The first months of a baby’s life pass at lightning speed. Every smile, every expression is unique and deserves to be preserved. Naturally, many parents want to photograph their baby to keep those memories forever.
But one question often comes up after birth: is it better to take your own photos, or hire a professional photographer to capture your baby from the very first days of life?
In this article, we compare both options to help you make the best choice.
What is newborn photography? It’s a question people often ask right after a baby is born—how to preserve those precious memories of baby’s first days. As early as pregnancy, baby’s world opens up to parents and makes them want to explore ways to build a legacy for the coming child. Newborn photography is a full part of that priceless heritage.
Often, I get asked if I make a baby photo shoot in Lausanne at home or in my studio. As a newborn photographer, my photo work that you see on this website is exclusively made at parents’ home so that baby and her parents enjoy stress-free and comfortable family home for this baby photo shoot. It is even more true for siblings, brothers and sisters who, after family pictures during the baby photo session, can go back to their occupations without problem.
This Geneva newborn photo shoot at home is a little special. Indeed, you already know the baby of the day, Eliana, when she was in her mum’s baby bump. I have photographed the whole family for their maternity photo shoot at Geneva lake. Hiring a photographer for a pregnancy photo session before your newborn photo shoot is quite a good idea as it has multiple beneficial effects for the newborn photo session. We capture your family moments before your baby’s birth, but it is also a great opportunity for family photos when you already have children. During the maternity photo session, your children will get used to me and the camera. Therefore, it will be simpler to make family pictures with your newborns are your children already know me. Do not hesitate to invest in a maternity photo session, you will not regret it for your family’s heirloom.
Again, some newborn photo! Yes, I particularly love accompanying new parents in such an important moment as the birth of their child to create these beautiful images in the following days of baby’s birth. This time, I traveled to Nyon to photograph the little baby Elina, aged only 15 days old. At this age, your baby is already in a phase during which so many changes have occured as your baby grows so fast. For a professional photographer specialized in newborn photography, we know such a baby will sleep less and will be opening the eyes more often. Often, photographers you will contact to learn more about how a newborn photo session works will tell you the optimum period to make a photo shoot for your baby is around 4 to 12 days.
As a newborn photographer since 2010, I know how to adapt the photo shoot to older babies who are already 15 days old or even 1 month old (see examples such as Gaël’s 1 month old baby photo shoot and Alexandre’s 1 month baby photo session). A baby photo session differs therefore and can be more challenging with a baby going through colics, which happen quite usually at this time of baby growth.
This newborn photo shoot is special to me as it was not an usual one. Abigaël’s mum had booked her baby’s spot for a newborn photo shoot during her pregnancy, which I usually recommend to future mums and dads if they want to secure their babies’ spot in my agenda as I accept a limited number of babies per month. But something went a little wrong when Abigaël was born and had a medical problem, she had to undergo some surgery. Hopefully, everything went well and Abigaël’s photo shoot was planned later on, which was 2 months after her birth.
For a 2-month old baby, it is difficult to warranty newborn styled photos can be done. It’s usual for me to adapt the newborn photo session procedure and poses to older babies (1 month, 1.5-month old) to baby’s age, but at 2 months, we generally go to baby photography instead of pure newborn photography. But it was without counting on baby Abigaël who made a small snap during her photo shoot so that I can offer her parents newborn-style photos.