Newborn Photos: Before Baby or After?
I know it sounds weird. Booking for someone you haven't even met yet? Someone who's currently doing somersaults in your belly and hasn't shown their tiny face to the world?
But here's the truth: the best time to book your newborn session is while you're still pregnant.
Why booking early matters
I only take a limited number of newborn sessions each month. Not because I'm trying to be exclusive—because each session takes time. Real time. Up to four hours of feeding, rocking, soothing, and waiting for that perfect sleepy moment.
If I'm fully booked for October and your baby arrives in October? I can't magically create more hours. And neither of us wants you scrambling at 3am with a week-old baby trying to find a photographer.
The ideal newborn window
Most newborn sessions happen between 5-14 days old. That's when babies are still sleepy, still curly, still willing to be posed like the tiny angels they are. After two weeks? They wake up. They figure out the world is interesting. And those dreamy, curled-up shots get harder to capture.
How it works when you book during pregnancy
You reach out in your second or third trimester. We pick a week (not a specific date) around your due date. I pencil you in. Baby comes when baby comes—early, late, right on time—and we adjust. No stress. No scrambling.
What happens if you wait until after birth
You might get lucky and find someone with an opening. Or you might spend your precious postpartum days emailing photographers who are already booked. You deserve to be recovering, bonding, and staring at that tiny human—not stressing about photos.
Ready to secure your spot?
Let's talk about your due date and get you on the calendar before that baby makes their grand entrance.
