Leah Hoskin Photography is a family, birth, and motherhood photography business based in Te Awamutu, serving the Waikato region and beyond. Run by Leah, who lives with her husband Hayden and their two boys Ollie and Oscar in a bungalow they’re renovating, the business specializes in creating stunning natural portraits with real emotion and beautiful light that capture life’s most precious moments.
Leah’s photography style is fun, a little unstructured, and always tells a story. She encourages families and couples to relax and have fun, allowing genuine moments to unfold naturally. Rather than formal, posed shots, she focuses on documenting real moments as they happen—the connections, the candid interactions, and the authentic emotions that make each family unique. Her goal is to create images that families can look through years from now and remember exactly how life felt in those moments.
Birth photography represents a significant specialization for Leah Hoskin Photography. Having witnessed her first birth at sixteen when her baby brother was born, and later fully embracing birth photography after having her own children, Leah now offers this service with genuine passion. She takes on a limited number of births each month, providing on-call support to document births in whatever setting families choose—birthing centers, hospitals, homes, or unexpected variations. She believes birth is an empowering process that deserves to be embraced and documented.
Beyond birth photography, the business offers Fresh 48 sessions within the first forty-eight hours after birth, capturing newborns in all their newness at the hospital or birthing home. Natural newborn sessions take place in clients’ homes within two to fourteen days of birth, documenting precious moments in comfortable, familiar surroundings. Family lifestyle sessions can occur at home or favorite outdoor locations, focusing on connection and moments rather than everyone looking at the camera. Maternity sessions celebrate pregnancy at favorite locations including beaches, parks, or backyards.
Leah also provides wedding photography throughout the Waikato and beyond, documenting everything from large glamorous events to intimate elopements. Her wedding packages typically deliver around one hundred images per hour, with full-day packages providing eight hundred to one thousand images. Additionally, she offers business photography including workplace content documentation, product photography, personal branding sessions, and headshots—all approached with her signature relaxed, authentic style rather than stuffy posed imagery. Client testimonials consistently praise her calm demeanor, incredible eye for detail, and ability to capture special natural moments perfectly.
