Archive for March, 2010
As you may know I did a slew of Fresh Faces shoots in February and March. It is, after all, the slow season here in the frozen northeast and what better time to add some new babies to the portfolio and try out a few new poses? And the mothers were all such good sports, bringing me their babies to photography when they weren’t even two weeks old yet! Each model got a free session and an 8X10 of their choice (or their mother’s choice – so few newborns really have an opinion on their portraits yet.) BUT, they were all so adorable and delightful I wanted to share them all with you and thought – hey! I haven’t had a contest in a while.
So.. here’s the rules:
- Vote for one baby via the comments on the original blog post (not Facebook – trying to keep track of two voting areas would make me battier than I already am).
- One vote per person, please.
- All votes/comments have to be placed in April to count.
- Voting closes on April 30th, 2010
The baby with the most votes wins a mounted 11X14 of the image in his or her blog post; if there are multiple images in the post the parents can choose which one they want. AND one random commenter on the winning baby will get a $25 gift certificate. Go forth and solicit votes from parenting boards, Facebook, family, friends, coworkers and total strangers on the streets.
Though I hope people will play fair I am not going to try to figure out if the same person has used 10 different emails and 10 different names to stuff the ballot box. You’re on the Honor System.
Here’s a quick listing of all the babes:
Baby in a Hat
Baby in a Sling
A Boy and His Mother
Sleepy Girl
Wide Awake Boy
Itty Bitty Girl
Sweet Little One
9 Baby Faces
Sleeping Girl
Baby C
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Isn’t she just the sweetest thing you have ever seen? The sweetness of newborns never stops amazing me. She was a sleeper, and the last of my Fresh Faces models. I’ve had babies who couldn’t be woken up for love, money or even food and babies who couldn’t be coaxed to sleep even in an 85 degree room with full tummies. That’s one thing you always have to remember about photographing newborns – you just have to go with the flow.
Now this little sweetie was older than I usually like to do newborns; she was over 3 weeks. I like to schedule them in that 4-7 day range as that, usually, makes for sleepy babies who still curl up into adorable little balls. Once they get a little older the shoot can be harder as they are more alert, less, well, bendy and 3 weeks can be a very difficult age as that 3-week newborn growth spurt can result in a baby who wants to eat 20 hours out of the day. As you can undoubtedly tell from her picture she was, despite her advanced age of 3 weeks, quite happy to sleep.
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I have just a few more of these adorable babies from my Fresh Faces sessions to put on the blog and then, in April, there is going to be a new blog contest. Keep your eyes peeled for the chance to win an 11X14 mounted print of your baby!
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I am wrapping up my spring Fresh Faces project and have a pile of neatly packaged prints to take to the post office including some of this little cutie. Isn’t she a sweetheart? She decided to arrive on the scene a wee bit early and as a result was one of the smallest peanuts I got to play with so far this year. You can see her in my Simply Babies gallery too, which I have totally redesigned and refreshed after this winter’s baby rush.
Newborn portraits are such a delight to do. I get to see all the wonder of new life. Sure, I get peed on during most sessions (though not, actually, during this one). And urped on. And now and again I get pooped on, but there is a reason I wear jeans to the sessions and the joy of a little baby is more than worth the many fluids that come out of them. All of which is to say, in the babbly way that lets you know it’s been an interesting day with my twins, that I have the best job in the world.
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OK, you’re out of luck for March. Unless you have a newborn March is full, full, full. Actually, March is full even if you DO have a newborn but I do always try very hard to squeeze in itty-bitties before they aren’t quite so itty or bitty anymore. But, really, the month is booked.
Now, April is shaping up to be a busy month too. I have some pre-booked newborns waiting to come out, the La Leche League conference, which I adore, and a day of mini sessions which means that, sure, you can get a 30 minute session for free but means that there are that many fewer days for regular sessions. All of which is to say that if you want to book a regular session in April I recommend doing it quickly. Click HERE to book; currently available dates are listed in the drop-down box on the ordering page.
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This little guy came to me for a newborn portrait and decided he wanted to stay awake. I think sometimes people worry too much about getting the baby to sleep, especially since I talk about needing to make sure your house is warm, warmer, warmest for the shoot or the baby won’t sleep. But, really, wide awake babies are cute too. Awfully cute. Yummily, munchably, terrifically cute.
One thing I learned when I had babies – you can’t make a baby do anything. You really have to go with the flow and be prepared to follow the child’s lead. So, though I encourage people to look through both the Simply Babies gallery and the Dreams & Stories gallery to let me know about any specific poses they would like to capture the reality is that some babies don’t sleep soundly enough to hang in a sling, some babies won’t lay their heads on their hands and some babies will shriek in fury if they are draped over an arm. Newborn poses are wholly dependent upon the temperament of the baby. It’s part of what makes your baby portrait special to your family – even in the simplest baby sleeping pose you see the personality and characteristics of this new little person, unique, wonderful and wholly his or her own self, even at 7 days old.
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I’m wrapping up my winter Fresh Faces campaign and have almost totally redone my newborn gallery. These baby-on-black images I call the “Simply Babies” portraits and they are such a delight to do. How can anyone not adore a job that involves holding itty bitty babies and making newborn portraits. Of course, in a regular newborn session these shot are only a part of the session and you get a lot more of environmental images of you and your family cuddling baby, reading to baby, sitting with baby. But, though these are only a part – and, really a small part – of a full newborn session they are ridiculously sweet.
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