Mackenna! Indianapolis, Indiana Newborn Home Session
Home newborn sessions. Sometimes people weigh wether to have their newborn session at home or in the studio, and honestly, for me, the two sessions are SUCH different vibes, that it really matters what you want to put on your walls more. And if you want to clean your house before your session or not :).
Mackenna’s session was in their home and I LOVED it. I loved that we incorporated the house she was brought home too, and their animals, and her nursery. And here’s a note, even if everything in your house is not ‘Pinterest perfect’, THAT’S OKAY! I’ll come in and rearrange a few things, and we’ll hide the amazon boxes of baby stuff, and the life stuff that accumulates around the house, and also, just photograph where you’re at in your season right now. Not everything needs to be picture perfect.
These three are my favorites. I photographed them back in pandemic days of 2020 [they were my first session I had to reschedule because of the pandemic shut down], then they hired me for their wedding and engagement session, and y’all, it was just SO so special to be invited back into their lives with their little girl and her newborn photography session.
Cheers!
~Maike
This session. Y’all, I’ve been friends with Amelie over a decade. And fun story, she lives in Germany, and we scheduled a Skype hang out in winter of 2020/2021 at some point, where I surprised her with being pregnant and excepting my 2nd kiddo, AND THEN SHE DID THE SAME! So our littlest boys, are only a month-ish apart from each other in age.
So last time they were in town, we hung out a ton, fit too much into a small amount of time, and then added on a family session together after dinner one night, where we started out with shave ice in Broad Ripple, and then sent my kiddos home with dad, and we went on and wandered around taking fun images around Broad Ripple.
And it’s delightful. I love that the images are not the ‘perfect family photo’. They don’t have perfectly matching, perfectly clean outfits. She isn’t in full make up, and her hair isn’t perfectly done. BUT, what you do see is a family having fun. I love that. I love the casualness of it all. It’s beautiful.
And shave ice. I love shave ice. ESPECIALLY from the Broad Ripple Monon spot [I’m so excited for them to open in the next month!!!]
Friends, come as you are in front of my lens, or come all made up and perfectly matching. I love it all.
Cheers!
~Maike
Welcome Franze and Shelby to the blog!!!
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Sorry about that. I think that’s probably just the season I’m in. I parent small children, I work, I recently took up running. It’s just full! So the blog gets pushed aside.
BUT, enough about that reoccurring theme. YAY FOR DOWNTOWN ENGAGEMENT SESSION!
How delightful.
Did we plan a January date and chickened out because it was SOOOOO cold? Yes.
Did our back up date show lovely sunshine, and did we start shooting only to abandon our session 30 minutes into it because it was SOOOO windy? Yes.
Was the third time the charm? YES!
Franze hired me about a year and a half ago for a session of the two of them before they were engaged, where we met up in Broad Ripple and wandered around together, so I knew their jam and was so excited to hang out again and take their engagement session.
The day we finally met up for their real session was PERFECTION. The weather was great, downtown Indy was delightfully weird and fun as per usual. And I pulled out a few weird portraits I wanted to try shooting, and I’m super glad they were up for it. And ya’all, it’s just so clear that these two just love being with each other. They so easily were silly with each other, and they pointed out every dog we came across to the other person, and they laughed together and just clearly clearly clearly, love being together.
So yay for great weather, yay for adorable couple, yay for engagement sessions, and yay for love! Can’t wait to hang out again for your wedding this fall!
Cheers!
~Maike
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