Baby Boy C - 3 days old

Baby Boy C was born thursday morning, which makes him the youngest newborn I've ever had the pleasure to photograph. He was overdue by over a week, and his mom made the appointment with me hoping to entice him out into the world. I learned a lot during this photoshoot, especially about dealing with a newborn this young. He basically just wanted to nurse the entire time, which was fine, but a little difficult to photograph! Who says that newborns are always just sleepyheads?

Here's his sneak peek, enjoy!

Meet pirate baby, aarrgghh!


Contemplating the outside world


What does big sister think of him?


Sibling love


one with dad. you can't tell he's actually screaming his head off here


big yawn

Valentine's Day Mini-Sessions

I had my first foray into offering mini-sessions, which turned out pretty successful! They were shorter, 30 minute sessions in one location where clients came to me. Since it worked out so well, I may offer more mini-sessions come spring, maybe at a destination such as the tulip fields in Mt. Vernon, or a nearby park. Here are some peeks of the adorable kids I photographed, including a very sleepy but delicious two week old! I was pretty impressed his parents were up and about with him already. Enjoy!

Look at that pout!


He's going to be a heart breaker for sure


She was very very serious


sleepy head


Hey! He woke up!


Fun fun fun!

Oliver - 9 days old

I had the pleasure of taking newborn Oliver's portraits last week. His mom and I actually went to high school together (way back when!) and reconnected through Facebook. She was kind enough to let me photograph little Oliver, and she also joyfully participated in my eagerness to stage as many hat pictures on babies as possible. The lighting conditions were a little challenging, but Oliver behaved like a champ and pretty much slept through most of the shoot. I present Oliver's sneak peek now, aka The Most Awesome Hat Shoot I've Ever Done.

meet Oliver


Oliver with mom and dad


beanie hat Oliver with a dimple!


I lent Oliver my own apple beanie hat


The Most Awesomely Terrific Baby Hat EVER


baby feet and rings


soft newborn head


baby bottom


kisses from grandma


snuggles from mom

Izzy - 10 days old

Meet Mizz Izzy.



She's the cutie daughter of a woman in my DDC (due date club) who ended up being born in July instead of August. Her mom was gracious enough to let me come over and practice taking some more shots of her newborn and her other gorgeous children. I was fairly excited to be taking pictures of other brown eyed kids like my own, and working with more indoor natural lighting. I really enjoyed working with this newborn because it was my first session that didn't involve a lot of crying and sweating (on my end and theirs!)



Izzy and her brother, check out those cheeks!


showing off her 'tude


sweet sibling moment


followed by this...


she was pretty alert for a 10 day old!


look at all the cuteness!

A very new baby

Some friends of mine had a baby last week and were gracious enough to let me come over and take pictures and pose her. Shooting newborns is really, really hard work. I don't know about these other photographers that can just pose the sleeping newborns - this is my third shoot and they all screamed bloody murder during the entire 2-3 hours I was shooting them. :( I managed to get a few shots that weren't of a screaming baby though, and will chalk it up to more life lessons in photography. :)

meet baby girl Gwyneth, four days old


don't let that fool you, for most of the shoot she looked like this:


baby head


baby feet





ok last baby feet shot I promise. you can see how unhappy she is in the background


when she was happy, she usually was eating her hand


and an outdoor shot - it was such a nice day not to take advantage of the sunshine!

Another squishy newborn

April from this shoot graciously allowed me to come back and take pictures of her three week old son. As I remembered, newborns did take extra time to shoot, and I'm still working out the logistics of family posing with a newborn. Originally I had him set in the boppy but he was so tiny that I feel he kept blending in with the background instead of looking like a family member! Also, the amount of pee this kid could generate was amazing. I finally gave up and left the diaper on him because it was guaranteed he would pee, then pee again, as soon as the diaper came off! Overall, it was a very enjoyable shoot as April let me pose her little man in all sorts of funny positions as I was trying out different ways to pose a squishy baby. :)

and yes I do have a slight obsession with feet. :)

meet Jack!




mommy and baby


I love this pose and how she's looking down at her baby


nekkid baby with dad


dad and baby


baby feet


how a newborn and a two year old's feet compare


sadly, how Jack felt about most pictures involving his sister

Squishy newborn shoot

Becky, my willing and cooperative maternity model from this shoot came back with her newborn baby boy and let me practice taking some shots with a squishy delectable newborn. He's about 2 weeks old in these pictures.

Things I learned: newborns DO take a long time to shoot, between the crying, sleeping, nursing, feeding, and all the resting inbetween. :) Also, use less slippery fabric around the boppy because the baby kept slipping down on the fabric I was using. I read somewhere that using a bean bag was best with newborns because it conformed the most to their little curved shape. Overall I was pretty happy with the shoot and learned lots about posing such small babies.

and now onto the picture sneak peek! :)

how he spent about half the shoot, in various stages of unhappy


ahhh bliss


look, we even got some awake shots!


gassy smile


with mommy


with blocks


baby head!


baby hand