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
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.
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.
