Posts Tagged ‘Connecticut Newborn Photography’

Now and again things happen at photography sessions that make one laugh, though usually not until a bit later after a glass of wine or two. A small sampling…

  1. I was doing a very casual portfolio building shoot of a friend’s 3-month old son at my house on my back deck. She took her glasses off to get some pictures holding her child without the specs and my own child grabbed her glasses, broke them, and dropped them under the deck. We had to fish them out (or rather, I did, as she really is basically blind without her glasses) using a hook AFTER we located where they were by peering through the wooden boards at the assorted dead leaves below. Finding patterned brown glasses in dead leaves with almost no light is, well, interesting. I told her to let me pay for new ones. Did she? No. They are STILL taped together and that boy is 18 months old now. Every time I see them I feel glasses-guilt. Lesson learned: don’t ever try to do even the most casual shoot with your kids around. This just doesn’t end well.
  2. I did a maternity session for one woman and was doing a set of rapid fire pictures, one after another, of the same pose. When I went back to proof the pictures, as I flipped from one to the next, I realized I could see the baby shifting around inside her womb and causing her abdomen to change shape. I’ve also had a woman have contractions during the shoot; she was a trooper and hiked all over West Hartford Center – in high heeled boots – pausing only briefly during contractions. She admitted she hoped the walking would bring on full labor. No such luck. I did, however, once have a mother go into full labor about 5 hours after our session.
  3. Babies pee on my ALL THE TIME. It’s just part of the job and one reason I wear very casual clothes to shoots. Only once, however, did I manage to actually catch an arc of pee in the air when I pushed the shutter RIGHT as the baby peed. If this happens to you I will add a complimentary 4X6 of that shot for you to tuck away until your child’s wedding rehearsal dinner when you can add it to the slideshow of cute childhood pictures. This will be payback for the sleep deprivation.
  4. At a wedding I once, camera gear hanging from my neck, jumped down a river bank to grab a blow-away ketubah that the wind had snatched and was attempting to introduce to the water, not 15 minutes after every single person in the family had signed it. This was not in the fine print of “How to be a wedding photographer.” I’ve also helped a bride into her dress, which eliminated any sweet “the bride getting dressed” shots but ensured that she actually DID get zipped into her dress.

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This was such a fun conference to display at. This is actually the second year I’ve had a table in the Hall of Exhibitors (which sounds a bit more impressive than it actually was) and I had a blast. There were cute babies and toddlers everywhere, it’s a crowd that likes a baby picture and I got to talk to so many fascinating people, give out breastfeeding advocacy magnets with one of my breastfeeding portraits on it to nurses, doctors and WIC personnel and show off my newborn portraits and children’s portraiture to everybody.

My display:
Cute Reasons You Should Book a Portraiture Session Now

Some other exhibitors. Click on their snapshots to go visit their web sites. All are fabulous women who had some great things out for sale. I must have one of Herrickfield Designs felted bags and if I ever have another baby (hah) I will be getting Bean Tree Baby to set me up with a wardrobe of carriers to get me through.


Sarah Herrick of Herrickfield Designs Needle Felting

Bean Tree Baby at the La Leche League Conference

Erica and Keith Grossman, Bradley Childbirth Educators in Manchester, CT

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Well, she is. If it’s any consolation she’s cuter than I am as well.

I photographed this little beauty on Saturday morning. She was right in the middle of her 3-week growth spurt and made me work for it but time, patience, lots of food, womb sounds and loud shushing resulted in some final sleeping images that are just adorable as well as some great looks of wide eyed wonder.

Newborn Portraits in Connecticut

baby portraits in CT

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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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Connecticut Baby Girl Portraits

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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9 Cute Faces

March 28, 2010

Babies are just adorable. In almost every session I get a montage like this one, with rapidly changing cute expressions and I think this grid of 9 similar images is a great way to showcase them.

Connecticut Newborn Photography

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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!

Smiling Baby by Stacie Turner Photography Simply Babies

Connecticut Newborn Portraits

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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.

Simply Babies Newborn Portraits by Stacie Turner Photography

Connecticut Newborn Pictures by Simply Babies at Stacie Turner Photography

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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.

Simply Babies Newborn Portraits by Stacie Turner Photography in West Hartford, Connecticut

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