Franklin Tennessee Newborn Photographer | Welcoming Baby #3
This family ... is just absolutely precious. They have 2 girls and on their 3rd pregnancy, had a baby boy. Typically when I am at newborn or family photography sessions, kiddos are slow to warm up to me. I give them their space and just let them decide how we engage. I also want to be somewhat of a fly on the wall. These girls were SUPER into me right away - which I absolutely loved! Problem is, if I overly engage with them early on, their session won't show their typical life! So I kinda have to kindly ignore for a bit. Finally at the end of our shoot, I was able to sit with their oldest daughter and she initiated snuggles. I happily obliged. Their girls were seriously the most precious.
Mom only wanted images on the internet without their faces. (man, there were some amazing shots I cannot share!).
3 Things I LOVED about this session:
#1 how super excited their older daughters were to have a little brother.
#2 Dad and I had a lot in common (mom too!) Dad and I are both cross fitters, that's ALWAYS fun!!
#3 How laid back the entire vibe was. They just felt like they had fully surrendered to the sweet chaos of their little family.
If you would like a newborn session, I would LOVE to chat with you!!! Contact me here!
Nashville Family Photographer | Full Circle: Maternity, Birth, Newborn Photography + Videography For The Lush Family
Any time a client hires me to photograph their family or create a video of their family, I am BEYOND honored. I know that's cliche, but its also HONEST. But when a family hires me more than once a year (I have several who do!) its just a compounded emotion. I bond with my clients, its the perk of my job. We become friends. We chat parenting and exchange wisdom. Anytime Malary has had a baby, she has hired me for maternity, newborn, baby and family photography. Once I added film, she began to get films too... for newborn/family sessions... But now I offer birth videography and photography, so she added that 😂😂😂 Which was AMAZING.
When I'm with The Lush Family, I feel their bond - these boys are SO closely bonded. I feel their love and passion for raising a close knit family. I feel the power of a mother who is determined to have the best damn life together. I feel her sentimental nature and love for things meaningful.
I think I did a great job of creating films that brought them back to this very moment in time. What it was like during her labor and delivery (film will not be posted) and what it was like to have a newborn baby boy, baby #5. I think the boys will rewatch it and remember what it was like, too. Im starting to get emotional when Im with them, because her oldest is starting to morph into a teenager and I can see it is around the corner. I tell her to hold on to him, he is changing. Little Wyatt is almost gone, and in his place will be a man looking child 😂 Its a sad and beautiful transition.
Let's walk through The Lush Family sessions from this year.
Here is a sneak peek from Malary's Birth:
Newborn Film:
The Lush Family | June 2023 | Short Version from Jennie Pyfferoen on Vimeo.
Photos from their Newborn Family Photography and Film Session:
Franklin, TN Newborn Photographer | Baby Shepherd
Filming and Photographing this family with their FIFTH baby was just such a huge blessing. I have photographed every bump and newborn since the beginning (what an HONOR!). Five boys ranging from newborn to age 12. It felt a tiny bit chaotic, but only because their 2.5 year old has a very strong willed personality. But I can roll with the chaos and willful kiddos. We let him wear his fireman costume and let him just do what he wanted. and eventually he came around for photos ?
But really, being there... the vibe was all about baby Shepherd. Everyone wanted to hold him - even though he was 3 weeks old, they were not sick of it yet! Everyone wanted to show me what to film... even Dad said "He sleeps like this all the time, come capture it!" Because I had gone off to film someone else somewhere else ?
It is so much fun though. I love watching this family be together and play baseball and be the best big brothers I have ever met. They all are SO gentle with him and love him so much. In fact, the black and white photo of the oldest laying next to his baby brother, adoringly touching him might be my favorite.
I pulled up to their home and one of their 5 boys greeted me in the driveway. He could not wait to tell me about his birthday and how they rented a fancy sports car. He was over the moon.
Nothing matters more to me in these sessions than showing families the memories that they might not see. When you're raising 5 boys and are in the thick of motherhood, you may not see the beautiful mundane moments radiating in every scene throughout your day. I want to give families that. Nothing is more important to me than the “mundane”. It’s a practice of being truly grateful for what’s right in front of me and not trying to manufacture a preconceived notion of what society tells us is worthy of documentation.
These are the moments that will feel real and bring you back to this moment, when we look at them decades from now. These are the photographs and videos that your children will cling to, feeling the love and safety they felt as a child.
These are the moments I want to capture forever and for everyone.
I would LOVE to capture your family, let's connect!
The Lush Family | June 2023 | Short Version from Jennie Pyfferoen on Vimeo.
Franklin, Tennessee Newborn Photographer | The Cook Family
This family... is just breathing taking. They are a very good looking bunch, but I'm speaking more about their hearts. Their heart for one another, their heart for how they live and how they parent. I absolutely fell hard for them. I am truly blessed to have such amazing clients. About 5 weeks before this newborn / family session, I filmed and photographed their birth. I will link to it once it is done.
I love documentary family and newborn sessions because they focus on what REALLY happened in this season of their life. I truly believe that telling a story with photos that is real and true, is extremely important. I could easily pose families at sunset and get a zillion clients, but I stay true to what I think is important and focus on the story within each family.
In this season of having two young boys, one nearing the end of toddler stage and a newborn baby... that season is short and chaotic. Remembering these days is hard. We focused on the chaos of having a 3 year old boy and the sweet joy of having a newborn baby boy. And striking a balance between the two dynamics. I love capturing mothers with their sons and dads with their sons - especially dads who are just large kids too! If you want a newborn or family photo session, contact me here. I would LOVE to work with you!
Here are some messages I received after their initial sneak peek and then later, after their gallery opened.
a text between husband and wife...
and after her sneak peek was sent to her... "JENNIE!!! ??? I am legit crying. These are so, so special. The pictures of Z and I hit me especially hard. Man he has been so tough at times, but he’s such an amazing kid. ?❤️"This is the BEST form of payment! If only compliments paid bills ?Okay, here are the photos!
Nashville Newborn Photographer | The Danila Family Film
The Danila Family is OBSESSED with their new baby girl. We had such a beautiful day in Nashville, TN the day we filmed their family for the 2nd time, because the first time, it was too cloudy and we had to reshoot parts. It happens. I would have rescheduled but timing is of the essence with newborns, so I attempted anyway. But it all worked out for the best. Daddy is from Romania, so his accent and olive colored skin made the shoot unique.
I love this film. It is by far my best newborn family film to date. My favorite parts are mom and dad talking to their baby girl, as well as when she is lying on the bed, making precious noises. I hope they can remember her noises and facial expressions and her sweet cry.
If you are interested in something very different from the standard cookie cutter session, let's chat!
The Danila Family | October 2022 from Jennie Pyfferoen on Vimeo.
Nashville, TN Baby & Family Photographer | The Fox Fam
A month or so ago, I was able to film and photograph Erin's birth story of her bringing Adlai into the world. When she booked her birth, so also booked a family session that would follow a few weeks or so after.It was such a beautiful time spending another hour with this little crew. Seeing their new baby with his head full of hair and capturing them in their season of adjusting to life with two kiddos. This family has the most peaceful wonderful presence and energy. I hope they hire me next year for a family film, because I'm pretty bonded!I got to know what life is like for them right now before the session. I wanted to know what moments right now are making Erin's heart flicker. This is how we guide these sessions - which prevents them from being cookie cutter and just like everyone else's session.I wanted to capture their connection to their baby, to one another, and to their older son as well. Tell all of those micro stories, that make up their story that is their family. I never get sick of sessions, because every single one is SO meaningful and filled with real life moments.
Franklin, Tennessee Newborn Photographer | Why you should have a family film during baby's first year
You have a newborn for ALL OF 7 WEEKS.
Your baby is an infant for all of 51 WEEKS.
Then, that's it .... you move on to toddlerhood, which seems to go even faster.
There is nothing like that first year. The nursing and feedings, the cuddles. Their newborn skin and the little coos they make. Their smell....
It's the MOST precious time of the entire parenting journey. Simultaneously it is the most fleeting as well as the hardest to remember...
Here is one of my earlier newborn films...And This is a more recent newborn film (sweet single mama)Later in the first year....These mommas continue to tell me HOW incredibly precious these films are to them as their babies grow.... None of them regret their films and are SO glad they have it to go back to. Mama's and daddies are SO exhausted that first year. I was there... TWICE... and even with a good sleeper, you are still tired, because you have someone to take care of 24/7. It is the most exhausting time in parenthood.When I interview moms who have passed this stage and hired photographers for milestone sessions and simultaneously had their phone to take video etc, they say they find themselves revisiting their phone video more than anything. to see their babies move and walk and crawl in a video and hear the sound of their laugh... they say its priceless. The issue with phone video is that over time, it gets lost.Download my client guide and let's get your newborn or baby (and family) film and photography session booked, so when you look back, you have the memories where you want them.xoxo
Franklin Baby Photographer | Home life documented.
I have clients who have been with me for years.
There is honestly nothing more meaningful than that. They are so loyal and we share a special bond. I have watched them become parents ( a few times over) and seen their family grow. I have watched mothers go from nervous Nancy's to confident mommas. I have watched parents change from hyper controlling to chill over the years.
I have a sweet client, Betty, who has 2 girls. I have photographed both pregnancies and both babies. I have filmed them and photographed their families. I will film them again in 2022.
Her sweet sister has had a longer journey into parenthood. oddly, 3 times in November, I met someone who had a baby via surrogacy or was a surrogate for someone else. Chris (my client, Betty's sister), was the 3rd.
Baby Lincoln is 3 months old and doing very well. Chris & Wes are amazing parents. It feels extra special when you capture clients who had a harder journey. I cannot imagine the heartache of not being able to have a baby. Infertility and miscarriage are absolutely heartbreaking.
Chris had a time crunch for a session and we were able to get it in - I was on call for a baby due a week later and needed that baby to hold off so we could have this session. Chris' parents were flying back to Hong Kong China the next day! (followed by 2-3 weeks of quarantine in a hotel). We felt so blessed that it all worked out, and honestly, it couldn't have gone better!
I LOVE capturing extended family. Before 2020, these sessions gave me anxiety and I would refer them out. But after watching families separated for so long, it became so much more meaningful that I wanted to do them. I cannot believe what I missed out on! I felt the love in this family immensely. You could feel a sense of sadness too, knowing that one set of grandparents would leave for a long time. Everyone had an immense sense of gratitude too. Gratitude for baby Lincoln and for being together. The Paternal grandparents lived on the same land, so baby Lincoln is blessed tremendously to have them so close.
I cant wait to film this family in 2022. Its going to be a real tear jerker.
xoxo
Jennie