Newborn Photographer in Northern Virginia

Not Your Typical Newborn Session

The best newborn photographs convey the emotional connections between baby, parents and siblings, if there are any. This is achieved through a collaborative process between the photographer and the subjects. As your newborn photographer in Northern Virginia, we’ll work together every step of the way from choosing the best locations to portray your family’s story, to picking the most flattering wardrobe, and using prompts to evoke natural interactions and connections.

What to expect:

I’ll arrive at your home or the desired location and happy to wear a mask if you’d like (baby immune systems are so fragile!) Since these images are lifestyle, there is no hands-on posing unless you’d like assistance with positioning adjustments. I’ll walk you through some prompts to get you interacting with your family, and then we’ll take a series of images that include photos of everyone with baby, detailed shots such as eyelashes, nose, mouth, fingers, toes, and all those delicious baby rolls. If you’d like images of breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and/or bottlefeeding, we’ll also incorporate those. Depending on the lighting in your home, we may capture images in the nursery, near windows, or even outside if the weather is nice. The images I capture in these sessions are meant to feel relaxed and focus on the emotions of the moment. Some families like to capture a more composed/glam image with their newborn, and I’m always happy to capture one or two, but the majority of the session is much more relaxed. While the time I spend photographing your family is usually around 45 minutes, due to the nature of newborn care, we frequently find our time together extends past 1.5 hrs — I encourage breaks to feed and change baby, as well as make sure the birthing parent has access to snacks/hydration and isn’t getting over-exerted during this sensitive period of recovery.