Declans First Birthday - North Brisbane Family Photographer

One of the best things about being a family photographer is that I get to see the beautiful families I photograph grow over time. From the first nervous meeting at a maternity photoshoot, through to the confident (and a little stunned how quickly its happened) parents of a one year old!

For Declan's birthday, his mum did a really special backdrop of photos from throughout his first year. Some were from my shoots and some were personal photos they had captured themselves. It was such a sweet idea!

The family also wanted to recreate an image they had seen online with a giant balloon. Declan was not quite standing at his birthday but there are loads of sweet photos of him looking up to that balloon and crawling away from it with a big cheeky grin!

As always, family sessions around here mean just that - the whole family! So even though this was a session celebrating Declan's birthday, it was also a celebration for his parents of making it through that first tough year, and as such, they were also a big part of this photoshoot.

Since Declan was so close to standing, we brought in a chair for him to hold on to, and then to finish the day, my antique trike came out and so did more smiles as Declan sat proudly on there!

I love celebrating first birthdays for families with a photoshoot. The babies are always so happy and the gorgeous love between parents and their little ones just blooms through the lens. These are definitely photos that are treasured for life.