Jillian Bickle Photography |Cobourg and Northumberland Area Photographer | illustrating your life story

Mathea came into the studio just 3 days after being born, and she held true to the newborn little girls I get….fiesty. For three days, she fought her sleep for a very long time, but once I got her out, she let me do quite a bit to her with no complaints. It is so awesome when parents bring them in when they are still in that true newborn stage, you can really squish them without them caring. And I always say to the mom, I have a couch for you to sit and relax on (most dads take a nap on it while I’m shooting just the baby) so come in sooner than later!

Daddy is a fireman so we made sure to incorporate something with that. And isn’t it such a beautiful family? Mommy looked amazing for three days post delivery, I have to say! Thanks so much Post Family for letting me capture the first precious days of Mathea!

Every now and then it’s nice to change it up and try something different. So we took it outside with Leif. I was a bit worried because he’s 5 weeks old and they normally don’t cooperate with the newborn stuff and it wasn’t as warm as I was hoping. But we got to our spot, and had a ton of patience….he made sure to let us know we were on his time. He refused to let me put his hands together, he kept pulling them apart, so I got smart and worked with how he wanted them. Then once we got him settled in enough, I got ready, mommy took off the blanket and yanked the soother and I shot away until he would decide he wanted a different position. And he is one strong boy, could fully hold his head up and turn it the other direction no problem. I really enjoyed this session and the different feel it gives. It would be nice to incorporate some of these this summer when it gets nice and hot!

Jessica, thanks for letting me play with Leif and experiment and being a calm mom….and for letting me cuddle him at the end there.

To my husbands enjoyment, I went antique/prop shopping last week. I got some awesome things, and got to try out my new scale today. This is Zachary and he is 6 days new!

Austin came to the studio just over a week. Mommy was positive he would sleep for us, since he has been a pretty good sleeper. Mommy might have been a tad bit wrong! My newborns have been very feisty lately! I think he just wanted to be cuddled and eat a lot! He’s such a cute little man! Thanks Ashley and Renee for letting me capture these precious moments.

Amanda and Travis were the first to trust me with their wedding when I was first starting out, and now they are trusting me to photograph their new bundle of joy, Alice. Unfortunately, Alice has a bit of a cold so did not like to many positions, so after getting some cute hat shots and some side shots, we called it a day. And to my delight, she will be coming back next wednesday, so we can do a few more! I never mind when a newborn needs to come back, more cuddle time for me. Although she will be 4 weeks at the time, so fingers crossed she still wants to be posed!

I am doing a quick post from my session today, to show a new prop I got. These are new top hats that I thought would be a cute change. I have a few, so will be using them in this weeks sessions (I have a newborn girl coming in tomorrow and have one for her). I think Austin looks adorable in his hat…more to come from this session once I get caught up!

Kelton was my first 2011 newborn. The week earlier I had photographed his birth, and in a way, I feel a little bit connected to this little man, I was there when he took his first breath and made his first cry. He was a pretty good boy for me, and allowed his sisters to hold him and kiss him and love him up. As usual, Melissa came prepared to do something fun…they all wore pink and Kelton had a handmade pink bow tie. He reminds me a lot of his older sister, and I can’t wait to watch him grow up as well. I really feel blessed when families open their lives to me and have me document their special memories and moments in their life. I couldn’t ask for a better job.

Jackson was my second photoshoot for the day today, and my last for 2010, so I thought I would use him as my last blog for 2010. He was a pretty good boy, slept in the beginning, then had some fussy time, and pooped on daddy twice, and peed on me once. I loved how little his size was, all 6 pounds of him, I could have easily carried him around all day in my arms and not even noticed. I think he is going to keep mommy very busy, I think it started when it only took 40 minutes of labor for him to be born. Thanks Amy, Greg and Jordyn for bringing Jackson in for a visit today!

I just thought I would take a minute and just say thank you to all of my clients. I never imagined that my first year open would be this amazing. There have been a lot of lessons learned and new ideas. This year has been so busy with work, the birth of my fourth child, heart surgery, and much more, I can’t believe it’s almost over. I have one more surgery to go at the end of January (and will be off between 4-6 weeks) and then will be back in full force. There will be some changes made to the studio and how things are run to make things more smooth and easy going. There is also going to be lots of interactive things on my blog, include monthly contests. So make sure to subscribe to my blog so you can entire the contests for a chance to win. Also, most months I will be offering some kind of special, sometimes themed towards the month itself. I’m really excited for everything to come!

Edward was sweet. Edward was spunky. Edward was gorgeous. It took a little bit to get him to sleep, but once he was, he let me move him pretty well without waking. Some babies just have the perfect soft skin that has a wonderful tone that makes black and white photos really pop…as you can see…

I hold a special spot in my heart for twins. Growing up, I didn’t want twins (my nan is an identical twin and if you ever run into her in town, you will hear the story that she has twin great-grand daughters and that she was an identical twin herself…). Actually when I was pregnant with Elijah, my nan knit two of everything, she was sure I was having twins. Even when she was there for the birth, she insisted there would be another one. Well, she got her wish the second time around. And now I realize how blessed and lucky I am to be given the opportunity to have twins. I feel part of an ‘inside club’ when I watch the bond between my girls.

Now, Wyatt and Eden came to be at 9 weeks old. Probably one of the hardest shoots I have done. Normally I don’t like to do a newborn shoot over 14 days, it just doesn’t work out well, the baby is past the newborn squishy stage and sleeping stage. But Eden was in the hospital for three weeks, then I had surgery, and since they live past Barrie, it wasn’t like they could just come whenever, so 9 weeks it was! Wyatt was very alert, we would think he was in a good deep sleep, but as soon as he was moved, he would open those eyes right up…but I did manage to get him out for awhile, and he kept smiling at me in his sleep. Then there was Eden, another one of my feisty little girls. And what made it harder, she didn’t like to touch Wyatt, she was happy to be on her own, but then if I brought her near him, she would cry. It seemed like I would get one settled, and then the other would cry, then I would settle that one, and the other would start crying! But with a lot of patience, and about 5 hours later, we got some pretty cute shots! Here are just a couple…