Baby Niyah~Southampton, Hampshire Newborn Photography
A few weeks ago I had the absolute pleasure of spending a lazy sunday morning with Casey, Josh and their sweet baby girl Niyah in Southampton before they headed off in their converted horse trailer travelling the country attending festivals. The love and connection they shared was palpable. I love seeing a woman come into her new role as a mumma so effortlessly and naturally.
A Day in My Life: Year One
On February 13, 2019 just over 13 months after the my first day of shooting I completed my first Project 52/A Day In My Life/Year One. There's a real satisfaction I feel from having stuck with it. I know the sadness of not being able to have access to these early memories, my mother has Alzheimer's and she has no memories of my childhood and through her I have been reminded how important our memories truly are but also how fragile they can be and that is the biggest reason for why I decided to do this project: so that my own children will always have access to these early memories of their lives.
The Travelling Mustard dress
I am so excited to be a part of a really wonderful and fun collaboration with 44 other British artists and one mustard dress. Being 35 weeks pregnant, I had already decided that I was going to use this as an opportunity to create some pregnancy self-portraits, and living in the New Forest I wanted to create them using both the water and earth elements as the sea & the forest are truly my tonic, the places I go to heal or soothe my mind, body and spirit and they are also the places where I just feel the most at home...
Meeting Baby Franklin~Lymington, New Forest, Newborn Photography
I wanted to share a mini session I did towards the end of last autumn where I had the honours of meeting the beautiful baby Franklin, just two weeks old. If I could photograph newborns everyday of my life I would be so happy! I love capturing all the little moments that take place with the arrival of a new baby, I love seeing the interactions between siblings and witnessing the ever expanding love in mom and dad's face.
From Bump to Baby~Lymington, New Forest Maternity & Newborn Photography
Maternity and newborn sessions make my heart happy and when I'm able to document both for a family it fills my heart with such joy. I absolutely love capturing a woman during her last few weeks of pregnancy, it really is such a magical time in ones life.
The Birth of Zoryan~Lymington, New Forest Birth Photography
Since becoming a mama myself photographing births is something I've always felt drawn to. While pregnant I couldn't stop looking at birth photography and it filled me with so much inspiration and even made me feel empowered seeing all the incredible mama's birthing their babies, what an incredibly sacred time in one's life and what a gift it is to be able to have memories from this day..
Maternity & Newborn Session~Juniper~ Bournemouth Motherhood Photographer
I cannot believe it has been over three months ago just a couple of days before the winter solstice ago that I got to meet little Juniper, what an incredibly special session it was and one that I will always remember. I had already had an incredibly inspiring maternity session with Beccy in the forest when she was 40 weeks + 2 days pregnant.
Photographing your newborn at home- A few tips for parents
So much of our world has changed due to the corona virus & currently it is no longer a possibility to hire a photographer to come and take your newborn photos but this shouldn't stop anyone from being able to capture those precious fleeting moments on their own so I thought I would create a little blog post to help parents do just that by sharing some basic tips.
Bournemouth Maternity Session~Emma~Bournemouth Motherhood Session
I love cosy indoor sessions and my time with this beautiful mama and her family was such a perfect way to spend a wet, grey & cold day.
New Forest Maternity Session~Michelle~New Forest Motherhood Photographer
I cannot believe that this was my last session before Corona Virus changed everything. It was a beautiful last session and hanging out with this lovely mama in the forest was the perfect start to the day.
Bournemouth Bump to Baby Session~Cherrie~Bournemouth Newborn Photographer
When I first met Cherrie and her family she was 40 weeks plus 6 days pregnant and so very much ready to meet the newest member of their beautiful family. I had a wonderful time photographing her with 19 month old daughter Ettie and soon to be big sister.
New Forest Motherhood Session~Honouring A Belly Birth | Ann Owen Photography
This feels like the beginning of reclaiming my body, after an emergency section and a planned one 18 months later. Both so different, one with traumatic and partial memories, the other gentle and considerate but still missing something. There is still a sense of disappointment in my own body for not being able to birth my babies as I'd hoped, creating a hole somewhere inside.