Ronee & Lior asked me to come to their home to capture some family photos with their toddler Noam and their 3 month old new baby Idan. Their cousin Ava also joined us for a few photos – I’d last seen her at her baby photo shoot when she was just 5 weeks old! I love getting to know the children I photograph – asking about their favourite things is often a good way to get them to relax and get used to being photographed by me – for Noam this was all about his toy car collection. He lined them up on the arm of the sofa for me and once I’d photographed them, he was happy for me start photographing him (starting by playing peekabo with me from behind the sofa). Idan was such a happy baby, cute in his little shark cardigan, smiling up at his parents and settled when he was sitting with his cousin too. I was really honoured that Ronee allowed me to capture her breastfeeding her two boys together, such a special bonding moment. After a while we headed out for a little time wrapped up warm in the garden, before finishing with some family portraits on the sofa. And by the end of the shoot Noam was happy to be the star of the show, standing between his parents beaming at the camera!
Ronee kindly wrote about the experience of having me photograph her family:
“After seeing my brother and sister-in-law’s newborn baby photoshoot with Hannah, we were delighted to ask Hannah to photo us in my childhood London family home. With a newborn, a 20 month and a 4 year old niece to photo, I was anxious to get everyone smiling at the same time as I thought that is what was needed! But these forced ‘fake smile’ photos is not Hannah’s style at all! What is amazing about Hannah’s abilities as a photographer is to bring about natural moments of love, family bonding and joy and to capture these images. She was relaxed and amazing with all the kids and my favourite photos are not the ones I planned but the moment she caught my son showing Hannah his cars and the tenderness between the little cousins and the new baby. Thank you Hannah for such a wonderful experience and for creating the most precious of family photos.”
Whatever age your child is – from a few days to a grown up – I’d love to create a collection of family photos for you, capturing the things they love, their natural smiles and portraits of you all together as a family. Please send me a message to arrange a shoot.
