I was looking for something in my archives of favorites from shoots past and found this one and had to haul it out to share again. What you can’t tell in this photo is that this mother had low milk supply. Her goal from the shoot was to get an image of herself using the SNS with her younger daughter. As you can see, despite the low supply issues she successfully nursed through toddlerhood!
If you can’t tell (hah!) I think breastfeeding portraits are a really nice thing to do for yourself. It won’t be, for most of us, the picture we get as a 20X30 canvas and hang above the mantle but the portrait helps preserve the sweetness of a relationship that is, in retrospect, astonishingly fleeting. Most people don’t want a whole session dedicated to getting a nursing portrait, but if it is something you want be sure to tell me so we can integrate it into your newborn portrait session, baby portrait session or toddler portrait session. In newborn photography sessions I allot plenty of time for the baby to eat anyway, so it is genuinely simple to add some breastfeeding shots. Older babies and toddlers tend to be distractable nursers – they pull off to look at the camera – so it helps to know ahead of time you want to capture some breastfeeding shots so I know to allow time for them.
Such a beautiful, heartwarming image capturing such a special moment. Love it!
So sweet. I just love breastfeeding shots and wish I had gotten them with my own children.
I love it, beautiful pure capture.
Perfection! What a moment…. just lovely!
Love this image. And, I totally agree with you that breastfeeding portraits are one of the nicest gifts you can give yourself or a breastfeeding mother that you love.
Beautiful. I love nursing portraits.
I love it. This doesn’t last long enough. Such a nice thing to have.
beautiful. I so wish I had photographs of my own when we were breasfeeding. Love the soulful eye contact you have here.
I am 100% behind you.. Just a awesome Shot.. LOVE.. They just grow to fast afterwards.
Yes…these are beautiful. Such a great celebration of child and mother.
This image is perfection!