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Newborns:

It is important to schedule this session before the birth of your child. This not only ensures a date for you but also allows for a more enjoyable session for everyone involved. Babies are much more flexible and calm in the first week of life. If we catch them before they learn how to stretch out and are awake for long periods of time they will likely sleep through the whole session, which is ideal.

I encourage you to bring along props, especially sentimental ones. Do you have newborn hats? Bring them! Textured blankets? Bring them! Outfits for the infant are not necessary as I prefer them to be in the flesh for the majority of the time. However, if you have an outfit you’d like them photographed in I won’t turn you down.

Children:

Clothing is key. Layers make for a great picture. A t-shirt vs. a button up shirt with a jacket over it etc. is night and day when it comes to visual interest in a photograph. Try to select colors that will accentuate their eyes rather than match them. For example: Blue eyes will pop more with something orange or even yellow than with blue.

Your attitude for the day will greatly effect the overall feeling of the photo shoot. If you are stressed, it will rub off on your child and they will in turn not want to “smile pretty” for the camera. If you are relaxed, the child will be relaxed and will allow me to capture them as they truly are.

Seniors:

Worried about what to wear? Bring your whole wardrobe! Honest. We can put together outfits together that will make for great pictures. You will have unlimited outfit changes. What? You’d like to have a friend in a couple (not the entire session) pictures? So fun. It will be an additional $15 for pictures that you both can look back and love.

Family:

The most common question for any session is “what colors should we wear?” Dressing multiple people to look good in a picture can be intimidating but it is not impossible. Think coordinate, not matching. Having everyone in the same color rarely looks great. Coordinating colors allows you to be able to flatter everyone in the picture. My suggestion is to start with the Mom first. Once she feels confident and comfortable in what she will wear go from there. Think color, pattern, and texture for the over all appearance.

Another important thing the think about is where your picture will be displayed. Are you going to make it the centerpiece of your living room? If so, the colors you wear should coordinate with the colors you have decorated your home with. Think of the picture as a home decor item.

Still having a hard time? Go to a scrapbook store and pick out a piece of paper that has colors that draw you to it, and that also will look good in your home. The hard part is already done. The colors on the paper coordinate already!

Births:

There are a billion and 2 questions to be answered and asked which will be taken care of during our face to face consultaion.

Here are a few of the most popular questions:

How did you become interested in labor and delivery photography? 

Long story short during the delivery of our first child my husband asked the nurse to take a picture of my him cutting the cord. Lets just say that we got NOTHING close to him cutting the cord and instead we had a picture that we could not show to a single soul and was deleted the second I saw it. It was terrible. We missed such a sweet moment. I decided after that experience that a birth photographer is a wonderful and important way to remember such important moments that a mother may not remember due to the excitement of the newborn.

Where do you stand while taking the pictures during the actual birth?

Wherever you want! We decide beforehand how detailed you would like your labor documented. Some mother prefer to have me stand behind them the whole time and some are SO curious to see every little detail and encourage me to stand right up next to the doctor. It is completely up to you what you want and what you feel comfortable.

How do I know when to come to the hospital?

I like to arrive at the hospital when you hit transition. For a lot of mothers the magic number is a 7. I will have you keep me updated in when you arrive at the hospital, what you are dilated to when you you are checked etc.