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How to Photograph Your Own Newborn Session – Photography in Quarantine

Photography in the time of Quarantine

Yup. Although nothing similar to that story, that title sure feels like where we are right now. A crazy worldwide pandemic that has basically stopped the world in its tracks. Everyone staying home and staying safe to help contain the spread of anything further than it has already gone. One thing that can’t stop, though? Babies being born and children growing up. But what CAN’T and ISN’T happening right now for the foreseeable future are the photography sessions capturing those moments. In a series of posts here on the blog, I am going to share with you some tips and tricks to help you photograph your own babies during this time. This post talks a bit about how to Photograph your own newborn sessions! You can see the posts on Fresh 48 Hospital sessions HERE and the post on Baby’s First Year Milestone Sessions HERE

Please realize as with learning anything else, your photos will not look like mine in the end. I have been doing this for 13 years and have different equipment, knowledge, editing programs, etc. HOWEVER, no one is able to get professional photos done at this point so ANY are better than none!! I talk in my class that I teach how important it is to not miss the moments no matter your skill or knowledge level. And these moments? They’re definitely big ones.

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Newborn Session

Oh newborns. The sweet tiny babies that we have brought home from the hospital. They change so very much in those first few weeks and I don’t want you to miss a thing about them while we are all stuck at home. You’ll find if you read my Fresh 48 post that a lot of this is similar. The newborn session is a bit more involved but some of the basic tenets are the same.

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How to Photograph Your Own Fresh 48 Session – Photography in Quarantine

You guys heard of that book – Love in the Time of Cholera?

Yup. Although nothing similar to that story, that title sure feels like where we are right now. A crazy worldwide pandemic that has basically stopped the world in its tracks. Everyone staying home and staying safe to help contain the spread of anything further than it has already gone. One thing that can’t stop, though? Babies being born and children growing up. But what CAN’T and ISN’T happening right now for the foreseeable future are the photography sessions capturing those moments. In this series of posts here on the blog I am going to share with you some tips and tricks to help you photograph your own babies during this time. Today I am talking about how to Photograph your own Fresh 48 sessions – the newest of the new! For my post on Newborn Sessions click HERE and for my post on Baby’s First Year Milestone Sessions click HERE

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Fresh 48 Session

Fresh 48 Sessions are those sessions done right after having the baby in the hospital. Named Fresh 48 because normally they occur in the first 48 hours after birth. These days I know some hospitals are trying to release patients earlier than that to get them home BUT these are photos that shouldn’t be skipped if you can help it / feel up to it. There are so many tiny details in those first few hours that will never ever be the same. Don’t miss out on them! Below are my suggestions for how to photograph your Fresh 48 session.

Attleboro Newborn Photo Session

The S family contacted me to photograph their second child’s newborn portraits. I’ve worked with them once before and was thrilled to hear they were expecting again and wanted me to document it! They had their second girl, named Ellie. We scheduled an in-home newborn session at their Attleboro home.

What to Wear for your Newborn Photos

In my last two posts I have talked about coordinating family session outfits and how to choose shoes (something seemingly little but easily changing the entire look of an image). While these posts will work for almost all general family sessions, some sessions will need a different approach. Like what to wear for a newborn session?? Though in a family session you are going for a cohesive look for everyone and not one person is really the star of the show, that is not the case in a newborn session. That newborn is the star of the show, hands down. 🙂 And you want all of the outfits to center around that.

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In-Home Newborn Photography | North Easton Massachusetts Newborn Photographer

The O Family reached out to me to schedule a newborn session. This was my first time working with them; I love gaining new clients! Mom and I talked about what they envisioned for newborn and family portraits. She loved the idea of an in-home newborn session. We also talked about possibly stepping outside for a few photos pending the weather that day. One of the perks of an in-home session is the possibility of some outdoor photos!

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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.