The first weeks with a newborn are a blur of exhaustion, wonder, and moments that are gone almost before you’ve noticed them. A newborn session is about slowing that blur down, capturing the impossible smallness, the first expressions, the way your family looks in those earliest days.

Why In-Home?

I photograph newborn sessions at your home, not in a studio. This is a deliberate choice.

Newborns sleep better in familiar surroundings. Parents are more relaxed in their own space. And the photographs that result, with the light from your actual windows, the textures of your home, the details of the room you’ve prepared for this baby, tell a story that a studio backdrop simply cannot.

A studio session requires transporting a baby, setting up props, and performing for the camera. A home session requires nothing except being home.

When to Book

The ideal window is 5–14 days after birth. In the first two weeks, babies sleep more deeply and are more portable, they curl naturally, they settle easily, and the photographs have a particular newness that fades quickly.

That said, I photograph babies up to 8 weeks, and sessions at 6–8 weeks produce a very different but equally beautiful set of images, more alert, more expressive, starting to engage with the world.

Book before the baby arrives. I hold a provisional date from your due date and we confirm once the baby is here. There’s no pressure, the session adapts to you.

What the Session Covers

A typical newborn session runs 2–3 hours at a relaxed pace, there is no clock to keep.

Baby alone, wrapped, sleeping, the detail of tiny hands and feet, the full-body scrunched curl of a newborn in the first days.

With parents, skin-to-skin if you want it, cradled, held close. The expression on a parent’s face when they look at their newborn is something I never tire of photographing.

Siblings, if you have older children, including them in part of the session captures a moment that will only ever exist once.

The home details, the nursery you prepared, the crib, the tiny clothes, the particular light in the room. These contextual shots become more meaningful with every passing year.

Feeding, Settling, Stopping

Everything moves at the baby’s pace. We feed when feeding is needed. We stop when stopping is needed. Sessions are not rushed and do not have a fixed end time. If the baby needs an hour to settle, we wait. The best images usually come in the quiet moments after a feed when everyone has relaxed.

Preparing for Your Session

Morning sessions work best for most babies, they tend to be more settled in the morning hours.

Keep the house warm, a warm room encourages babies to sleep deeply and makes skin-to-skin and unwrapped shots comfortable.

Feed the baby just before I arrive if possible, a full, sleepy baby is the ideal subject.

Don’t stress about tidying. I work around the real textures of home life. A stack of muslins, a half-unpacked changing bag, a coffee mug on the windowsill, these details make the photographs feel lived-in and true.

Delivering Your Images

Edited images are delivered via a private online gallery within 3–4 weeks. Full resolution, no watermarks, with full print rights.

See family and newborn photography pricing or get in touch to provisionally hold your due date.