raleigh newborn photographer

I believe lifestyle newborn photography tells the story of these precious first days better than any studio session ever could. I believe in chasing good light, embracing the color & joy, and that you deserve someone who will handle the details so that you can love on your baby(ies).

As a Raleigh Newborn Photographer I want to document this fleeting season for you so that you don’t have to, and honestly so that you are in the photos too. Those are the ones that sweet baby of yours will love the most in years to come.

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Delightfully documenting the mundane, the milestones, and the magic in between.

Motherhood is chaotic & beautiful, exhausting & thrilling. Let me capture this fleeting season so that you have one less thing to worry about. Serving families in Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh, and on the NC coast.

raleigh newborn photographer

I promise to document these days - your pregnancy, your first 48 hours with baby, the first few weeks at home, and every milestone after - with honesty, vulnerability, the best angles (I got you), and the simple beauty that is this most sacred season. 

Whether this is your first baby or your fourth, you have enough to think about right now. Let me bring my big sister energy* to your surely chaotic feeling home (again, I got you), and document the sweetness of these days, because those are the parts you’re going to want to remember anyway. 

*I have 35 years of experience here (my little sister is currently cringing at that stat…)

I'm Caroline. mom of four and constant chaos tamer.

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Katie B

“My kids had so much fun with you. Even after our session was over, they were asking if you could come back over to play. That's never happened!”

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Elizabeth

"I tell my friends you're amazing - Caroline is amazing, you have to use her! You make it easy, can hang with the chaos, you're great with kids, and I get beautiful photos!" 

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Jenna B

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"You are MAGIC. Even if toddlers are throwing tantrums somehow you capture the joy - pure magic!"

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Caroline Merrill

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let's work together!

Can your family cuddle and laugh and have fun doing some of your favorite things together? (Don't worry, this isn't a trick question - tears and occasional meltdowns are expected but not mandatory if toddlers are involved...) If you all can enjoy each other, I'll do the rest. As my kids always say, teamwork makes the dream work. I'm so grateful to be on your team. 

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Raleigh Newborn Photographer