A {VERY} Special Newborn Session | Saratography

Today I am honored to share this {VERY} Special Newborn Session for two main reasons. For starters, it was submitted by the incredibly talented Sara Baldwin of Saratography and secondly, it features the newest addition to our family, my niece Mia Francesca. Mia was born on October 23, 2013 and is the first child for my sister and brother in law. She has been a pure blessing to our family since she entered the world and we are delighted to have Mia enrolled in Saratography's "Watch Me Grow" program, where all of her milestone portrait sessions will be captured up through her first year - what a GREAT keepsake!

We'd also like to take this time to wish all of you a very Happy Holiday Season and as always thank you for your support of our site throughout the year. We will return after the new year with more of the BEST baby ideas and inspirations to come!

Vendor Credits:

Photography & Headband Props: Saratography
Woven Wraps: This Little Light {Prop Shop}
Handmade Tutu's: Mindy Kinney

Newborn Session | Lauren Ayres Photography

Today we are delighted to feature a {sweet} Newborn Session with you thanks to Lauren Ayres Photography, a Brooklyn/NYC based photographer specializing in maternity, newborn, child, and family photography. Lauren shares the details...

This sweet little lady (Alyssa) is the first child for Lisa and Jim. I travelled to their home in Weehawken, NJ for this session. She was awake for the first part of our session but eventually tuckered out and slept like an angel. Her mom and dad simply adore her and can't get enough of just staring at her sweet face. They sat closeby while our session took place and just ooohed and ahhed over each new pose and how angelic their daughter looked. You can just tell Alyssa is going to be absolutely adored. Plus, Dad is an expert at the baby swaddle, even better then me!

Vendor Credits:

Photography: Lauren Ayres Photography LLC

Cheesecloth wraps: dolly priss
Peach knit hat: What's Knot to Love

Mini Ella Tieback (mini white bow): Just Hatched Designs

Cream faux fur: Custom Photo Props 

Newborn Session: Lisa Johnson Photography

Today's Newborn Session comes to us from Lisa Johnson Photography and features precious little Clara who was just 7 days "new" at the time of her session. I LOVE all of her facial expressions and she already seems like a little natural in front of the camera. My favorite image is the one captured with mom and dad...priceless! Lisa specializes in newborn, baby, children, maternity and family photography in all areas of Ottawa. All of her sessions include a digital collection of images that are professionally edited and ready to print. She would love the opportunity to meet you and capture the moments that will become your memories!

I just LOVE this pouty face...so incredibly sweet!

Vendor Credits:

Green Hat: APP Designs
Lace Headband: Emmy Blue Handmade

Newborn Sweetness | Stephanie Cotta Photography

Stephanie Cotta is an award-winning natural light newborn and family photographer in Saint Louis, Missouri. She hosts newborn mentoring workshops in her studio and also travels nationwide for newborn and mentoring sessions. Her natural light studio gives the most amazing light and with a few space heaters and some white noise, she creates the perfect environment for newborn sessions. Her setups are unique and timeless, sometimes full of colors and textures and other times extremely simple and organic.  There is absolutely nothing she loves more than showing new moms a photograph from their sessions have them tear up at the gorgeous piece of art before them - "My goal is to create more than just a photograph but rather a memory, a moment of time, so that when they look back at their photographs ten, twenty, fifty years from now they can remember every detail of their new little one"  This particular newborn session is of baby Tatum, seven days new and absolutely perfect. Stephanie also has her SCP Newborn Posing Guide available for purchase {here} - complete with with step-by-step instructions of newborn poses as well as advice on scheduling the newborn sessions, prepping parents, soothing techniques, shooting strategies, perfecting each pose, posing order, studio setup and of course, where to get all of your session goodies.