Other than the pictures that I took of my daughter P at the hospital and during the first few weeks at home, this was my first chance to take pictures of a newborn baby. Baby J is three days old here and I realized during this session that taking newborn photos is definitely a whole different ball game from taking pictures of babies (even babies that are only two or three months old.) There are definitely things that I learned number one being
do whatever you can to keep the baby asleep (make the room a little warmer than usual perhaps, make sure they are well fed and drowsy, etc.) Even though they remain very still, newborn photography is a lot harder than it sounds. I have a roommate from college who majored in Photography and specializes in newborns and she does an amazing job at it which I admire
