A Sisterhood and Breastfeeding Session | New Forest Photographer | Ann Owen Photography
This was such a special session which happened way back in September when the beautiful Heather was still in bloom, the forest is looking so much different now! This was my first session with two friends who also happened to both be breastfeeding, and I really hope it isn't my last! It was all about sisterhood and celebrating where we are at in our motherhood journeys and it just genuinely filled me up with so much joy!
New Forest Motherhood Session~Honouring A Belly Birth | Ann Owen Photography
This feels like the beginning of reclaiming my body, after an emergency section and a planned one 18 months later. Both so different, one with traumatic and partial memories, the other gentle and considerate but still missing something. There is still a sense of disappointment in my own body for not being able to birth my babies as I'd hoped, creating a hole somewhere inside.
Cora's first year | New Forest Photographer | Ann Owen Photography
I cannot believe one year has gone by since I first met sweet baby Cora. What a beautiful honour it has been to watch her grow up from a tiny newborn to a little girl over this past year.
The Documentary Family Awards | New Forest Photographer | Ann Owen Photography
This morning I woke up to the news that one of my images I had submitted to the international Documentary Family Awards actually placed third place in the Black Lives Matter category!
Featured In Juno Magazine | New Forest Photographer | Ann Owen Photography
I am so incredibly excited that a part of my MILK project has been featured in the Autumn issue of Juno Magazine. I feel it is important to honour and celebrate our journeys truthfully. By sharing our stories through words and images we empower ourselves and others. Natural Term Breastfeeding is something I am incredibly passionate about and wish to help normalise through my work.
Poole Motherhood Session~Jane & Astrid~ Poole Family Photography
This was such an incredible session and one that I will always hold close to my heart. As soon as I entered their home I felt myself be washed over with the most beautiful rays of love. I know how that may sound but it is absolutely true! Their love between each other was so palpable that it radiated outwards and bathed me in it too. I Am forever grateful for these two beautiful souls.
Milo & Maxwell~Twin Newborn Session~Lymington Newborn Photographer
I have always wanted to have the opportunity to photograph a twin newborn session and when Charlotte & her husband Rob invited me into their home to do just that I was overjoyed! This was also my first at-home newborn session since lockdown and words can't express how happy it felt to be back in this space.
New Forest Motherhood Session~Gill & Thomas~New Forest Family Photographer
I love observing the way that the beautiful tenderness unfolds in a mama's heart. When I first showed her some of the photos one of the first things she said was "I absolutely love the one of my scars, now, I never thought I would say that." That is what these intimate sessions are all about, they can be healing and an empowering experience.
World Breastfeeding week 2020 | New Forest Photographer | Ann Owen Photography
It's the end of world breastfeeding week so I thought I'd put together a little blog post of some of my favourite nursing photos that I've taken.
A Day in My Life: Year 2
This was quite an intense season of my life and was filled with the most beautiful highs but also the most painful lows. Having revisited this past project year there were times I cried remembering certain periods of our story especially how tough it was in the beginning of the project. But mostly I’m reminded of all the love & joy that we as a family have experienced over the past year and a half, of that overwhelming feeling of falling so deeply in love with a new little soul...
Season of Motherhood~May
Welcome to ARTEFACT MOTHERHOOD - a project shared with other international female artists who are documenting our journeys as mothers and creating memories for our children through our photographs and words. "Seasons of Motherhood" is a new series in this project, where we tell a story with one picture that depicts our current season of motherhood.
Photographing your newborn at home- A few tips for parents
So much of our world has changed due to the corona virus & currently it is no longer a possibility to hire a photographer to come and take your newborn photos but this shouldn't stop anyone from being able to capture those precious fleeting moments on their own so I thought I would create a little blog post to help parents do just that by sharing some basic tips.