma got married when she was like 12), and now babies (for them, not me) and through it all we've been pretty much constant in our lunch dates once a month. Mostly at Sweet Basil in Andover where we only ever get one lunch delivered at a time, but we like the Pad Thai so much that we don't stress over the random service. And once in a while we even go out for dinner with the husbands, the last time was December and featured my green Dorothy Oz shoes.

Anyhoo, you would imagine that having a friend who's also a photographer would be a good thing right? Alas, poor Emma and Deb, I've inevitably got my camera with me when we all hang out but the pictures of their super cute kids are held hostage on the memory cards until I'm all caught up with wedding season.

Last week we lost power and internet for a night but thanks to the 3 hour Mac laptop battery I managed to get a little caught up with pictures and thought I'd share with you. First some snapshots of Emma (and Mitch's) twins - seriously, how cute are they?

And then Deb (and Mark's) baby girl - I met Deb at the beach the day after I picked up the rather delicious 105mm f/2.8 Macro lens and so there were a lot of close ups :) - I'm wondering what kind of industrial strength eye-drops I'd need to get amazing sparkly eyes like Samantha:

And don't get me started on the pictures I still have to work on of my amazing Goddaughter....we went to see the Lion King yesterday, at just two and a half years old, she did incredibly well to sit quietly in the theatre. Except for when Mufasa dies - he's lying on the floor with the lionesses crying over his dead body - and this little voice rings out "Ohhh, does the daddy lion have a boo boo?"

Some favorites from Sunday afternoon...

Click on the play symbol in the image above to see a slideshow of this great family photoshoot