Everyone, meet little baby Neeko who I had the pleasure of photographing in Collaroy on the Northern Beaches. Toyah and Harley welcomed Neeko 3 weeks early, and now four weeks old, he’s absolutely thriving!

Toyah and I worked together 10 years ago (how am I old enough to say that?!?!) when I was working at Manly Leagues Club while studying at uni. Those were some of the best days of my life, where I made some of the best friends of my life 🙂

We recently caught up for coffee at Wildflower at Warringah Mall, and although it had been a few years since we’d seen each other, it was like no time had passed. Toyah is one of those people you immediately warm to and has such a friendly and kind nature. One of the best things about moving home to Sydney has been catching up with people from my past and it’s so special to see Toyah in her new role as a mum. She’s an absolute natural.

Originally, we were looking at holding a maternity session in September, however Neeko surprised his parents, and actually arrived three days before that date! He was such a little cherub while we took his newborn photos, chattering away the whole session, curious eyes looking around and didn’t cry at all! 14-year-old Diesel made a cameo in some of the photos too – I just love the one that he’s photo-bombing as if to say, ‘hey, I run this show!’.

I hope you enjoying looking at some of the portraits from Neeko’s newborn session.