At-home portrait shoots are an ever-growing trend, and we're completely on board with that. Catherine Cattanach was asked by Gale and her partner Aurelian to photograph their family as they welcomed little Gala into their lives.

Catherine photographed Gala's older sister Aurelia as a newborn, so she was thrilled when Gale and Aurelian asked her back. She spent the morning at their home in Paekakariki, documenting some quality time together. Gala is such a chilled-out little soul, says Catherine, while wee Aurelia was full of beans. 

Although Catherine loves her studio portrait shoots, she says there's something pretty special about going into people's homes, and being able to be a little more "documentary" in her approach. Catherine says kids love showing their rooms and special belongings to her. She loves the idea that the photographs show not only the family and their relationships, but also where they are at, at that stage in their lives. There are little details that your eyes glance over now, she says, but you know that years later someone will look at the photos and say, "Oh wow, I remember that lino!"

Our Panorama Flushmount pages are creased not cut, at the spine, which is perfect for big bold imagery laid out across a double page layout. This particular album is a 12x12 Pano Flush, with a cover in Graphite Contemporary Leather.