Newborn: Small Enough to Hold In Your Hand
March 24, 2011
The ideal time to photograph a newborn is within the first ten days of life. The babies are small enough to hold in dad’s hand and sometimes sleep through the entire photo session. Occasionally the timing doesn’t work; we’ve photographed anywhere from four days old to one month. This little one is a few weeks old but born so small that she was still pretty tiny when we did the session.
We often schedule at the last minute for newborns to find a convenient time for parents and baby. This little one had been hospitalized the first few weeks of life and was released just prior to the session. We frequently photograph military families and have to work around deployments and leave time. It’s important to us to capture this special time that can never be repeated in a child’s life.
