Jodie Piddington

To choose the right newborn photographer in the Sutherland Shire, look at three things: whether their style matches the photos you actually want on your wall, whether they offer the session type that suits your life (in-home or studio), and whether they make you feel calm rather than sold to. The rest is detail. Here's how to weigh it all up before you book. What questions should I ask a newborn photographer? A few questions sort the right fit from the wrong one quickly: Do you offer in-home...

If you're looking for a newborn photographer in the Sutherland Shire, here's the short version: I'm Jodie, the photographer behind Stills by JP, and I photograph newborns in their own homes right across the Shire - Cronulla, Caringbah, Miranda, Sutherland, Gymea, Kirrawee, Engadine and the surrounding suburbs. Gentle, unhurried, no studio drive with a days old baby in the back seat. That's the practical answer. Here's everything else you actually want to know before you book. Why in-home...

"What should we wear?" I get asked this before almost every single session. And I love this question because it tells me the family is excited, they're thinking about it, they want it to be beautiful. But I also know that standing in front of your wardrobe the night before a shoot with three kids asking what's for dinner is… a lot. So here's everything I tell my families. The short version: it is so much simpler than you think. Jeans and a knit is genuinely all you need. Some of my favourite...