This is part two of my session with Zaura, who booked my favorite package (only second to Birth, of course :), the Maternity and Newborn combo package! I always get really excited when I get to see sessions come full circle. Click here to see Zaura's amazing Maternity session, and how we decided to switch things up and shoot more lifestyle for the newborn session.

Shooting newborns is not an easy task, and I have major respect for all photographers who do that on a daily basis. Not only do you first have to get past your oooohhh's and aaahh's and lovey dovey eyes enough to focus on actually taking pictures (ehem, totally guilty of that..hey! I love babies! Can't help it!) but you also have to work around their temperaments. Babies love to eat, sleep, poop, cry and repeat, and during lifestyle sessions all of this stuff happens, and then some :) so I always like to remind my families to just go with the flow of the baby, not to have too high expectations of the baby "performing" to their expectations. Trust the process, trust your photographer, and watch the magic happen :) With that said, baby Amaya was a true rockstar. Don't believe me? Check her out for yourself!

Welcoming a new baby into the family is always a celebration worth commemorating. When Lara contacted me in October wanting to hire a Dubai newborn photographer to document her first child's first moments after birth, we quickly scheduled a coffee meet up to get to know each other and plan out the session. Lara, like me, grew up in the UAE, and calls the UAE home. Her little boy Adam doesn't know it yet, but he was born into two awesome families that truly love and respect one another, and I couldn't wait to be around that amazing energy. And when the time came for that, I wasn't disappointed!

Born at Al Zahra hospital, Adam was welcomed by his parents, both sets of grandparents and his uncle, who all were present at this session while we filmed some of his very first moments. If you know me, you know I love working with groups, and Lara's family did not disappoint. We had an awesome time, and I hope that you can sense that by looking at the beautiful images we were able to make together that day.