It was a pleasure as always to meet Lily-Rose and her lovely family. I feel very blessed to be doing this as my job.
Here's some of my favourites from her session.
This adorable little man came to visit last week. Such a sweet little thing and he curled up so nicely!
Henry's parents were happy for me to choose the styling for this session, so I went for lots of deep earthy tones, my favourite for little boys :)
There's not much else out there as beautiful as the body of a women with child, especially this gorgeous mummy-to-be. This is F's first pregnancy, she wanted to record this special time and the changes to her body during pregnancy.
F was keen to go for the more artistic, black and white, fine art nude style of maternity portraiture, which is my favourite!
I don't often post images from this style of maternity photoshoots due to the private nature of the subject so I'm so thrilled to be able to share some of the images with you, although some will be left for her husbands eyes only!
This style of maternity portraiture involves carefully placed lights, highlighting the beautiful bump and curves of the body, purposely leaving some of the body in shadow.
If you would like to book a pregnancy photoshoot with me please do get in touch. You will find more images and information by pressing the box below.
Hope to meet you soon,
Karen x
Had the pleasure of meeting another lovely family last week. Mum and dad came along with beautiful baby Amber and big brother Mason.
I'm on a run of babies that aren't very sleepy for their newborn session at the moment! And Amber was no exception, she grumbled at me every time I tried to move her! So a more relaxed approach was taken to keep her happy! Lots of wrapped shots and natural posing for this little lady :)
Please do get in touch if you would like any more information about my newborn photography sessions or click below for detailed info on these sessions.
I look forward to meeting you,
Karen x
This little one wasn't interested in sleeping very much for her newborn photography session!
A lot of newborn photographers panic when baby doesn't go to sleep, but I find it's best just to go with the flow, as long as baby is fed, warm and content, awake portraits are just stunning and often end up being the parents favourite images anyway.
It is almost impossible to pose an awake baby so I usually start by wrapping them up in a swaddle type fashion with one of my many wraps. This then stops the flailing arms or 'party arms' as I like to call them! Sometimes the flailing arms can actually hinder sleep, so wrapping can be really helpful. The baby then feels nice and snug and cosy and quite often then falls asleep. :)
She did eventually sleep but even with sleep she had her own ideas about being posed!
Here's a few beautiful photographs of a wide awake gorgeous little Milania-Reign.
If you would like to find out more about my newborn photography session please press the button below.
Karen x
So this little blog is going to be mostly my sessions with a little of my own personal love of photography.
We went to Lisbon in the half term for a few days, we've been before but loved the City so much we decided to go back again. Last time we went it was so hot, too hot for exploring! February weather was perfect for exploring the old streets of Alfama, our favourite part. Alfama is the oldest district of Lisbon, spreading out on the slope between the Sao Jorge Castle and the river Tejo.
I have a thing for doors, old, pretty or unusual doors, and Porta D'Alfama is full pretty old doors. Even my 5 year old daughter walks past old doors and says 'that's a mum door' . Instagram is to blame for my door love.
Here's a few of my favourite photographs of Lisbon and some old Lisbon doors!
And a trip to the Oceanarium to keep the little one happy!
And a couple collages to sum up Lisbon for us :)
Little Ellie is another one of my newborn photography clients back for her first birthday cake smash celebrations! All of my newborn photography clients receive a discount for their smash and splash sessions.
Here she is about a year ago looking pretty in pink! :)
Her theme was pink and gold and she came in the most adorable gold sequin and tulle romper outfit. I do have several outfits that my clients can borrow for cake smash sessions.
Here's a montage of photos from this birthday session. Every Gold package will receive one of these digital images when booking a session with me.
These smash and splash sessions are held in the comfort of my home space in Wellington. Hopefully little ones will find the home environment setting less intimidating than a studio and be ready and confident in no time to start their first birthday photo session :)
I look forward to meeting you and your little one,
Karen x
I'm a firm believer in having portraits hung on the walls to create that sense of belonging and comfort for your children, lots of photo albums for your children and family to look through and all to be passed down through the generations of your family. Prints live in our lives like digitals cannot.
We run the risk of our future generations not knowing much of our families and how we lived. Everything is stored digitally and with technology advancing so quickly, old files will become obsolete and inaccessible.
And it's not just our children's portraits we should have in print and hung on our walls.
Just look at this beautiful radiant mummy to be. She looks so happy. Imagine how much her child will treasure this photo in years to come, to see how excited and proud she was all those years ago with her or him in her tummy. I only wish I had an image of myself like this to pass down to each of daughters.
By choosing to have your family professionally photographed, by purchasing prints and wall art, you are making a very important investment for your family and your future generations :)
Karen x
I'm never one to say no when asked if the family pet can come along and join in a few pictures with the new addition to the family.
They say never work with children or animals but I certainly find them the most fun!
It was a real pleasure to meet this lovely family :)
Cake smash sessions are always a blast, I absolutely love doing these, they really are so much fun.
Henry had the most stunning large brown eyes and the cutest little face ever. He soon had his face and body covered in cake and thoroughly enjoyed himself! He was a joy to photograph :)
Here's a few shots from his Cake smash and splash session last week.
If you fancy finding out more about Cake smash sessions with me - Karen Kimmins Photography, then please press the button below!