Category Archives: Home Study

Feb 26 2012

Natural Light Newborn Photographer – Bay Area Newborn Portraits in Home

When I go to a client home to photograph a newborn baby, I am always looking for details to incorporate into the session that will help describe the beginning of this babies life. And when I went to photograph baby Z for his natural light newborn portraits in San Francisco, I was delighted to find that the details in this home awaiting this beautiful baby boy were very heartfelt.  His crib was originally his mothers when she was a baby, having been purchased by baby Z’s great grandmother in India. It was gorgeous! His sterling silver rattle had also belonged to his mother when she was a baby. The textiles in the home made for a colorful background for the session. Then we used the same blue polka dot sari fabric that we had photographed the mom in our maternity session 6 weeks earlier – but this time with her sleeping newborn son wrapped in it. And if that was not enough, I had two doting grand parents on site to photograph with their newborn grandson. It was a very colorful love fest for my camera :)

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Jan 29 2012

New Year, New Props & New backgrounds for Newborns

As a San Francisco Bay Area Newborn Photographer, I am finding that sleeping newborn portraits in crazy cute poses while sometimes in a bucket or bowl has really come back in vogue! I personally like to photograph newborns both awake and asleep – naked in parents arms with black backgrounds to make stunning black & white newborn portraits, as well as solo on colorful backgrounds. I photograph so many newborns each month in my East Bay photography studio that I try to keep it interesting – which keeps me always on the look out for unique newborn photography props and fabrics. I have some cool new vintage treasures for baby boys including funky trunks and basins – as well as whimsical crocheted hats for the newborn boys. For the newborn girls – Ooo la la – so many choices! Headbands, bright colored fabrics in silks and taffetas, dazzling bobs for the head including peacock feathers or tiny flower headbands for the discreet diva.  I photograph newborns both in my Alameda photography studio or in the client home using natural light. Either way, I have props on hand to match with the style of the parents while maintaining a high degree of fine art sensibility to create artistic images of that brand new family member that will be treasured for generations. Here are some recent photos using just a few of the new props and background sets in studio…

 

And then of course there is the non-prop approach – always a standing favorite of mine – naked newborn on mom or dad’s arms… a timeless classic

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Jul 19 2011

Newborn Bay Area Baby Boy Photographed at Home in Natural Light

For this newborn session, we went to a very cool loft in Oakland which provided awesome natural lighting for newborn portraits in the East Bay.

Along with wonderful window light, this loft featured stunning wood floors and aged brick walls. Needless to say, I was in heaven!

When we go to client’s homes to photograph their newborns, we do bring our own props – but whenever possible I love to utilize props found in the home like bowls, baskets and interesting furniture. For this session, I found an old, wooden bread making bowl that she had in the house, and combined that with some fur that was a throw in the living room. And Voila! A cushy set for a six day old boy!

We recently returned to the loft to take Ronan’s 6 month-old photos, and used the same vessel as the one pictured above. I love that the comparison is size and ability is quite obvious when comparing the different ages photographed in the same bowl, but it is also cool that this is a bowl (and fur) that Ronan will grow up around. He surely will not be able to fit in the bowl much longer at the rate he is growing! But back to his newborn portraits….

Newborn sessions taken at home are charming and convenient because they allow the parents and baby alike to relax into their familiar environment, without having to leave the house with a 6 day old baby.

Being photographed at home can make it easy to get the baby to sleep, which always produces really sweet newborn shots.

Look for photography of Ronan’s six-month-old session on the blog in the future. We certainly look forward to taking more pictures of this darling boy and his awesome parents!

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Apr 12 2011

Northern California Newborn Photographer : Natural Light Naked Newborn Portraits

We drove up to Berkeley for a professional photography session at home using natural lighting of newborn baby Hannah Bee. We asked her mom to crank up the heat in the house, feed her plenty before we arrived, and like magic, we had a peaceful, sleeping newborn baby to photograph. Before she slipped into her deep sleep, we were able to photograph mother and daughter together against some warm yellow walls in the house.  A backlit window provided natural light that worked perfectly to capture this precious time in two week old Hannah Bee’s life for some beautiful photographs of the sleeping newborn with Gerber daisies.

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Mar 14 2011

Bay Area Baby Boy Portraits pt. 2!

Recently we made some birth announcements for Ethan’s natural light newborn session in San Francisco.

Here is a slide show of some of our favorites  – some color some black and white or sepia  – of Ethan’s newborn session in his new “crib” (so to speak) in San Francisco.

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