When Nancy and Charlie McLean tied the knot last January, photographer James Day was delighted to be there to capture the beautiful moment.
At the time, Nancy from Sydney was just seven weeks shy of giving birth, and the photos captured the adoring couple's love for each other and their unborn child.
Two months later, James was back photographing the couple and their child, but tragically, it was under much sadder circumstances.
Little Edison was born with a rare metabolic condition, and the couple were told that he wouldn't have long to life.
"I received a call to say that Nancy and Charlie's baby boy, Edison, wasn't doing so well and they asked if I could make the drive up to Royal Randwick Women's Hospital as they were going to have to say goodbye," James wrote on his blog.
"I got up there as quickly as I could and documented some of the family coming to visit. I started simply taking still images, but quickly realised that I’d need to quickly work out how to film (video) the moments that were unfolding in front of me."
"The words that people were saying were just too powerful not to be recorded in some way."
James spent the day capturing each precious moment the couple spent with their newborn son, with each photo highlighting the deep love they and their families had for the gorgeous little man.
Edison was the couple's first-born child, and was diagnosed with an extremely rare metabolic condition called non-ketotic hyperglycinaemia on the third day of his life.
The tiny newborn's ventilator, which had been breathing for him, was turned off on the Wednesday and the couple said goodbye.
"But our little fighter had other ideas. He resumed breathing for himself and gave us two more beautiful days where we were blessed enough to take him for a picnic at the beach and even bring him back home again for 24hrs of cuddle time in our own bed," Nancy told Daily Mail Australia.
"Our angel left our world at 10:25pm on Day 7 [Good Friday]; three hours short of being a week old."
Although heartbroken at their loss, the couple have learned to cherish the time they have with each other and their loved ones.
"We only had seven days with our baby boy, but we take immense comfort out of the truth in those seven days he knew only love," Nancy said.
"We spent those days laughing as much as possible. We made a promise to each other and to Edison to celebrate his life, not to waste any second we had with our baby boy while we still had him with us."
As well as taking beautiful photos, James also filmed video footage of the family's heartbreaking final moments with their boy.
James shared the video on Facebook, and so far it's been viewed over 145,000 times. Messages of support have flooded in for the parents too.
"Usually I'm asked to help document people's happiest days," James said.
"But some of the most important days aren't always the happiest ones."
You can watch the beautiful video below.
