Grow Photography is a Newcastle grown business owned and operated by Portrait Photographer Kris Leigh. Proud to be one of the only photographers in Newcastle who exclusively shoots newborn, baby, children and family portraits, Kris is renowned for her friendly, warm and fun sessions. With a focus on customer satisfaction and high quality products, she works with you to create beautiful lifestyle portraits you won't find anywhere else!
grow's style
With a passion for beautiful light, soulful moments and black and white portraits Kris captures newborns, babies, children and families with tenderness and honesty. Always happy to chat and laugh she loves nothing more than building sandcastles, playing hide and seek, newborn snuggles, singing lullabies and capturing little ones doing what they do best, being themselves!
Kris's style is often described as soulful, honest, emotive and playful. She loves to capture pure moments of love, joy and life!
Ensuring clients are always comfortable and relaxed, she asks them to ignore her and focus on each other. She wants to see cuddles, tickles, laughter, kisses, dancing and playing. Stuffy poses and forced smiles are forbidden!
clothing and location
Keep clothing simple! Natural fabrics such as cotton, wool or light linen are comfortable and always look great in beach or park settings, as do darker toned shirts/dresses and denim, knitted jackets, beanies, scarfs and bare feet. Also include anything that your Child never wants to be without, a favourite hat, teddy bear, gumboots, mask etc anything that represents them at this point in time.
The location can be anywhere that is special to you! Kris most often shoots in clients homes as well as beaches around Newcastle giving a perfect backdrop for those fun moments.
kris - owner/photographer
"I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed." - Galen Rowell
"I'm a mum, a wife and an 80's child (bring on Wham!, 21 Jump Street and Growing Pains any day!). I love laughing, lollies, farmers union iced coffee and I've never valued peace and quiet more in my life =) I'm inspired by beautiful light, childhood moments, baby giggles, all things vintage but most of all, connections! Although I do love the ease of digital, I adore everything to do with film *sigh* The texture, the grain, the tones, the vintage feel and the fact you have to consider everything to get the capture *just* right. For me, there's nothing like it so I try to capture that timeless film feel with my digital camera to give you beautiful art work for your walls!"
"So what can you expect from a session with Grow? Well, firstly, I'm a very casual person and I talk ALOT, lol! I throw my shoes off, get down on the ground, play and talk with your little one and capture them doing what they do best, being themselves! Don't be surprised if I start singing lullabies, talking baby talk or building sandcastles, I'm really a 5yr old at heart! For families, I ask you to ignore me and concentrate on each other. Laugh, tickle, cuddle, kiss, jump, run, play but most of all, have fun!"
newcastle & surrounds | $150
sydney & surrounds | $200
Session Fee includes:
- Up to 5 people ($20 per additional child/adult)
- Time and talent at your session capturing beautiful, emotive, honest images.
- Up to 20 individually handcrafted proofs to choose from.
- Private online gallery to share with family and friends.
- Plenty of tickles and giggles :-)
- All future sessions with Grow complimentary.
collections - starting from
the PINK collection | $840 (value of $920)
- Ten Gift Prints
- One medium Art Mount
- 10% off additional a la carte products
products - starting from
Kris offers high quality products to compliment your images. These include; fabulous Prints, lavish Art Mounts, modern Story Discs and delightful Story Albums.
- Gift Prints (4x6, 5x7, 8x12) | $60ea
- Small (12x18) Art Mounts from | $220
- *NEW* Story Disc | $1,200
- Story Album | $1,200
Grow has no minimum spend requirements and payment plans are available if required.
Please Note: Pricing is current and is subject to change without notice. All images are © Grow Photography.