Our daughter Camryn’s newborn photoshoot

As you know from reading my blog, I am currently on maternity leave until May 1, 2009. We had a beautiful baby daughter, Camryn Rein, born February 24rth. She is 5 weeks old now, and is growing well, and is a very happy and healthy baby. This is our first baby, and my husband, Casey and I are truly enjoying every minute in our role of parents….wow! It is really such a blessing, and we are so in love with our daughter, she is a little angel!

Anyway, I did some newborn photos of her when she was 7 days old. Some we did in her nursery, and then we did a studio shoot. The best time to photograph newborns is between 6-10 days old. This is when they are still sleeping lots, and are able to curl up easily. Newborn sessions can be booked in our studio or in your home. We will book 3 hours for the session in order to have plenty of time for feedings and comforting your new baby. 

Anyway, here are Camryn’s photos. Enjoy!

Jennifer

Newborn Black & White Portraits

Here are some beautiful Black & White portraits of a wee newborn that I photographed a while back here in the studio. Little M was such a delight to have here, and sooo cute! It’s amazing to see how much she has grown in a couple of months since her newborn portraits. Newborn portraits are very special, and always require much time, usually 3 hours in the studio, and patience as we are always working with the wee one’s schedule:) It is always such a pleasure for me to spend this time with the parents and their new baby!

In any case, here are a few of my favourite images from the portrait session.

Our MINIportrait event April 17, 18 & 19…

Our MINIportrait event for kids a couple of weekends ago was a smashing success!! We had 3 full days booked with our MINIportrait 25 minute sessions. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this event. We had a great time! I’ll be posting some of the images from our event as well. With these portrait sessions we photographed completely in colour…nice soft blue and a vibrant pink…great colours for spring, and a change from our regular Black and White Fine Art Portrait sessions in studio. We will be running this event bi-annually in April and October.

As well, our studio has been very busy with newborn, baby and maternity portraits this spring, and our summer is booking up for our “Capturing Your Day” documentary portrait sessions as well.  We’ll be photographing cottage sessions this summer up in the Muskokas and the Collingwood/Southern Georgian Bay area…and we are really looking forward to a great summer! Please call us at the studio at (705) 719-9769 to book your portrait session.

All of our portrait sessions are individually customized for you. As a boutique portrait studio we are also able to offer our portrait design expertise in assisting with custom framing options, albums, fine art books and all of our boutique items.

Here are a few portraits…and stay tuned for more…

Cheers,

Jennifer

This was our first session with B…love the colour!

Here’s a few of E & B…two brothers who are great fun to photograph! We photographed both of their baby portraits when they each turned one year old…so it was great to have them back in the studio…WOW…they’ve grown…

stay tuned for  more portraits from our event…I’ll be posting again soon…

Here’s a few more…

 

 

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Photographing newborns, babies, toddlers and children is always such a fun time in the studio. You can really never know what to expect, and you can really capture some great expressions from these interesting little people! If both mom & dad can come into the studio for the portrait session, it’s usually recommended, as we often have moms and dads helping to capture their baby’s attention, or when it’s time to take a break and relax a bit, play or even have a little snack. Our studio books about 2 weeks in advance for studio portrait sessions. Newborn sessions should ideally be booked before the birth, however, we can usually accommodate for these sessions with a bit less lead time. Ideally, newborn portraits should be done from 0-2 weeks, and these session are 3 hours in length. 

We have a basket of stuffed animals and books here in the studio for play time and for the photo sessions if requested, and we always suggest that you also bring your child’s favourite toy to the session. Sometimes parents like to bring a couple of clothing changes and even a costume as well, like this great duck costume which was absolutely adorable!

I specialize in Black & White portraiture, and photograph exclusively with professional black and white film and a medium format camera. Around 90% of my studio fine art portraits are Black & White. That said, I also offer colour as an option for these sessions, and please simply indicate this preference to us during your pre-consultation. 

Sometimes we get great expressions like this little guy…of course we also have many smiling and natural expressions from this session as well…but this image just brings a smile to my face. 

 

The key with newborn portraits is to try and keep them sleeping….some great tips are to try and feed your baby before the portrait session, so that they are already in a sleepy state. Bring some warm blankets, and try and dress them in clothing that you can easily get them out of without disturbing or waking them. We always keep our studio fairly warm for newborn sessions to ensure their comfort.