Isabel | Charlottesville Newborn Photographer
I went over to shoot traditional "newborn" photos of this beautiful baby girl Isabel, but in the end, the shots I ended up loving the most were the in-between moments where the first-time mom and dad were rocking their baby and trying to soothe her when she would wake up and cry. It was so sweet watching them take turns comforting her, still a little unsure of the right way to hold her, or the best way to calm her, and it brought me right back to my first days and my husband's first days with our baby. I do love those cute newborn photos where they are in adorable little poses on fuzzy blankets in a vintage wooden box and all that sort of stuff, and I have those props, but I love more to catch these real moments in a family's life. Some call this "lifestyle" photography. I think of it more as documentary photography. Or just pure love.