First new born shoot today…… It was as hard as I expected it to be. Note I said it wasn’t harder than I expected but yes, as hard as I expected! I really was lucky with having such an excellent model that was almost 3 weeks old. Because of her being past my 10 day preferred time she was a little “froggy”. “Froggy” meaning that she really enjoyed moving her legs and feet around quite a bit, and she was not a happy camper to be pushed together in a little ball. So she didn’t!! My rule is…”don’t want to”….”don’t”, when it comes to newborns. Hind sight being 20/20 I felt that if I had swaddled her in a tight fabric and made her feel safe and secure Miss M would have done a lot more relaxed poses for me. She was incredibly in love with the heater and the sound machine that played a mother’s heartbeat. I felt like I was so prepared but it took two minds to really put together all the poses and setups for the pictures we wanted. My friend Vickie is also starting photography and was able to “shadow” me during the shoot. I was so thankful she was there because I felt like when I hit a stumbling block she helped me through it. Mom and Dad were the best participants of the whole day! They, unlike Miss M, knew exactly what was going on and treated me like I was a professional photographer. They wanted me to guide them as to where to stand, how to hold their hands, and completely “gave” their first born to me to move and pose. I was impressed at the comfort of these first time parents and how they seemed like they were actually having fun. It made me smile after our shoot to realize that I would have never met this little girl at this stage in her life. I would have never been able to watch her mother comfort her or her father get her clean and ready.……..What a wonderful avenue photography and the Lord has given me to make these moments possible.
I hope to bring Miss M back for a one year cake smashing photo shoot when I have had a chance to hone my skills!
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