Here’s a handy checklist of what you need to buy for the arrival of a new baby! Obviously these things are all just ideas and you can pick and choose what works best for you and your budget when you’ve done your research! I hope this helps! Things to Buy for Baby’s Arrival: -cot -bedside…
Why You Must Take Family Portraits At Your Newborn Session: I have so many clients that come to a newborn session too tired to even think about having their own portraits taken and pass on them. I always try to encourage my clients to be in images, even if they are tired and have no…
Why Your Photographer Won’t Give You The Raw Files: As a photographer I often get asked about giving all the raw files, however you may struggle to find a professional and experienced photographer who gives access to those. Raw files are like an unfinished product and as artists we don’t like giving out unfinished products….
A newborn photographer’s days can be long and when looking at beautiful images of newborns on social media we often don’t think of the time and effort that went into creating and completing them. How does my day as a newborn photographer usually go? 1.) Set Up– I clean my studio and then put everything…
Newborn Photography isn’t for the faint of heart and the lazy! When starting up my small business I had no idea just how much work I was in for! Here are reasons you shouldn’t be a newborn photographer if you are on the fence about it! 1.) You don’t want to work hard– When starting…
I’ve seen many brand new parents try to do their own newborn photography session and to be honest, it makes me cringe. Attempting to do poses that a professional newborn photographer has taken years of training to master is very unsafe and can put your brand new baby at risk. 1.) Safety- Safety is the…
As I’m pregnant myself right now, I’m writing list upon list upon list! I’ve written an everything I need to buy for baby list and a hospital bag list. I thought I’d share the hospital bag checklist here as many of my clients have told me things they have forgotten over the years! It can…
All my newborn photography sessions in the studio include use of props! Using props is a huge part of my photography style and parents don’t have to bring a thing (except the clothes on their backs). Over the years I have carefully curated how I want my photography style to look and love to achieve…
When I initially started newborn photography I travelled to client homes and as a necessity, my work had a more lifestyle look due to not being able to take many props with me. While my style has evolved over the last 6 years, I have found myself missing a simple/natural lifestyle look so decided to…
London Newborn Mini Sessions: For those that don’t know, I offer newborn mini sessions for those that want just a handful of images of baby. This session is one hour long only and swaddled/wrapped images of baby only (this is a good session for clients who don’t want family images). The reason a mini session…