You may remember this couple from their maternity session earlier on the blog in Wickford Harbor in North Kingstown, and now it’s time to visit their adorable newborn session. Baby Bodhi’s newborn session was delayed a little bit due to Covid in my house. I take it seriously even still today – I don’t want to risk giving sweet little newborn babies any illness at all!! (And with three kids at three schools there are always bugs of some kind floating around so I actually also still mask – I don’t know if I’ll even change that in the future.) But even though we had to wait until he was a few weeks old for his session, it went so very well. That is one of my favorite parts of my newborn photography. I don’t need them to be tiny or under 10 days old. I don’t need them to fit in a teeny basket or prop of some kind. I don’t want to make them look like a standing potato on a blanket (iykyk).
Instead I want them fifteen days old or older. Give me ALL the older babies!! Parents are more relaxed. Feeding is going better. Babies are settling in more. Especially with first time parents, that delay can make a world of difference – everyone is just so much more comfortable. Bodhi and his mom and dad were no exception. They made our newborn session delightfully easy. We did the majority of their session in front of the large window overlooking their backyard and dock in North Kingstown, and some images in their master bedroom. So often clients will say “well our house isn’t xyz.” Listen, if you have a window and you have a bed or a couch, I am good to go and we will get beautiful images!
We did images with mom and with dad separately and then together. I also got some adorable ones of just Bodhi himself. Mom and dad chose to have a mix of classic images and beanbag so I chose a simple blue swaddle that went with the nautical theme of his nursery. Some of my favorites are the two with mom from above – check them out below. Something a little different and yet so familiar and sweet.
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 newborn portrait session!
Being a newborn photographer, I am often meeting new couples and families. By and large unless it is a second or third baby the families hiring me are coming to me for the first time. For that reason I offer a pre-session consultation with families. Obviously, having someone you’ve never met come into your home after one of the biggest events of your life with your brand new baby can be a bit nerve wracking!
When I first met mom for their session consult it was as if we had been friends for years by the end. She gave me a quick tour of the house so I could plan out where we would do images. After that, we sat and chatted for quite a while about being pregnant, giving birth, some tips for after, and more. I always joke that my degree in psychology comes in far handier than a degree in photography ever would have. Coupled with having done the pregnancy and birth thing three times over and, well, you’re getting so much more than just a newborn photographer.
But with that consult, the goal is to make parents more comfortable. That way when I come back in a few weeks, it’s not a complete stranger walking through the door. And this time was absolutely that. Walking back in and meeting dad and seeing mom again was an instant and easy connection. I don’t think I have laughed as much as I did during their session together. I am fortunate to work with so many awesome couples. Maybe it is my website or how I communicate with them before they book – I don’t know what it is but it works. They were so relaxed and goofy and just happy. And baby Luca was perfection.
We did images in both their nursery and the master bedroom and got so many snuggly awesome baby moments. Doing a storyteller session allowed for everyone to relax and let the session flow naturally. This choice of session combined with that consult – just *chef’s kiss.*
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 newborn portrait session!
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.
