Last week I met one of town's newest inhabitants. She'd been long awaited, and I was given the slightly daunting honour of photographing her.
I'd photographed my own babies as newborns with point and shoot cameras hoping for the best. Last Thursday I discovered quite how difficult photographing newborns really is. I only used the natural light coming in through the window, it was thankfully a beautiful, sunny day but Miss K had her own very definite ideas about which direction she wished to face. I tried moving her just so, but she thought she looked better just so... there was a moment where she slept, but just a moment. I really have to quiz a proper photographer about just how they take all those beautifully lit, perfectly posed sleepy shots!
Anyhow,the theme of this week's I heart faces photo challenge is "motherhood". There's nothing revolutionary in this shot, but I find the joy in the eye contact between a new mother and her baby makes me stop and smile every time I see it.
Look how happy that mother is - you captured their love perfectly.
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