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Should you tidy up before a baby photoshoot at home?

by LunaCat Studio photographe Lausanne 1 May 2026

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Many new parents ask themselves this question before welcoming a baby photographer into their home: do you absolutely need to tidy up your space for an at-home baby photoshoot? The answer is simple and reassuring: no, it’s not necessary to tidy up.

I’m Cathy, a newborn and baby photographer based in Lausanne, in French-speaking Switzerland, for over 10 years. In this article, I’m sharing my perspective on whether you need to tidy up before a baby photographer comes to your home.

In the first weeks after a birth, your priority is not the state of your home. Your priority is your baby, your recovery, and your balance. An at-home baby photoshoot is designed to adapt to this reality, not to add extra constraints. If you haven’t already, discover how an at-home baby photoshoot works.

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7 Reasons to Have an At-Home Baby Photoshoot

by LunaCat Studio photographe Lausanne 30 March 2026

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An at-home baby photoshoot is becoming increasingly popular among parents. Practical, reassuring, and authentic, it allows you to capture your baby’s first days in an intimate and familiar setting. Hiring a baby photographer to come to your home is now an ideal solution for creating natural images filled with emotion and softness.

Discover why an at-home baby photoshoot is a smart choice for preserving precious memories of your child’s birth. I am Cathy, a photographer specializing in newborns and babies, and I have been supporting families with at-home newborn and baby photoshoots for over 15 years.

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Newborn photoshoot at home: what to expect?

by LunaCat Studio photographe Lausanne 2 April 2026

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An at-home newborn photoshoot is designed to be a gentle, safe, and completely stress-free experience for both your baby and you as parents. The first days with your newborn are uniquely intense. Time seems to stand still, every detail feels precious, and every glance from your baby carries a rare emotional depth.

Choosing an at-home newborn photoshoot with LunaCat Studio is far more than a simple service—it is a bespoke experience, thoughtfully crafted to reveal the beauty of these fleeting moments with delicacy, elegance, and respect.

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Baby photo shoot in Lausanne: Ellie

by LunaCat Studio photographe Lausanne 21 January 2019

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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.

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6 month old baby photo at La Chaux-de-Fonds: Orphée

by LunaCat Studio photographe Lausanne 2 August 2018

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As you know it, I am a newborn photography specialist. Anyway, my expertise in photography does not stop at this early stage of your baby’s life as I also offer baby photo sessions at different stages of baby growth: when baby holds her head on the tummy, when baby stays seated and when your baby starts walking. Each baby is unique and growth at her own’s path, there is therefore no specific month to schedule a baby photoshoot and everything depends on baby with every moment of her first year worth being captured with baby photography.

Of course, these baby photoshoots are, also for me, special moments that I treasure. I feel truly thankful to families who welcome me for a newborn photo session at home and I measure my luck when they hire me again to create gorgeous images for their family heirloom. And everytime, what a shock to see baby again and how much she/he has grown and changed while keeping newborn features from the newborn photo session.

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Nyon newborn photo: Elina, 15 days old

by LunaCat Studio photographe Lausanne 18 April 2018

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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.