Q&A with a Newborn Photographer
As a professional newborn photographer, Tahlia captures the love and connection between clients during their session and curates a stunning newborn collection to preserve your memories.
Newborn sessions are connection-based, baby-led, and all about documenting your newborn naturally - Tahlia’s passion is to create a timeless, light filled, organic newborn photography collection you’ll adore.
Tahlia shares her love and light on the blog with a little Q&A about life as natural newborn photographer:
What are 3 words you would you use to describe your newborn sessions? I would love to think my sessions have a comfortable, nostalgic and peaceful feel to them. I want you to feel like it’s a morning with a close friend. A moment that you can step back and enjoy this time and soak in all that is bringing home a new son or daughter. I want the outcome to be one that was peaceful and I take great pride in having a space that allows you to feel most at peace. The studio has a beautiful warm but minimalist vibe, a candle is always burning, the space is warm, soft music plays and I have really worked on ensuring calm for all of your senses. Having a new baby can often be a really overwhelming time dealing with lack of sleep, learning to feed, and not to mention the hormones. So I like to do what I can to create a really peaceful, homely space - at the end of the day I am welcoming you into my home, you will see my walls adorned with photos of my own family and children and I want you to feel very much welcome and comfortable.
Do you think loving the unique work of the photographer is important? I think it is of the upmost importance that you select your photographer based on loving the way they see events unfold. At the end of the day loving how a photographer sees and captures the world around them is what is going to ensure you love your end product. Choosing a photographer based on price, or solely location is never the best option from my experience. You need to connect and love their work and have full trust in their abilities and creative direction.
What is something you wish clients knew when walking into the studio for a session with you? That is absolutely ok to cry during your session. I often get mums (and dads) shedding tears during their newborn sessions. It’s an emotional time and often the first time you get to just sit back and watch your beautiful new baby and be present. I am often a families first outing so with that brings a bit of anxiety for some but have no fear - I am a mother of two myself there is zero judgement when you walk through these doors. I actually secretly love when clients get a bit emotional at their sessions 1. it’s really beautiful to capture and 2. I feel like I have been able to let you let your walls down and truly soak in this experience.
Can you share a favourite memory from a newborn session since starting Wylde Folk? One of my favourite memories backs off the above question. I recently had a beautiful mum who had been trying for quite a few years to have their gorgeous little one and it hadn’t been an easy journey. She shed lots of tears during the session and said she had just been dreaming of this day for the longest time and now it was finally here. It really made me so happy. I will never forget that session.
Do you have a love list of baby names? I do! Although I am currently so content with our two beautiful daughters Summer Willow and Peaches Daisy. Baby names are some thing I have always loved. I will keep my favourites close to my heart incase well …. you never know ;P
Some of my personal favourites are:
Florence
Lucca
Goldie
Atlas
What was your own most memorable part of having newborns? I love newborn season. It is one of my favourites. I really enjoyed having my second newborn as I think I just put a lot of pressure on myself with my first. I am a Capricorn so I am naturally a very busy, always doing 10 things at once kind of person. So I know when I had Summer I felt this immense pressure to have everything perfect, where as with Peaches I definitely relaxed more during those first few months and gave up my high expectations and tried to soak it all in a lot more. I think I love just those really beautiful slow moments wrapped in my dressing gown and cuddling the girls in bed feeding. It really is the simple, little things I found gave me the most joy.
