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Ten years ago, I would have squirmed when someone handed me a newborn. When a baby found its way into my arms, it would cry! I’m just pointing this out because I realized recently that I’m a whole lot more comfortable with babies and I think I have photography to thank for that. While I mainly focus on weddings, I started photographing newborns about two years ago. I have to admit that my first newborn session was pretty nerve-wracking. I could sense the nervous energy from the parents and the baby definitely sensed it from me. Poor thing!

My nerves didn’t have anything to do with what was happening behind the camera, but with everything that takes place in front of it: making the baby and parents comfortable, figuring out how to get the baby to sleep, pose, smile! That’s a lot of pressure when you’re not really used to babies. Add into the mix the feeding routine and the little surprises that come with taking off their diapers and that about sums it up. In the end, the newborn portraits turned out great! And since then, I’ve grown more and more comfortable with newborns and what I can do to make the process fun and worry-free! I’ve really grown to love photographing newborns and hope to have one of my own someday!

This post includes some sweeties from recent sessions that I haven’t had a chance to blog about yet. This set shows some of the neat props I’ve collected along the way and have also found that it’s fun to coordinate with parents and see what we can come up with.

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Nicolette and Travis were so much fun to work with during their maternity session.  I know they are going to be fantastic parents.  Here are my favorite now that all of the edits are complete:

This is one of the color variations from a pose that was posted in their sneak peek. Nicolette is gorgeous and I love her naturally curly hair.

You can just see that these guys love that baby.

I love a good 3/4 view of the belly. Nicolette is living proof that pregnancy is beautiful.

This is going to be one good lookin’ baby!

You can see that this couple is very much in love.

She looks good and she knows it!

I went antique with the black and white. It’s a softer look that I find suiting for a maternity session.

I like Travis’ sweetness in this moment.

I have a feeling their little one is going to have a Steelers jersey some day.

Thanks again, Nicolette and Travis! Blessings to you and your growing family.

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting up with Nicolette and Travis for a maternity session. This session was a baby shower gift for Nicolette from her sister-in-law-to-be. I think this is a great gift idea – not just because it’s good for business, but it’s so unexpected and thoughtful. We took our time on a Sunday afternoon and really had a lot of fun with this session. Here are just a few favorites for a sneak peek:

More to come next week…

Thanks Nicolette and Travis – it was tons of fun spending time with you in the studio!