4 Choices for Photographing Your New Baby

Newborn Photography

I promised yesterday that I would give you some options for capturing your baby in that precious 4 week newborn window and what it really boils down to is that you have 4 choices:⁠ 1. Don’t take any newborn photos at all 2. Hire a professional (check out our QUIZ in the bio to help […]

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Pinterest fails have taught us that things are not nearly as easy as they may seem and that absolutely is true for newborn photography.⁠ The problem is that unlike a cake that came out badly baked or an art project gone wrong, we can’t go back in time. The baby has grown. We don’t get a […]

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A month of newborns! Day 6

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Newborn Month, Day 6 This week I’ve been telling you all about my foray into newborn photography and some of the things I’ve learned along the way. I showed you my first 2 sons disastrous newborn images and then shared how I attended a photo conference down in California.⁠ Not long after that conference, my […]

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Newborn Month, Day 5 Alright, if you’ve been following along this week, I’ve been telling the story of how I came to be a terrible newborn photographer. Now, I’m going to tell you how I was able to change that narrative. (See my 1st son’s failed photos HERE  and my second son’s terrible results HERE⁠ […]

You CAN take your own newborn photos, but you must know which poses are actually safe

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Newborn Month, Day 4

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Did you see my embarrassing post yesterday? Yep, I took that awful picture of my now 8 year old son because I truly believed I knew what I was doing despite having held about 10 babies my entire life and only having photographed like 4. I didn’t think newborns would be any different than any […]

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Newborn month, Day 3 My Story: When I became pregnant with my first baby I never even considered hiring a professional photographer. I strongly believed that I could get great images of him, just like I’d seen from professional newborn photographers. But what I got? Looked like this: My poor first son fell victim to […]

My start in newborn photography (embarassing!)

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Month of cute babies! Day 2

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Month of cute babies! Day 2 I’m all for professional photography. But sometimes, it’s just not in the cards. ⁠ It might be cost. It might be availability. It might be circumstance (thanks covid!). It might be a failure to plan or a lack of time. ⁠ So, how best to solve this problem?⁠ We […]

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It’s October Ya’ll.⁠ I’m not sure what it is about October that makes me want to be from the south, but there you have it, a ya’ll on this beautiful, sunny and 81° day here in Boise, Idaho.⁠ I, for one, am thrilled that it’s October because that means it’s time to kick off our […]

Kick off to our month of newborns!

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