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 😉