We could have our very own Anne Geddes in Canberra, though she's not yet known for her stylised baby portraits.
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What started as a passing joke among friends - profiling the professions of Canberrans in baby photos - soon became a creative outlet for award-winning wedding photographer Julie Emonson-Clyde.
From baby lawyers and a DJ to a sailor and mechanic, Emonson-Clyde has in a year captured 21 babies aged 6-12 months dressed as their parents would be for work.
But her project has gained more meaning than a ''creative outlet''.
Some of the babies, including Emonson-Clyde's own, were cared for at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Canberra Hospital.
So the photographer decided to make a calendar comprised of the babies' photos. All profits will go to the hospital's neonatal unit so that ''many more babies will be given a fighting chance at life''.
January baby Martin Casey, surrounded by legal books as if destined for his mother's profession in law, managed to drool all over his tie.
''It's so funny because you always see the businessmen with a little stain on their tie,'' Emonson-Clyde said.
''His character came across - he looked like he was trying to tell us legal related things while chewing on the ends of his glasses.''
Emonson-Clyde's chance of having a baby with Down syndrome or health issues went from one in 700 to one in 80.
July navy baby, Taylor Emonson-Clyde aka ''drunken sailor'', was born healthy, but Emonson-Clyde had to utilise the antenatal clinic at the hospital for tests for various medical issues.
And then there's the Actew baby, Elspeth Patrick, who wasn't in the mood to take pictures - or as Emonson-Clyde puts it - ''didn't want to go to work''.
Mr June, Lucas Regan, took on the persona of a mechanic when dressed in overalls, given a tool box and toy truck.
''We left him alone and he got one of the screwdrivers out of the mechanics kit and he was genuinely trying to put the screwdriver in holes and turn it,'' Emonson-Clyde said.
''It was incredible to watch.''
But Emonson-Clyde's favourite was DJ baby, Ms September, whose dad is Stan Dorris from 3D entertainment.
Surrounded by a turntable and records, the words on Sophia Dorris's T-shirt say it all - all cool things come to those who rock.