Not everyone is able to book in advance, and sometimes cultural or health reasons keep a family at home for the first month. For these families, we offer older newborn sessions. These are portrait sessions for older newborns aged 3-6 weeks old. If you book a posed newborn session and your baby is not able to come to the studio during the 7-14 day old timeframe (ex. NICU stay), your session will be converted to this kind of session.
Older newborn sessions include access to white onesies, diaper covers, swaddles, and a small assortment of knitted teddy bear sleepers for baby. Although individual images of baby will be taken, this type of session requires parent involvement, as there will be a good assortment of family photos taken as well. Parents are encouraged to wear white or soft pastel/neutral tones to compliment the white backgrounds. Baby will most likely be awake. If baby cooperates, swaddled pictures may be taken in a simple basket or on soft furs.
OLDER NEWBORN VS. POSED NEWBORN SESSION:
Older newborns are physically and developmentally very different than one week old babies. They are alert, uncurled, and are much bigger and stronger in both muscles and opinions! :) It is nearly impossible to keep an older newborn sleeping through posing movements, so older newborn sessions do not include sleeping poses, tummy posing props like buckets or beds, or composite options like the posed newborn session for 7-14 day old babies.
Whether awake or asleep, natural newborn sessions are simple, sweet, and stunning!
older newborn investment
10 IMAGE COLLECTION
baby and its parents, no siblings
Includes client's choice of 10 full-size digital files in both colour and black and white, delivered via online download.
time-sensitive promo pricing = $740
(regular price is $840)
15 IMAGE COLLECTION
baby and its parents, no siblings
Includes client's choice of 15 full-size digital files in both colour and black and white, delivered via online download.
time-sensitive promo pricing = $890
(regular price is $990)
20 IMAGE COLLECTION
baby and its parents, no siblings
Includes client's choice of 20 full-size digital files in both colour and black and white, delivered via online download.
time-sensitive promo pricing = $1040
(regular price is $1140)
sibling mini session
Our posed and older newborn sessions do not include images with siblings on session day, so please make alternate childcare arrangements.
As much as we love children, newborn photography requires a consistently calm and peaceful environment for baby, so siblings will not be permitted to attend.
Instead, you are welcome to add-on a sibling mini session on a separate date. No matter which newborn session you booked, baby must be at least 4 weeks old at the time of the sibling mini session, to allow the sibling more time to emotionally adjust. The focus will be on the family and sibling, rather than "all about baby." This makes for a more relaxing experience for all involved, and for beautiful images of the family together. If sibling cooperates, I am happy to take individual photos of them as well!
SIBLING MINI SESSION
(only available as an add-on to one of our newborn sessions)
up to 45 minutes in studio
your choice of 5 family images
time-sensitive promo price = $650
(regular price is $750)