Sometimes life doesn’t care that you have a photo session on the calendar. After some rescheduling due to sickness working its way through the house, we finally got everyone together — though Navya was still feeling the tail end of it.

Even so, she powered through and gave us a few smiles. Sanjana stepped in like a pro, helping hold baby Shefali and gently convincing Navya to sit with them for a few sibling shots. Classic oldest sibling energy in the best way.

Shefali was calm and sweet through it all, happy to be passed around and snuggled — and we even managed to catch a few rare newborn smiles, which always feel like a win.

Sessions like these are rarely perfect, but that’s kind of the point. Real life, real siblings, and a new little one finding her place in the mix.

Jina Lee is an on location, natural light portrait and lifestyle photographer. She specializes in maternity photography, newborn photography, baby photography, children photography, and family photography. Jina services areas in and around the Atlanta metro area including, but not limited to, Acworth, Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead, Canton, Cumming, Decatur, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, Kennesaw, Marietta, Midtown, Milton, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Smyrna, Woodstock and Vinings.