First off congratulations! Welcome to the most amazing and exhausting time of your life.
The ultimate goal for newborn sessions (other than capturing those cute little squishy babes) is to make this time relaxing and enjoyable for all. My studio is purpose built to have all the things we need so all you need to bring is the baby and a normal nappy bag of goodies.
Rest assured I have all the Newborn props, headbands, outfits and goodies that we will need, but if you do have something special you would like included please feel free to bring it along. Also if you are using a dummy definitely bring that along too!
Before our session I will ask you for any particular colours or images that you would love to be included in the gallery too. Im more than happy to try and use colours fitting to nursery or house colour schemes. Trust me I have ALOT of options!
How to prepare Bub
This one is super easy!
For arrival to the studio try and dress Bub in something easy to remove ( incase they arrive nice and sleepy) zippy suits are perfect! Ideally if we can time a feed for the beginning of the session that is always amazing! If not we can definitely work around Bub.
Normally I suggest to try and avoid introducing anything new the night before ( wether it be you eating spicy food for dinner haha) as sometimes this can end up with unhappy babies.
Rest assured if Bub is upset on the day we can try our best to make them comfortable, worst case scenario if Bub is definitely not having a good time we will reschedule and try another day.
What to expect
To begin the newborn session normally we start by underdressing Bub, a fresh nappy if needed and then ideally we like to start with a feed. If Bub is asleep excellent we will start straight away! If not dont stress, babies aren't always the sleepy little angels you see in pictures and that is totally fine too, I have plenty of tips and tricks to help them settle and if that means some cheeky awake photos that is always cute too!
If we are photographing siblings normally I start with them and baby first and full family photos before moving onto just Bub. To finish off the session with just parent shots.
And yes there will be poop and wee and never feel like you need to apologise :) trust me I have always seen worse!!
And thats it! Rest assured your baby is in safe hands. After our session you will receive sneak peeks within a couple days and full gallery within 3 weeks. Thank you so much for allowing me the honour of capturing such special memories for you <3
