West Texas Maternity and Newborn Photographer – Page 14

Your newborn photography session should be one of the sweetest experiences of your brand new life as a mom or dad. Capturing everything that is perfect, tiny, and wonderful about your new baby and your relationship with him or her, those newborn photos will likely be some of the most treasured you will ever have. This is why finding and hiring an established and trusted professional for your newborn session is so important. Because your baby is only this little once.

When considering which professional to choose, here are a few bits of advice.

Choose someone whose work you truly love, and whose style seems clean and timeless. Trust me on this – there is nothing about a newborn image that needs the colors or contrast outrageously enhanced. Newborn images shouldn’t “pop”. This is your sweet, brand-new baby. He’s perfect just the way he is. Furthermore, some of the trendy types of processing will be totally out of date in 5 or 10 years, but a clean, sweet image will NEVER go out of style.
Once you’ve found someone whose work is what you envision on your own walls, look to see if they show plenty of images from each session, rather than just one or two. The truth is, anyone can get lucky and get one really good shot. But it takes a higher level of skill and/or talent to get an entire gallery of great shots. And let’s face it – you WANT a gallery of images to choose from. Ideally, you want to be able to see anywhere from 10-15 images from a single client gallery to get an idea of whether the photographer can provide a gallery of images to you. Be sure to look for a variety of poses and setups, and that everything looks safe*. (* Bonus points if they have years of experience posing newborns)
Lastly, as soon as you’ve found your pro, contact them and get that session scheduled! An established professional who specializes in newborns like I do is very likely to be booked solid for up to a month, and possibly even several months, in advance. I recommend that clients contact me sometime in their 2nd trimester to book their sessions, but even if it’s later than that I will do everything I can to get them in for their newborn session. I want every client to have beautiful, special images of this amazing time in their life.

I hope this info helps you find the perfect photographer – one that you enjoy working with so much that you go back year after year for all of your family’s special memories. I know that there are so many things on your “to do” list. And hiring a trusted professional for your newborn’s photos is one thing you will never regret doing. Your baby is only this little once!

For availability and/or full pricing information, please send an email to [email protected].

If you are like most parents of a newborn, you are probably pretty tired. Those first days and weeks can be a blur. And sometimes the hectic schedule that comes with a newborn means that other things become less of a priority, or are forgotten about altogether. Like newborn photos. Some parents have religious reasons for staying at home for this period. Some new moms may have more soreness than they expected, or sometimes life feels a bit overwhelming with a newborn. Whatever the reason, a professional newborn photographer should be able to work with you at any time in the first month (at least!) and provide you with beautiful images of your newborn. And over the past 6 years, we have worked with so many of these older babies that we confidently assure parents that beautiful newborn sessions are possible at our studio with newborns of any age.

4 week newborn

4 weekers can still curl a bit!

The newborn period is considered by most to be the first 4 weeks, and it’s true that some poses are going to take a bit longer with a 4 or 5 week old baby than with one that is 8 or 10 days old. Some will not settle as easily, or tolerate as many transitions from one pose into another. Older newborns are also typically less able to curl up as much as a younger newborn. They are generally a bit more round in the middle, and are often just not as flexible. And because babies older than about 12 days do more flexing of their legs and backs, some poses are not recommended or attempted. As long as our clients understand that there are greater limitations, and are able to adjust their expectations, we are happy – no, we are MORE than happy to schedule their older newborn. Because when it comes down to it, we would rather our clients have those beautiful photos than none at all. We would rather work harder and make that happen, than to see even one client go without a session simply because their baby was a bit older.

beautiful mama and her 4 week old precious newborn

Variety with an older newborn is absolutely possible, too!

Yes, I am still going to recommend that clients book their session with me BEFORE they have their babies. We often do get a bigger variety of curled-up poses, and parents have the assurance of having a session on the schedule, which is not always possible when someone contacts me after their baby has arrived. Sometimes there are openings, due to a reschedule or a baby who has decided not to arrive by his or her due date, but not always. (So, if you haven’t had your baby yet, right now would be a great time to shoot me an email. 😉 ) But if you’ve had your baby, and if life has gotten a bit crazy for you with a newborn in the home, well go ahead and contact me! I will do my very best to make a spot for your precious baby. He or she deserves beautiful newborn photos, too. Your baby is only this little once.

This baby was 4 weeks old at her session. I still recommend getting them to my studio earlier, if at all possible.

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