When I was in Philly and shot Bernadette’s maternity session (seen HERE) a few weeks ago, I jokingly said that well, DUH of course I would do the newborn too.  Living several states away now, that is much more difficult than when we lived 30 minutes away from each other!  Fortunately, sweet little Lilia was a scheduled c-section which makes planning SO much easier, especially when it involves a six hour drive.  (And when it coincides with a trip to New York City that I am already scheduled for the day before, it’s perfection.)  I wrote to Bernadette three days before the session and told her I wanted more lifestyle with their session and less beanbag posing.  That is the wonderful thing about working with a friend.  You can tell them what you want to do.  😉  And when that friend is a photographer it’s even easier because usually they will agree wholeheartedly.  Which she did.  Which made my heart happy.  So this is a no-beanbag session.  I did everything naturally in their house with no setup used and got some of my favorite images ever from this session. Bernadette and Adrian are so in love with their little girl, and can we just talk about big brother for a minute???  I mean, SERIOUSLY.  Evan is so so in love with his little sister.  He just sits there and stares at her and touches and smiles and kisses her.  And his favorite thing about her?  “I like the way she smells”  ::melt::

 Ideally, what you see right here, THIS is what I want to do.  This is how I want to shoot ALL of my newborns.  Capturing those first days in a client’s house, that is awesome.  There is really absolutely nothing like it in the world.   We spent a few hours in the house just getting photos of them being them with their new littlest love.  No complicated posing, no beanbags, no blankets and clamps.

And my heart was full and happy.