Breastfeeding can be a part of any bonding session -- it's not something that you have to plan with me in advance.  But I know that a lot of women feel torn about nursing on camera.  It's incredibly intimate, and not something everyone wants photographed.  It can be a risk to ask me to capture it.  But it's also a deeply beautiful visual representation of your bond with your baby.  The physicality and dynamics of nursing is unique to each pair.  I absolutely love seeing how mothers and their babes fit together as they nurse.

We can do breastfeeding as part of a session in my private space in my studio, or we can do it out in a beautiful, calm and quiet place.  You can always opt not to share any of these images if they feel too private.  Nursing is one of the most intimate things we do, so you get to choose if the images are shared.  But it's also a tremendous piece of your relationship with your baby, and I highly recommend capturing it for yourself.

During breastfeeding, you're allowed to show or not show as much of your breasts or your body as you'd like.  Some women just flip down one side of their shirt or dress, just enough for the baby to access the nipple.  And some women opt to take off their shirts and have a real skin to skin experience with their babies.

You can cover yourself mostly with your baby, if you like, or, you can just let yourself be free.

You're also invited to breastfeed during a session with your older kids around, too.  Some of the most beautiful moments I've seen are when the older siblings are present and snuggling during nursing.

I love photographing nursing toddlers because their style of nursing has evolved so much.  Now they walk and talk and sit comfortably on their mother in all sorts of sweet ways.  

These two mamas, below, nursed their brand newborn babies in the studio.  The babies were just working on their latches, and the mamas still had their postpartum bodies.  Whatever it is that you're up to capturing, I'm here to go there with you.