From a few days to a Year....

There is nothing like photographing a newborn baby.   They are so small and cute.  Being a mother to 3 children I understand how fast the time flies.  It feels like only yesterday my oldest was born and now he is almost 14 years old!   It is crazy how fast they grow that first year alone!


Newborn portraits are best when baby is anywhere from 3 days to 14 days old.  They will sleep more during the session ....




we can pose them better too!  Since they are still adjusting to the world outside the womb they will go back to the fetal position easily. Which turns out to be cute portrait....

....or we can pose their little heads on their hands for a few portraits too.....

 Like I was saying before....that first year goes by real fast.  So, like all photographers, I am going to recommend getting your babies portrait taken every 3 months.  

Three month old babies are alert and that makes for some wonderful shots.....

......you can bring a few favorite items to add to any portrait session.

Babies six months and nine months of age are a little more active and it becomes difficult to get them to look at the camera.  That doesn't effect the portrait, it can make them better....

....but if we do get them to look at the camera the pictures turn out stunning!

Then there is that wonderful event that happens.....FIRST BIRTHDAYS!!!!

What I like to do is have a cake smashing session a week or two before their birthday.

We will start off like a normal portrait session.....

.....then introduce them to cake, maybe they will take a bite....

or the whole cake! 

To make capturing that first year a little better on your wallet....I give discounts to returning families.   20% off your regular price session.  If it has been 3 months since your last visit you will get 20% off plus $25 in print credit.  6 months since your last visit 20% off plus $20 in print credit.  This is for all returning families not just for babies anymore!

Hope to see you soon!

You don't always need to smile......

Every parent is in search of a portrait portraying how happy their child is, with big grins.  The problem with those portraits is most of the time the child knows this and gives fake smiles.  This doesn't always show the true spirt of the child.  The dreamer, the defiant one, the thinker and more.  I will never ask a child to smile or say cheese.   If you do that you will get cheesy smiles, not the child's real smile.   I will talk to them, find out what they like and don't like.   When I do try to get that happy portrait most parents are in search of I say silly things like "say spaghetti pizza" or ask them to make silly faces at the camera, they will soon start laughing and those are true happy portraits.  A real expression not a fake stiff one.

This one here I said to her that my favorite food was pizza with gummy bears on top!   She laughed and I got a real smile!

I always say bring props that mean something to you and your family.  This image shows just that, he loved to play baseball with his Dad.  So he wanted to hold the bat, I showed him how to hold it just for the picture then stepped back and said "wow, you look like a real red sox player!"  He gave this huge smile that I captured right away!

But you do not always need a smile......