I KNOW that planning for newborn photos takes a lot of energy. How do I know this? Whelp, when my kiddos (now 7 and 9 years old) were newborns…I didn’t schedule photos. I *wish* I could go back in time and tell myself that I would regret not making it happen. My goal with my clients is to make the entire experience as stress free as possible, to have fun, and to create gorgeous images that you will treasure FOREVER.
I met this family several years ago for (now) Big Brother’s newborn session. I just love seeing my favorite clients as their families grow and change, and I have so much fun capturing their personalities. This little man was so chill during his session, and big brother is completely smitten with him. Big brother made sure to check on his little bro regularly, and loved his snuggle time with him.
I hold newborn sessions in my Mill Creek studio, primarily because I have so many beautiful outfits, props, backdrops, as well as my lighting set-up all ready to go. I love that my families can just show up with baby, and sit back and relax while I get to work soothing, posing, and photographing baby (and the rest of the family, of course!) Here are a few of my favorite images from this little man’s recent newborn session.
This set up is created with the help of Luisa Dunn’s gorgeous digital backdrops. His little bee snuggle sack and bonnet are handmade by the talented PaturiciPentruPitici
These next two images are both photographed on the gorgeous white wool layer (handmade by Mama Knits), but for the second image I have photoshopped him onto a digital backdrop that I created in studio. I love how versatile digital backdrops are. I can keep baby sleepy, settled while still being able to provide diverse images for client galleries. I don’t have to waste precious sleeping baby time to perfect the more elaborate set ups. I can photograph those on their own, and photoshop baby into them after the session.
I just love these family photos. They just so clearly capture the love this family has for each other. Look at baby’s content little smile while he is snuggled in big brothers arms!
