Today, Nicola and Mark crossed town to visit my Berkhamsted photography studio with their very new baby. William was less than two weeks old, very quiet and contented. He slept through most of the shoot but decided to show his beautiful eyes for the final few poses.
It was a beautiful sunny morning when Steven and Nicola arrived with their beautiful 3 week old baby boy, Ethan. This young family had travelled from Tring to my studio to have some family portraits. Ethan was very patient and didn’t seem at all phased in the studio environment. Here are a few photos ahead of the viewing:
We decided on a name for our new daughter – Sophie. As you might expect, Sophie was the youngest baby to visit the studio for a newborn portrait. This is her at 3 days old!
Just 3 days Old
Karen is having a tough time deciding which of these three high key portraits is the one!
Which picture would you pick for a framed portrait?
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
Please leave a comment with your vote. Many thanks for your views.
Harry at 3 weeks
Today I met a beautiful young family from Radlett. Dan, Karen and their gorgeous newborn baby Harry arrived at the studio this morning for a portrait shoot. Harry was very sweet and had a sparkle in his eyes.
After a short chat about the shoot, clothes and a look at some possible poses, we commenced the shoot. We spent about 60% of the time with a high key set up, white background and soft lighting. Once that part was completed, and after Harry filled his tummy, we swapped over to a black background and more directional lighting.
Mum and Harry
I hope mum and dad like these early pictures, they’re hot off the press. Dan is heading overseas very soon for work and so I’m working hard on post-processing all the images from the shoot so we can be ready for a viewing before he leaves.
Dad and Harry
Karen mentioned that she wished she had some maternity portraits before the birth of Harry – if you are expecting, please check out the maternity portrait page and blog articles to see the kind of work I do in this area.
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Newborn baby
This weekend I had the pleasure to meet a wonderful young couple with their new, new baby. They arrived from Watford on Saturday morning proudly carrying their 3 week old beautiful baby girl. After a chat and having reviewed some example newborn pictures, the shoot commenced, little M didn’t seem to mind, she was still asleep and so I took advantage of this creating compositions with her lying down on her own, still and peaceful.
A beautiful moment
After a while, M woke, a little hungry; I remember those days, newborns asleep apart from when they are feeding 
… after a feed, we continued and mum, whose valentines surprise this was, joined her daughter on the stage. It was a pleasure to be working, seeing mum and daughter enjoying each other’s presence, seeing the happiness in a new mother’s eyes; who can call this work?
A proud father
As the studio session progressed, dad, who arranged the shoot as a Valentines present, joined the rest of his family on the stage, there were some wonderful intimate moments the emotion of which I hope I have done justice in the images I captured.
Another feed, a change of tops and another backdrop – I set up the studio with a black backdrop and a different lighting configuration, gone were the soft boxes and out with the brollies and a snoot. This section of the shoot followed a similar shooting plan as the first half (oops, yes I usually like to have a plan for a shoot), but the compositions were a little different to make the most of the directional, moody lighting.
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