Junior in Medan

Family sessions work best short and unforced: a house, a Sunday, however everyone actually behaves when nobody’s told to smile. Newborn and maternity sessions ask for the opposite: time, patience, and a room kept warm and quiet enough that a two-week-old can sleep through it.

Whichever stage you’re photographing, the aim’s the same as it is for a wedding: something that still feels true when you look back at it in ten years, not just well-lit.