Merrimac In-Home Newborn Lifestyle Session

NEWBURYPORT NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER

 
As a dad, I remember my wife & I returning home from the hospital with our newborn daughter and wondering, “what’s next?” Excitement, amazement, worry, laughs, love — all of that was next. And when looking back at pictures from those first days and weeks, I’m grateful to have photographed those initial moments because, with time, it’s all too easy to forget the nuances of the past.

What is a In-Home Newborn Lifestyle Session and is it the right choice for you? The key word here is lifestyle because, instead of capturing only posed, arranged images exclusively of your newborn in an unfamiliar studio setting, a newborn lifestyle session documents the inclusive narrative of the whole family welcoming your baby home. Your living room, your bedroom, the nursery, outdoors — these are the spaces that are unique to you and your loved ones. What is life like now in these spaces, plus one? Parents, siblings, grandparents, even four-legged friends — all can participate in the session if you wish. This is a chance to capture, in a very personal way, the moment your life changed.

Key to Lifestyle Newborn Sessions is minimal formal posing — your lifestyle is anything but frozen and posed with a newborn. As your photographer, I gently direct opportunities for interaction, but allow the moments to unfold organically. How do siblings react to their new brother or sister? As parents, how do you bond and cozy up with your newborn and each other? What are the nuances of your story we can we photograph and preserve forever?

Every newborn portrait session is different, and I encourage collaboration in planning the tone of our shoot. In the session shared below, we combined candid, casual photography with a few posed arrangements, and I was thrilled to hear this family loved the result. Thanks for checking out the work, and I look forward to helping you plan a family newborn session of your very own!