Baby Fiona Lifestyle Newborn Session

Welcoming a newborn into your family is a beautiful, emotional time. As a newborn and family photographer, I love when I have the opportunity to document these early days as everyone in the family gets to know its newest member. That’s why it was such a real pleasure to meet up with Molly, Sean and Fiona to welcome baby Fiona with a newborn lifestyle photography session in their home.

Welcome Baby Fiona

Welcoming a new baby sister can sometimes be daunting for older siblings, but not for Kiera! Kiera is SO excited about being a big sister. She was so happy every time Fiona did something cute… or silly… or anything really! Kiera would break out into giggles, which was super cute. Photographing a newborn lifestyle shoot in a family’s home means that we can include all members of the family. So, for this session, they included their dog, Scrappy-doo in the photoshoot. Scrappy-doo is a super excited Great Dane, but he was also so sweet and so gentle with little, tiny Fiona.

In-Home Newborn Lifestyle Photography

Part of why I love in-home newborn sessions is that everyone can be more relaxed and comfortable. Plus, I get a chance to see the beautiful nurseries! I loved the custom-made Fiona decal that Molly had ordered from Etsy! It was so elegant against the rich navy blue of the walls.  

While Molly and Sean opted for an in-home session, we did an add-on to their newborn session with the white studio images. I was able to recreate the studio backdrop and lighting in their home, since they live so far away from the Indy Family Photo Studio. This gave us the perfect way to capture every aspect of the newborn phase, combining candid lifestyle images with gently posed studio newborn photographs. Fiona only slept for a few wrapped photos, and then started giving us some wide-awake photos, which meant we could see her gorgeous eyes! She was such an inquisitive baby. Even though Fiona is tiny, she is already rocking an incredible amount of hair!

Molly and Sean opted for a beautiful photo album with a rich navy colored leather. It will look gorgeous with Fiona’s nursery décor! Everyone in the family will be able to enjoy these photos for years to come. I can already picture the two sisters sitting together and looking through it!

Molly and Sean, thank you for inviting me into your home to document these precious moments with your family. I am so happy I got to meet your beautiful girls.

A Special 'Thank You' to Our Families this Holiday Season

As we look back on the year, it's a time to reflect on what really matters. To us at Indy Family Photo, it's family — and preserving those memories and celebrating those relationships.

Thank You — From All of Us at Indy Family Photo

We are so grateful that you’ve given us the opportunity to meet each and every one of you. We’ve had a blast documenting your children’s unique and beautiful personalities! Getting the chance to deliver heirloom art that will be enjoyed for years to come by your families has been a lifelong dream of ours, and we feel truly blessed every day that we get to make that dream come true!

Our main hope is that every time you look back at the photos we’ve created with you, you can relive those moments and memories all over again. That’s what makes it all worthwhile.

So from the bottom of our hearts, we wanted to thank all of you for allowing us to celebrate family with you this past year.

And as we head into 2020, we’re so excited for all of the new wonderful and beautiful memories we plan on helping to create over the next year.

We’d like to wish everyone a happy holiday as 2019 comes to a close — and what a fantastic year it has been! We hope everyone can spend the end of December enjoying the company of family and we can’t wait to see what the future holds in 2020!

Here are some of our favorite photos from the past year!

The Lund Family Lifestyle Photography Session

As a child and family photographer, it is both a joy and a privilege to capture and document the precious moments of childhood. But what’s even better is when I can build a relationship with a family so I can photograph them through the years, sharing moments and documenting memories. When it comes to the Lund family, the relationship we have goes back much further. Amanda, the mom, has been my friend since seventh grade! I met up with Amanda, her husband, Stephen and their three children: Sam, Abby, and Matthew in their home for a family lifestyle photography session!

In-Home Family Lifestyle Photography

Originally, we planned on having this family portrait session outside at a park. But the weather did not agree. You know how it goes with Indiana weather! The winds were VERY high, so we went to their home instead, which was wonderful. Lifestyle photography sessions are a great way to be able to capture natural, candid moments. I get to meet the family in their own space, where they are the most relaxed. This results in real, genuine smiles, laughter, and reactions.

For this family lifestyle shoot, we picked a few activities that each of the family members love to do. Abby loves painting her mom’s nails and her own, so we started the session with that. Sam loves excavating dinosaur skeletons from his play archeological dig kit, so he and dad worked on digging together. Matthew loves snuggling in mom and dad’s bed, so we all piled onto the bed next and read a dinosaur book together! We also braved the wind and headed outside to take a few photos outside in the field near their home.

Mom wanted a special photo of each of the kiddos with their lovey in black and white. She hung these three portraits side by side in the hallway to forever celebrate their special relationships with their bunny blankets. All too often, photos stay on phones and thumb drives, so it really makes me happy to know these precious images will be seen and appreciated. Family photography sessions are all about capturing the magic of childhood, so I’m thankful I could be the photographer for this family lifestyle photography session!

Thank you, Amanda and Stephen, for inviting me into your home and into your lives!