The first time I held your hand, New Zealand. Portrait photograph by Rebecca Mclay, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Portrait photography award, August 2024

Finalist Portrait · August 2024

The first time I held your hand.

Photographed by Rebecca Mclay

A whirlwind labour, the strength of a new mother is the most powerful thing I've seen, the emotion when meeting your child for the first time, the gratitude that the birth is over and the baby is in your arms, the first time you hold your child's hand. Perfection.

Award
Finalist — Portrait, August 2024
Genre
People
Location
New Zealand
Camera
Canon EOS R10
Focal length
85mm
Shutter
1/320s
Aperture
f/2.5
ISO
ISO 6400
  • baby
  • birth
  • fresh48
  • newmother

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