Some new pictures

of newborns! Finally, hehe. You know how they say newborns sleep a lot well, these two I photographed this past week weren’t that. Both were wide eyed and one was very fussy. For 2.5 hours I was there, I only had about 10 mins of photography. I am rescheduling her next week. I know 2.5 hours is a long time just standing around waiting for a baby to calm down but babies are unpredictable.

The first I photographed is a boy of 4 weeks old whom I shall call E. His mom said he’s not much of a sleeper and she was tired looking.

I couldn’t managed to do any sleeping & crossed legs pics at all. I persuaded mom to change to take some pics and I’m glad she did. Got a gem here. E’s expression is priceless.

The next day, I was around the neighbourhood again to photograph an 8 day old girl. I forget how small, light and fragile they are. It has been some time since I carried a new born. She was very fussy and crying a lot. Her mom nursed her and thought she was falling asleep but she just went wide eyed on us and fussed. We tried to let her cry it out a bit but mom didn’t want to distress “A” too much. But all is not lost even though it was about 10 mins of photography. I got my “magazine-look” baby-on-a-shelf pic!

I don’t think her mom thought it was a good idea but when I showed her the pic on the LCD, the prop looks so different from real life. The shelf was actually messy with kids books. I got them down and brought some stuff from big sister’s room. Another “magazine-like” pic.

Not everyone will have such good furniture as props in their homes but I hope to find them. The above changing dresser is actually a kitchen cabinet from Target. I love all her Pottery Barn Kids stuff. Gorgeous pastel colours and designs on quilts, beddings etc.

More pics in my website. A whimsical pic to end today’s posting.