The personal blog of lifestyle photographer and writer Nathalie Marquez Courtney


baby photography

  • Introducing Isabel

    Introducing Isabel

    Can I just say: wow. The past few weeks have been utterly bananas – deadlines, shoots, an incredible weekend in Dubrovnik and the biggest news of all – I am an aunty again! My beautiful sister gave birth to a healthy baby girl. (I was there for the whole thing. Yes, the whole thing.) Isobel is almost three Continue reading

  • Teeny tiny toes

    A little sneak peek from a recent baby photoshoot. How adorable are those teeny, tiny toes? It was my first time using this new prop too, a gorgeous and super soft multi-coloured blanket that was a joy to shoot. Continue reading

  • Sweet at six

    Six-month old babies are the cutest thing. So content, so happy with some rasberry blowing or a simple game of peek-a-boo. Here are a couple of shots of my friend Amanda’s lil’ guy, who has grown quite a bit since these shots were taken. His mum and I have been friends for a few years Continue reading

  • Baby Darragh

    Some newborns are small enough to hold with one hand. Not this guy. Baby Darragh is a big, bouncing, healthy boy whose mum laughed out loud when she saw the baby bowl I had brought to photograph him in. There wasn’t a hope of him fitting in it. Instead, I focused on getting shots of Continue reading