He is my first model for the book project I’m working on, and the son of a very dear friend of mine (who is also a photographer, and has taught me lots). I even posted some photos of him on my blog last June or July, when he was only a few weeks old.

He’s now 9 months old, my absolute favourite age to photograph (I decided to go with mainly older babies for my book project sessions, in case anyone was wondering). If you only ever get one professional photo session done, make sure it’s at this age: when baby is sitting up, separation anxiety hasn’t set in yet, and they’re not so mobile that you can’t keep them in one spot for a few minutes at a time. Ash was a little super star. We changed his clothes so many times and put him in all sorts of crazy spots and he just kept grinning! I just adore him, and I’m sure you can see why.

Enjoy!

If you want shots like this of your little one, please get in touch! I am on a roll at the moment, and really loving this stylistic approach to photographing babies.

I don’t want to say too much about it at this stage, but in brief, the book is aimed at new mums and will contain many beautiful photographs of pregnant women, babies and lustworthy products.  I am VERY EXCITED about this!!!

I have a lot of material already, but I need more, and this is where you come in.

What I need:

• Two babies under 6 months old (a boy and a girl).

I want to photograph them wrapped in beautiful looking wraps and also in funky MCNs (modern cloth nappies). You don’t need to have/own the wraps and nappies, but it would be a bonus if you did!

I will consider other babies, aged 6-18 months as well, but only if you can fulfill at least two of the optional requirements below and you have at least one totally cute designer outfit for your child.

• Free professional prints of your baby looking utterly gorgeous. The quantity you get will depend on how successful the session is and how many good shots come out of it.
• If this project is a success, your kid might have his/her photo published in a real book!
• It’ll be fun! 

• You must live in Canberra.
• You must have flexible availability: the session will have to take place sometime within the next two weeks.
• You must have a fairly modern, neutral home interior with decent light (either nursery, bedroom or living area, it doesn’t matter, as long as you think your home looks good and you have a few nice looking pieces of furniture and accessories).
• You must be happy to sign a model release. I will be using the photos taken in my print and online portfolio and in this publication.

Optional requirements (you may get preference if any of these apply):

• You own MCNs (seriously good looking ones!)
• You own some lustworthy baby wraps/blankets/accessories/toys
• Your home (or at least one room in it) looks like it came out of a magazine
• You breastfeed and you’re happy for me to take some (modest) photos of you feeding your baby.

If you’re interested in being a part of this, please email me ASAP at kat.words@gmail.com. It would be very helpful if you could include a photo of your home/nursery and your baby, tell me their age, where you live and when you’re available. Please don’t delay, it’s very important that I get this organised fast!

Feel free to pass on this link to anyone you know who might be interested.

Oh, and did I mention that I’m SUPER EXCITED?!