Amy Ro Photography is a newborn photographer located in Northern Rhode Island. Also serving areas such as Providence, East Greenwich, Westerly, Barrington, Jamestown and Newport. She also travels to areas in Massachusetts such as Wrentham, Attleboro, Franklin, Newton, Norfolk, Somerset and Milton. Contact me about scheduling your newborn photos!
I recently shared this couple’s maternity session here on the blog – now meet their beautiful newborn girl, Amira. At just 17 days old, she was pretty much perfect. Big beautiful dark eyes and these tiny delicate features. I love doing newborn sessions on or after day 15. At that point everyone has kind of settled into a routine and parents are usually a little more rested. Plus if moms are nursing or pumping, milk supply has usually been established. And since fed babies are happy babies that is super important! And Amira was super happy and cute.
Since I do photos in clients homes one of my favorite spots to use is the parents’ bedroom. And Amira’s parents room was no exception. They had a beautiful simple bed and walls that let the main characters (them!) shine. I have many prospective clients say “well I don’t have a magazine style bedroom or anything” and I always tell them if you have a bed, a wall, a window that’s really all I need. And I’ll let you in on a little secret – the mess all goes behind me and out of the frame. No matter whose house it is or what kind of people they are there is always chaos and mess! You’ve just had a newborn! So I just move it out of the way, set up where I am going to shoot, and continue on with the session.
We got the most beautiful photos of Amira and her parents during her session! She gave us some good quiet alert time and also sleepy time which we all love. 🙂
Amy Ro Photography is a maternity, newborn and family photographer located in Northern Rhode Island. Also serving areas such as Providence, East Greenwich, North Smithfield, Barrington, Bristol and Newport. She also travels to areas in Massachusetts such as Foxboro, Attleboro, Newton, Norfolk, Rehoboth and Milton. Please click the link below to contact me about scheduling your newborn session!
When Maya first reached out for maternity and newborn photos I had no idea how gorgeous all of it would be. We decided to do her maternity photos at Lincoln Woods park. It’s a great location because it offers a few different looks all in one spot. She showed up looking like a straight up maternity model. She wore a beautiful bodycon knit dress that showed off her belly perfectly! I always offer a maternity guide to all of my clients and have two super popular blog posts that are years old but still have relevant concepts. In there I talk about the difference between different styles and bodycon is one of my favorites!
We had a gorgeous October morning just as the leaves were changing. We also had the most beautiful light for our time together. We explored a few different areas to get a few different looks throughout the session. However, I think my favorite parts were by the stone wall and then Maya and Amanjot strolling through the trees by the picnic table. I always back off a bit to let couples have private conversations during maternity photos. It’s enough to have a giant camera pointed at you; to also have someone close enough to hear every single word is a bit much. But I have learned over the years that when I back off things are more natural. It’s more relaxed, and more intimate and frankly the photos look better.
All told we spent probably 45 minutes together doing photos and had such a fantastic time. One of the best parts was that they were also doing a newborn session! The maternity session really allowed me to get to know them, and them to get to know me and how I work. It makes the newborn session SO much easier when clients book a maternity, too. Plus why not have photos of both? 😉
Too often clients looking for newborn sessions will be told by photographers that their baby needs to be under two weeks old. This session is going to show you just how unnecessary that actually is. For baby M we didn’t get to do her session until she was about six weeks of age. This was because mom and dad wanted to wait a little until she wasn’t quite so brand new. When they asked I said absolutely!! Never a problem 🙂 See, this is the advantage of storyteller / lifestyle sessions! It doesn’t matter how old the baby is – they’re still brand new to you and your family.
When I got to their house the first thing I did was see how ADORABLE she was!! It was hard to believe this was the same baby that had been in this belly just a few weeks prior. After that we took a look at the nursery – so pretty in shades of grey and terracotta (check out their adorable mobile!!). It went so beautifully with her skin tone and dark curls. M was awake for the beginning of her session – she didn’t want to miss a thing. And the eye contact I got during her awake time – oh my heart! I mean newborn adorableness AND eye contact?? Amazing.
We were still able to get such precious photos even though she wasn’t teeny tiny brand new. The best part of it was she was still new but not at the same time – she was calmer, she interacted more with her mom and dad, and everyone was sooo much more relaxed! She was still little, she was still new to this earth and she was perfect. Don’t let the older age worry you at ALL. And if you can’t find someone to take older newborns, come see me 😉
