Peta Nikel Photography

Hobart Newborn Photographer – Worth the wait

September 17, 2019 | Leave a Comment

We wait for a lot of things in our lives. Some things may be a waste of time but a newborn baby is always worth the wait. Sometimes it feels like a lifetime and other times it goes so fast. While waiting and anticipation can be so exciting when you look back it’s easy to realise just how fast the years and months fly by, that we almost have to catch our breath.

Thats why its always so important to slow down whenever you can to soak in everything. Get lost in that moment, take an extra few minutes. It will never be time wasted, but instead, time best spent. For tomorrow will be here before you know it.

Baby Nixon is so lucky to be surrounded by the love of his older siblings. It was so nice to see this family again and capture this precious time for them.

Very limited 2019 sessions remaining. Contact Peta to secure your session.

Hobart Newborn Photographer – An Abundance of Love

September 12, 2019 | Leave a Comment

An abundance of love, wrapped up in that newborn haze. When a smile brings so much joy that you will simply get lost in their gaze.

The softness of a blanket resembles their skin. Sleeping so still, that you just have to peek in. From the top of their head, that little fuzz of their hair. To the tips of their toes, nothing can compare.

Handpicked by the universe, you will pinch yourself that it’s true. A lifetime of precious memories and adventure awaits you.

I absolutely love capturing siblings with their new babies.

Limited sessions remain for 2019. Please get in touch to reserve your booking. Contact Peta for more information.

Why I include prints/products in every package

August 23, 2019 | Leave a Comment

There’s nothing quite like the moment when I get to hand over the final products of a shoot to my client. The excitement on their faces to take home their precious memories, sharing these moments with their loved ones and thinking of the years to come that they will sit together and be taken back to this very time and smile as they relive these moments again. It gives me great satisfaction knowing just how cherished they will be and what a valuable momento these pieces are to a family.

As a professional Photographer I am right there with a client from the initial booking to the handover and I walk them through every step of the process, especially when it comes time to printing their images. It’s very important to me that my clients go home with not only the highest quality images but also a professional service to go along with that.

I offer intimate ordering sessions which allow you to sit down, view your images in comfort and then we work together to make the perfect package suited to my clients needs. We come up with a range of products to suit their taste and homes to last for years to come. While digital files can be purchased within packages, it is vital that I am providing my clients with physical products to take home.

Nothing beats the physical touch of a product, from matted print, frames and canvases to the ultimate piece in my collection the heirloom album, A simply timeless piece printed on fine art paper. The perfect way to showcase any session with a range of images. With added extras such as cover options to customise the look of your album.

I also have some additional options such as wood prints, birth announcement cards and folios that work out as great little gifts even for grandparents too.

If you have had a look around my blog before you may have seen I have available a product guide and pricing over there too! If you haven’t pop on over and have a look.

Contact Peta to receive more details about products and pricing or to arrange a date for your session.

Hobart Newborn Photographer – The Reason Why

August 15, 2019 | Leave a Comment

As a parent we would be lying if we said it was easy. Our strength as parents comes from keeping it real. Those sleepless nights, brutal!! The helpless feeling when we don’t know what they need, overwhelming! Wanting to ask for help but feeling like a failure because you need it in the first place, why?!

This parenting gig, it’s got all the feels, right? One of the most valuable things we can do is just embrace it all, the good along with the bad. We don’t have to enjoy every moment, it doesn’t make us love our children any less, but talking about it can help us feel like its more normal, and that in itself can make us feel less alone. Break through those expectations we have for this journey into parenthood, let’s muddle our way through together and when you catch yourself watching them sleep, I can assure you all those hard moments you could probably do without, will melt away and you will be left with the reason why we do it!

But on a lighter note, I recently met this lovely family with the arrival of their second baby girl Evie. I can tell her big sister just adores her and they will become such good friends.

Book your 2019 session now. Limited spaces remaining. Contact Peta to secure your session.

Hobart Newborn Photographer – Instant Love

August 14, 2019 | Leave a Comment

From that first little test that shows a new life will be coming into the world, how your entire world will change.

The first few months are a time of excitement, disbelief and wonder. Those swirling thoughts, all the possibilities and changes that are in store for you. As this new life develops you begin to get to know them, those little flutters and kicks from within, staring at their little black and white ultrasound photo wondering about who they will be. Will they have Mummy’s nose or Daddy’s toes?

As your belly swells and you near the final stages the anticipation as you prepare for their arrival grows. How many nappies and outfits do they need? Before you know it all this lead up will come to the moment you lay your eyes on them. Nothing in the months before can prepare you for it, you just can’t plan for the moment you instantly love them.

I was delighted to be able to capture some beautiful maternity photos for Scarlett’s Mummy as well as some precious Newborn photos when Scarlett was born.

Limited sessions remaining for 2019. Please contact Peta to have your memories captured.

Newborn Photography Hobart – The Definition of Joy

August 9, 2019 | Leave a Comment

The definition of joy is a feeling of great pleasure and happiness. It doesn’t really do the word joy any justice does it, because some of the most joyous moments in life are just indescribable. There will be a significant moment when you become a parent where you are just overcome with emotion adoring this precious bundle you created. You will marvel at how incredible life is, you will be beyond proud of yourself and there won’t be any word in the dictionary that will even come close to just how that makes you feel. You will just know it by the loving swell of your heart, the flutter in your stomach and you may find yourself having to catch your breath whilst you soak in that feeling.

I was honoured to capture some beautiful images of Judah for his lovely family.

Limited sessions available for 2019. Please contact Peta to secure your session.

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Baby Names Inspired by Nature

August 3, 2019 | Leave a Comment

Most of us appreciate the beauty of nature every day. and there are so many beautiful nature inspired names. Think plants, seasons, bodies of water and other names relating to the great outdoors. Here are a few of our favourites below;

BOYS

Aspen

River

Reed

Wren

Forest

Ember

Leif

Robin

Oak

Aster

Clay

Jasper

Flint

Ocean

GIRLS

Meadow

Autumn

Ivy

Fern

Olive

Snow

Skye

Willow

Sage

Fern

Clover

Holly

Juniper

Luna

Stella

Summer

Hazel

Journey of discovery

August 2, 2019 | Leave a Comment

You can travel the world, but you can never experience all this world has to offer until you hold a baby in your arms. If you are really lucky, that baby might even be your own.

It really puts everything into perspective to imagine the world through babies eyes. How much magic and wonder lies inside everything they see and do.

Do you ever find yourself thinking about how they interpret everything they see? What they think about? The way they give a little smile or laugh in their sleep….I often wonder what babies dream of, wouldn’t it be amazing to know?

I guess that’s the secret to babies, we will never know but it’s really something special to think about. We can interpret most of what they want through their behaviour. We get to know communicate with them on a whole new level and it’s such a journey of discovery, for them, and for us.

Oliver was such a delight, I enjoyed capturing his newborn photos with his family.

2019 sessions filling fast. Please contact Peta to secure your session.

Family is the anchor – Hobart Newborn Photographer

July 30, 2019 | Leave a Comment

Family is the anchor that holds us to the ground, but the love from that family gives our hearts a reason to soar.

No matter how rough the sea of life is and the obstacles we have to steer through, the people in our life can guide us like a lighthouse and lead us to safety and when the winds change and you are blessed with becoming a parent, we then too, become the guiding light for our children.

Though sometimes we feel like just a little drop in the ocean, below the surface is often where the magic happens. Where sometimes no one gets to see, unless they too have had to navigate the same course.

The one thing that gets us through and home to the shore, is knowing the journey will be well worth it.

Baby Lenny was the such a cutie, and I enjoyed capturing him and his family.

Limited spaces left for 2019 bookings. Please book your session in advance to avoid disappointment. Contact Peta for more information.

Babies are love in the most purest form

July 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment

It’s amazing knowing you can surround yourself with so much love in life. Unfortunately love can cause us so much pain but it can also equally bring us so much undeniable joy.

Love can surprise us, it can inspire, bring peace, provide comfort and lift us up in our times of need. It has been said that love makes the world go round and I really think that’s true. The world can always do with more of it.

Babies are love in the most purest form. They are all that is innocent in this world. They become the best version of themselves when they are surrounded by love and although they also may keep us up half the night sometimes, it’s our love for them, and their love for us, that lets us know, there’s nothing you can’t handle in this life together.

How adorable is baby Hudson who came to the studio for his milestone session.

Contact Peta to book your 2019 Newborn, Baby or Maternity session.