For most modern-style newborn photographers, we usually encourage parents to get their babies to us, uh, maybe on the way home from the hospital? (I kid, kinda. ;) It’s during these first few days of life that newborns are still curled in the fetal position and spend most of their time being in a very deep sleep, which allows me to manipulate and pose them in all of the adorable positions that represent my work.
So when Olivia’s parents called to ask me to photograph her and then told me that she’d be nearly 6 weeks old when we met (which is like a collecting-Social-Security newborn for a photographer!), I must admit that in the back of my mind, I was unsure if the session would work out or would take on the characteristics of a newborn session–in other words, if she’d still fall into sleep deep enough that I could pose her without disturbing her since older newborns typically do disturb and wake a little easier than “fresh” newborns.
To my pleasant surprise, Olivia was just as easy as 6-day-old. And better able to focus on the camera, so we got some amazing eye contact, to boot.
Thank you so much for such a fun day yesterday, Lisa & Matt! Congratulations again, and enjoy!
by Jen
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