I recommend that you book your newborn photography session as early as possible to avoid any disappointment with lack of availability, as I have to limit bookings due to the unpredictability of newborn arrivals / birth dates. Early Booking Discounts are available for newborn baby photography sessions booked more than 3 calendar months in advance.
As soon as you book, a date will be provisionally held based upon your due date. This just allows me to monitor my availability. Then when your little one arrives, get in touch as early as possible. Once your precious bundle is here, we can adjust and finalise the date of the session. If you did not know the gender of baby beforehand, be sure to let me know, as well as their birth weight, so that we can plan suitable colours and props.
Once a booking is taken, your session is guaranteed regardless of when they arrive.
Sessions take place at my home studio in East Grinstead, West Sussex. I also offer a premium in-home service where I bring the studio to you. For further details of this service please contact me.
Your new baby has just come out from a warm a cosy environment. They will be naked, or dressed in little outfits that do not provide much warmth so in order to stop them getting cold I heat up the room. This also helps them stay beautifully sleepy. I try to heat to approximately 27 degrees. I will be bringing with me a space heater encase the temperature of your house needs a little boost, and to ensure that it is maintained throughout the session. As a general rule, if we adults aren’t feeling hot, it’s not hot enough! I also suggest you dress according to this temperature to make sure you are as comfortable as possible and you don’t overheat. If you need to step outside to cool down now and then that’s fine.
Newborns are unable to regulate their body temperature so I will constantly be watching your little one to ensure they do not overheat.
If possible, try to keep your baby awake for about half an hour prior to my arrival. I realise this might be sooooo hard to do, especially at this young age. I know from my own experience of doing this for my own baby’s newborn shoot. In fact at the time I swore that the easiest way to make a baby sleep, was to try and keep them awake! But if you can, it’ll be worth it, as they will be that much sleepier for the session and it will go much smoother. A bath and some play time often helps.
Full tummy = happy baby. Ideally you will feed the baby as soon as I arrive and while I am setting up, which will allow me to commence photographing as soon as my stuff is ready. If possible try to time it so that you won’t have fed for a couple of hours beforehand, so that baby is hungry and wanting that feed. If you’re coming to me, you can feed your baby just before you leave.
Having said that, who has a feeding schedule at less than two weeks old??? I know my children didn’t! Most likely you are feeding on demand at this stage, so please take the above as best case scenario, and do not fret if this doesn’t work out on the morning. All it will mean is that the session may take a bit longer, but that’s fine. That is why we allow for such a long shoot. Your baby will be leading this session and we will go at their pace, stopping as much as they need to for feeding and settling.
Don’t worry if your baby isn’t settling. It is very very unlikely that we won’t end getting any images at all.
I have lots of tricks up my sleeve to settle your baby. Will they cry? Babies cry for all sorts of reasons so it’s possible, but usually for a matter of moments. I am very good at reading their signals and often if they cry at all, its a quick telling me off from moving them out of a position they were comfortable in.
I have a 3 attempt rule for a pose so if your baby does not like a particular pose we move on to the next one. I do not distress the baby for the sake of a photo.
Despite in all my years not needing to do so; If for what ever reason your baby does not settle, perhaps they are feeling a little colicy or unwell. If no matter what we try we haven’t managed to obtain enough images for your gallery, we will re-schedule for another day.
I like to be transparent about my fees. There are no hidden fees, so you’ll know exactly what you’ll spend prior to booking. All costs can be found on the pages linked below.
All sessions require payment of the session fee in order to secure your booking. This is to ensure clients are genuine and to avoid appointments not being kept when space is so limited.
Approximately two weeks after your session, once your images have been processed, you will be invited to attend a viewing of your beautifully edited images. It is at this point you will choose an image package or products should you wish to purchase.
With my satisfaction guarantee you only pay for images you LOVE.
***Package inclusions can not be altered order to make it fair to all of my clients.
With my satisfaction guarantee, if upon an in person viewing* session you are unsatisfied with your images and do not wish to purchase them, then your session fee is returned to you and your experience will have cost you nothing.
*Session fee refunds are strictly limited to in person viewings and must be discussed at the viewing.
*Refunds are not available for galleries viewed on line.
*Due to photographs being bespoke items, refunds are not available after your order has been processed.
**Deposits are not refundable if clients do not attend their appointment or cancellations within 48 hours.
