S Studio Newborn photos with Family

As we approach Newborn season I have to share this simple boho newborn session with Baby S and his family! While I tend not to create ‘room’ style setups in the studio unless it’s a holiday, Mama M’s vision gave me the opportunity to pull out my long neglected wicker peacock chair and use all the pampas grass I had stuffed in the back cabinet.

Bringing a new baby into the family can be difficult for siblings. Their whole world is changing, their schedule, Mom is less available. It’s completely understandable that when it comes time for photos, they’re generally not very corporative. This wasn’t the case for Baby V and if you even remotely have baby fever right now let these sibling photos just push you over the edge! He was very eager to hold and love on his little baby brother, if anything, I think he was more frustrated that he wasn’t able to play with him like he wanted and was having difficulty understanding he was basically a limp noodle right now.

Giving his older brother a run for his money during his newborn photoshoot, Baby S was a fantastic sleepy model and gave me and his family so much variety in his newborn gallery that he set the bar for the rest of the year very very high!

Construction Party First Birthday Cake Smash

I heard a saying about little boys a while back that by the age of four they would either be obsessed with Space, Dinosaurs, Trains or Big Trucks and working in the Cake Smash and Birthday party industry a statement has never been truer!

Baby C’s construction themed Birthday Party was exactly what I expected it to be. Messy.

As a completely feral and range free Baby, I spends most his days outside with his Mama playing in the dirt and tending to their farm animals. Needless to say he was no stranger to getting down and dirty. His poor cake never stood a chance.

Bluey First Birthday Cake Smash

Even though these Cake Smash photos are from a while back now, I was originally worried that I missed showcasing them to all the Bluey Fans because of how quickly popularity in shows and movies come and go now a days. Fortunate for me, Bluey is still wildly popular, as it should be, and is still a requested theme two years later!

Admittedly I haven’t been a huge fan of a lot of recent cartoons that kids watch now a days (they’re far too fast passed, noisy and busy) Bluey is one of the rare few that I would closely compare to the cartoons we had growing up! Plus, the lessons and deeper meaning in all the episodes is so relatable and at times heart wrenching. I didn’t think a show about talking Dogs that wasn’t homeward bound would make me cry!

I was over the moon when this family requested the theme, especially considering I had just finished painting my Heelers Car! It was such a fun and easy set to put together. I’ve done several Bluey Cake Smashes and been to several Bluey Birthday Partys since then and there’s so many fun elements from the show you can incorporate in that I’ve never had difficulty putting creating something! Also, how Darling is this Bluey Dress?

Fortunate for me, little lady loved her Bluey Cake and was nothing but smiles for her photos! I can’t wait to share other Bluey themed photos and I’m so happy to finally be able to share some of my most colorful and loved Cake Smash sets with everyone! Big thanks to Mom, Dad and of course Baby girl for making the drive all the way to Nashville for this Cake Smash photoshoot!

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W Newborn Photos

It must be raining Boys because that’s all I’ve had at the studio the last several weeks! I cant complain, they’ve been spoiling me! Newborn Baby Boys are notoriously more sleepy than baby girls and therefor easier to pose and photograph! I always joke with parents and say girls and boys are all born the same. Girls are born with the innate desire to get things done and if anything interferes with their schedule (or sleep cycle) they’re going to let you know, whereas newborn boys are just happy as long as they’re warm and their bellies are full!

Mom and Dad included so many sentimental elements in their baby boys newborn photos and even Grandma was included in some of the family photos! Parents, if you’re on the fence about taking photos with your newborn because you’re feeling tired or just not up to it, look at how gorgeous these two look. That could be you!

Milk Bath Mini

Before I had the studio in White Bluff, I used to photograph families, maternity clients and newborns in my sunroom at my old house in Nashville. I’ll tell you, it was traumatic every time I had someone over. First, I’d had to clean for hours before, then, I had to shun anyone that was home into the back part of the house, and worst of all, the animals were literally shaking the door trying to get in the whole time! It was stressful to say the least but one of the things I actually do miss about shooting at my old home studio was that I had access to a bathtub!

You’d never be able to tell by looking but my old bathroom was the size of a coffin, so fitting a massive softbox in there and having to hover over my Maternity clients on the edge of the tub was quite a sight to be seen! I also would buy several poster boards and tape them to the walls to create a clean smooth look that also made it easier to edit after the fact, it was all very Jerry Rigged.

As difficult as it was, doing milk bath maternity photos was well worth all the effort! Though I now have a blow up pool to do milk bath or water photos, it doesn’t come with the heavy trauma and funny story that these gorgeous images did!

W Newborn Session

Though I am a big fan of vivid colors and very bold themes, the minimalistic newborn photos have been very popular over the last few years! I even have two whole pages in my prep and styling packet covering the variety and potential possible with just the bare minimum. While I am all for bold and trendy themes, this minimalistic, or as I’m told, Gen Z calls it the clean girl look is a perfect way to ensure your photos are absolutely timeless and flow with any theme or room in the house!

I did big sister E’s newborn photos at Mama J and Papap L’s house a few years prior to Baby W being born and I’ve got to say, it must be hard being born into a family of super models. With Mama J being a creative artist herself, there’s always a lot of pressure to create but W made it easy for me!

Newborn baby boys are always so sleepy (putting my foot in my mouth here) but I was thrilled to be able to include photos with his siblings, one of who was a toddler and was still such a good listener, and his families love of sports! This session was done ages ago which means we’ll be sharing his Cake Smash even sooner!

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