Families & Newborn
Real families. Real homes. Real light. Shot on film.
Your home has a feeling that took years to create. The light in the morning. The way everyone ends up in the same room eventually. The chaos that somehow looks exactly right when it's yours.
That feeling doesn't last forever. Kids grow out of it. You move. Life rearranges itself and suddenly the version of your family that existed in this house, at this hour, in this chapter changes completely.
Today- right now is a moment worth holding onto.
Q. Oliver photographs what it actually feels like to be your family right now. Not a performance of it. Not the cleaned-up, posed version. The real texture of your life together — the morning light through your actual windows, the way your people look when they're just being, the home you built that looks unmistakably like yours and nobody else's.
Shot on medium format film and developed by hand, these aren't digital snapshots. They're the kind of photographs that get framed, passed down, and pulled out thirty years from now as proof that this time was beautiful — because it was, and because you’re passionate enough about your world to have someone document it clearly before it changed.
Sessions from $900 · In your home · Atlanta, GA · Available nationwide
FAQ:
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A: Please do not clean for me. The toys on the floor, the dishes in the sink, the laundry on the couch—those are the details that make your family’s story yours. I am not photographing a house; I am photographing a home. There is a difference.
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A: Good. I do not want them to sit still. Documentary photography means I follow the action, not the other way around. Running, climbing, arguing, laughing, crying—all of it is real, and all of it is worth capturing. Some of my best images happen when a kid does something completely unexpected.
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A: The first 2–6 weeks, ideally. But I am not looking for a sleeping, curled-up newborn on a beanbag. I photograph your baby as part of your family—being held, being fed, being loved—in the context of your actual home. If your baby is 8 weeks, 3 months, or 6 months old, it is not too late. Every stage is worth documenting.
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A: No. Wear what you actually wear. Pajamas are great. T-shirts are great. Whatever makes you feel like yourselves. The more you look like your real life, the better the photographs will be.
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A: Absolutely. Pets are family. Some of my favorite images include dogs, cats, and the occasional chicken. Sometimes. they they even add a little chaos, and chaos is what makes great documentary photographs.
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A: Depending on your package: 25–35 images for a Golden Hour session, 40–55 for an At Home session, and 60–100+ for a Day in the Life. Every image is hand-edited and delivered as high-resolution scans.