Tanja

Stolz

I had my first seaside shooting in a lovely town in Croatia with these beautiful girls. Mother-Daugther-pictures means so much to me. Every mom should have professional ones. They really enjoyed their special time at the sea.

It was a huge pleasure and I felt truly honored to photograph this brave mother and her child in this intimate situation. I'm really looking up to women like her, who are strong enough to show the world, that motherly love can move mountains. And no matter what kind of barriers or challenges you're facing: As a mother you will always try to succed, to move on and give your very best for the sake of your beloved children. Even when you're feeling completely alone on the road.
Breastfeeding in public is still a controversial topic which I try to support with my pictures. I always want to show the beauty that lies within each breastfeeding situation. And capture precious moments between mother and child to become a memory forever.

I'm a big fan of outdoor maternity shootings. Each season is special to me. But I think I like autumn most. The light, the colours of the leaves... especially in the forest... This is why the photo of this stunning mom to be, belongs to one of my favorite belly-pictures. I just brightened the whole scene up a bit, added some overlays for additional light towards her head and some fallin' leaves for that tiny bit of magic I try to create in every single picture.

As Austria's leading breastfeeding photographer, I always look out for THIS very special and magical moment between a loving mother and her child. I try to capture their most beautiful and intimate pose in gorgeous outfits and even more stunning surroundings. But for this winter-shot, we had to improvise a little bit. Because with no snow on our shooting-day, I had to use snow-spray to cover up some branches and add a few snowflakes in post-production. I'm pretty happy with the final outcome. This lovely picture turned out to become my very first cinemagraph too. Check out my Youtube channel to view all the magic! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFNc72oFnoM

This little girl came to my x-mas minisessions this year. Which was fantastic! I invited 30 families into my cosy baby photo studio and had so much fun! I'm an absolute christmas-lover... When it comes to x-mas-shootings I prefer golden, brown and white colours. Like in this picture.

Christmas is coming and magic is in the air. With small children in the house you realize that every single day of December. I love that! Since we've been having children, this season is so much more mystical and filled with beautiful traditions. As I'm a real christmas-fan I wanted to bring a little bit of this sparkle, shine, gold and glitter of my very own childhood into this year's x-mas-photos. I absolutely loved the look in the eyes of the children, who came to visit me in my studio when I told them, they can now blow a lot of glitter for me :-) And some really rocked the shooting. Like this little fella. I put a small bell into the box and told him to look for a surprise. He did it soooo super sweet!

I'm so lucky having such easy clients, who let ME pick all the accessories for their shootings. This is why I could use this wonderful backdrop for the very first time, matching that gorgeous semi-naked cake from one of the best confectioners in town.

The mum of the little girl wanted a light rosé touch in here (because of her name "Rosalie") so this simple girly setting was created. Instead of loads of pink, creamy pastel colours rule the picture. This - and of course her adorable expression - literally scream out "look how sweet I am!"

She behaved so well and ate almost the entire time only WITH her little spoon. One could definitely tell from the pictures of this day, that she really enjoyed her cakesmash! Yet the splash-shooting afterwards was not her thing...

This image was also shot on Demmerkogel, in southern Styria on a golden autumn day. I went there with 3 gorgeous breastfeeding mums who were willing to show the world how beautiful such a breastfeeding relationship can be. First we took different shots close before sunset and it was nice and warm. But as th sun went completely down the babies got a bit cold and so we had to improvise and combine new outfits. I was so happy, the mum in the picture took this cute baby-cardigan with jelly bag cap along.

Every effort we made for this gorgeous breastfeeding shooting on this day was SO worth it! I'm so happy, this beautiful mum was part of my team on this beautiful autumn day. Together with two other breastfeeding moms, I went to a stunning location in southern Styria, called Demmerkogel, and shot this image close before sunset. It was my contribution to World Breastfeeding Week 2017 along with several other great pictures made on this day.

This little girl was my very first bathtub-shooting client. And she really enjoyed her session in the warm water. Normally I do splash-shootings after my cakesmashs and all the kids love them so much!

This gorgeous image was shot on a hot summer day in a forest near Graz where an ancient castle is hidden in the woods. It was my very first contribution to world breastfeeding week in 2016. It's my goal to show the beauty that lies within a breastfeeding mother and her child. This precious bond between them. I usually show the mothers in a dreamy setting, to bring out the entire beauty of these powerful women. I want to make people looking at them, so that they don't have to hide in public anymore.