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Sunset Maternity Session | Narragansett Maternity Photography

There is something about the end of summer in Rhode Island. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful all year round, but the end of summer is special. Golden sunsets, the hint of breezes, beautiful skies and warm(ish) water. To get to photograph a maternity session in this time period makes it even more fun. And to photograph a couple as sweet and loving and amazing as this one, well that pretty much made it perfect.

Beach maternity sessions are one of my most requested sessions. Whether it’s clients on babymoons to Newport or people living in the area, everyone in the ocean state wants photos with…well…the ocean. 🙂 These two were no exception. Mom had grown up in Rhode Island and the couple had moved back to the area recently from NYC, expecting their first baby girl. C&P wanted images in one of their favorite places in the world – by the water. We spent an hour or so together going up and down the shoreline for some very different looks as as the sun set, and then mom got right into the water – check out the laughing photos as small waves hit her!

It was such a wonderful evening getting to know and photograph them. It made going back a few weeks later to photograph their precious newborn baby girl even better. By booking a newborn session and adding on the maternity everything got that much easier and more relaxed.

Amy Ro Photography is a maternity, newborn and family photographer located in Northern Rhode Island. Also serving areas such as Providence, East Greenwich, Lincoln, Barrington, Bristol and Newport. She also travels to areas in Massachusetts such as Foxboro, Plainville, Wrentham, Norfolk, Rehoboth and Milton. Please click the link below to contact me about scheduling your maternity portrait session!

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Sibling Newborn Session | Rhode Island Newborn Photographer

I have said before I love newborn sessions with siblings. First babies are always fun but it’s no secret I adore the siblings. And sometimes I extra adore the siblings when they are as awesome as this one was. Being an older sibling, M was MORE than ready to show off her new little baby brother She was so incredibly adoring and loving and sweet with him. Even at their original consultation before the session, she was already excited about the baby so when I got there and she was getting to hold and snuggle him? The BEST. Mom and dad were also over the moon with their new baby boy (and I dont think I’ve ever seen a mini clone of a parent quite like this little guy hahaa!)

We spent a good time of their storyteller session capturing fun and beautiful family photos – even incuding one with one of the cats!! I adore seeing how babies fit into family dynamics both literally and figuratively. Finding the room to hold them in the family group photos while everyone else gathers around is so much fun. I love the little squeezes and looks that can happen. The sweet looks, the laughs, the pure love and joy in that family grouping. The life of the family has changed so much in such a short period of time, and so so very completely that the emotions that come out are just the best. After family photos it was time for solo baby cuteness. I mean – the sleeping stuff was good but check out that face and those expressions he was giving me during some awake time as well!

Providence RI Family Photography | In Home Lifestyle Session

I am sure I have said it before, but one of the things I love about storyteller sessions is getting to photograph families in their home and just telling the story of their lives. Nothing fancy, nothing posed. Just sweet loving families being themselves. This family was certainly no exception. Mom reached out to schedule her session just in time for her sweet boy’s first birthday in their home on the east side of Providence. Now I have said (and firmly believe) that any home works for photo sessions. But I do ADORE homes on the east side. Most are much older with all of the features of an old home and this one did not disappoint. A wonderful staircase and hallways with high ceilings that we made so much use of in their images!! But the best part was the people inside the home. We all know no matter how awesome the house if the people aren’t fun, it won’t work.

Thankfully, they were fantastic!! We did fun images on mom and dad’s bed – which little kids always love – as well as some in his nursery. If you can see it in the crib image, the picture above it was actually a painting of his dad with his dad. I loved that little touch that we could include for them (and it’s something so personal you cannot get in a studio setting). We had so much fun in our time together. Our session – and their resulting gallery – was full of laughs and smiles and book reading and tickling and crawling and flying. We played games and sang silly songs and stopped for a snack when it was needed. We bounced on ottomans and in cribs, crawled and drooled. There were hugs and kisses, quiet moments and loud laughter filled ones. All the fun things you want in your family photo session.

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Rhode Island Fresh 48 Session | Rhode Island Newborn Photographer

There are many things I have missed during the pandemic. Obviously the personal list is long and extensive. But the business list side of things has a few as well. And Fresh 48 hospital sessions is a major one. Although some clients have still welcomed me into their homes for newborn and family sessions, no one controls what the hospital allows and doesn’t allow. And obviously the safety of their patients is of the utmost importance. So for well over a year now visitors have not been allowed on the hospital floors. And one of the casualties has been the itty bitty teeny baby sessions.

So today to celebrate them being back / coming back, I finally (!) am blogging one of my favorite Fresh 48 sessions. This one took place down in South County’s maternity ward which features amaaaazing rooms with lots of light and high ceilings. Not all of the hospitals I am fortunate enough to shoot in have this setup but here it was perfect that day. Although normally I do these sessions within the first 48 hours after birth, sometimes, we go a little longer. Reasons might be a c-section mama just doesn’t feel quite up to it yet, or hospital rules, or a NICU stay or a bunch of other things. For this session baby was just over 50 hours old but still a teeny new perfect peanut.

Often people will ask “why do a Fresh 48 if I am doing a newborn?” Let me tell you – I adore the details I can get in Fresh 48s that I cannot get anywhere else That super wrinkled skin fresh from amniotic fluid, the hospital bracelet, the umbilical clamp, hospital blankets and bassinets, fresh raw emotions from parents. So many things are only there for those first few three or four days that will never be a part of them again. That is why you do them. That is why I love them.

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Beach Maternity Session | 33 weeks in Rhode Island

Beach maternity sessions are very very popular here in Rhode Island. It makes sense – we are the Ocean State after all!! But even though they are popular, I still absolutely adore them. Beach maternity sessions in the summer especially are just so beautiful. As the time gets later, families begin to leave and open sand is easier to find. But most importantly, sunset changes the sky and water color as it goes. On good days we can get pink and purple skies and the colors can just be amazing. Even when we do beach maternity sessions outside of summer, it still provides a beautiful backdrop for images. Certainly there is nothing more classic Rhode Island than the ocean. 🙂

P&M chose my most popular location for beach maternity sessions – Second Beach in Newport. I love it because it offers two similar yet very different looks. We began up top at Purgatory Chasm and did some images on the wide expanse of rocks overlooking the ocean, then were able meander into the woods for some greenery images. After that we made our way down to the beach. Because they had booked my deluxe maternity session option, she was able to change into a different outfit for the beach images. As a result we were able to add such fantastic variety to their gallery! And that sunset I mentioned earlier? It was glorious that evening. (In addition at Second you have the added bonus of the sun setting over the hill behind St. George’s school so you can also get some really beautiful backdrops to your images as it gets later. And because of the wide expanse of the beach, we can even shoot after sunset if needed!) P&M were an absolute delight to work with. They were so very in love with each other and just radiated excitement for the arrival of their baby girl.

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Amy Ro Photography specializes in beautiful on-location, lifestyle maternity, newborn, baby & family photography. Based in Cumberland, RI and serving clients in Rhode Island and select areas of Massachusetts & Connecticut, including Foxboro, Wrentham, North Attleboro, Bellingham, Milton, Natick and all of the south shore area into Boston. Sessions are also available in Avon, West Hartford, Farmington, Newington, Madison and Guilford, Connecticut as well as shoreline towns throughout Eastern Connecticut.

Sunset Maternity Session | Narragansett Maternity Photography

Sibling Newborn Session | Rhode Island Newborn Photographer

Providence RI Family Photography | In Home Lifestyle Session

Rhode Island Fresh 48 Session | Rhode Island Newborn Photographer

Beach Maternity Session | 33 weeks in Rhode Island

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