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San Francisco Natural Light Newborn Portraits : Ishwar's Home Session

People ask me all the time when the best time is to photograph their newborn - and my answer is a firm "under 14 days". But for many new parents the first few weeks after the birth are a bit overwhelming and the thought of leaving home to come to the studio with a 10 day old baby can be daunting. No worries! I love to photograph newborns in the home using natural window light! Let me come to you! This newborn photography session in San Francisco with done in a cozy apartment with beautiful window light. Here are some of my favorites with this 12 day old baby...

Bay Area Newborn Twins Photographer : Double Luck - Sleeping Newborn Twins!

Double Luck. Double Joy.  The stars were surely shining on my Alameda studio today when I photographed newborn twins Francisco and Sofia at 5 weeks old. It is hard enough to get one baby to sleep during a newborn session - but we had some moments with both of these babies sleeping!  This was one of my favorite newborn twin fine art portraits during their moments of bliss...

Alameda Newborn Photographer : Back from Missouri - Introducing Zetta Marie....

I am just settling back into the studio after visiting Missouri to meet my brand new grandchild, Zetta Marie Skiles.  She is absolutely precious and quite the smiler - even at 10 days old.  I have many pics to process, but to stem the oncoming tide of requests to see what she looks like through my lens, I am uploading one of my favorites - so here she is, all 6 lbs 4 oz of her in her daddy's arms...

San Francisco Artistic Newborn Photographer | capturing the beauty of the awake newborn

 It is no secret that I love photographing newborns. And over the years I have developed purty good timing if I do say so myself. For those of you that do not know, an awake newborn is moving almost constantly, not to mention fussing frequently. So many photographers opt for the sleeping newborn - a beautiful subject for sure. In my newborn sessions I do capture the beauty of the sleeping newborn, but the bigger challenge is capturing an awake, naked newborn and timing the shot just right so that he actually looks calm (he was fussing off and on), is looking at the camera (thanks to colorful toys shaken in front of camera) and to have all of the body parts aligned so that none of the awkward bits and pieces are showing (no easy task with naked newborn boys!) And Voila - with the right timing you can capture the shot!  This one is from a fun natural light newborn home session in San Francisco today with Michael, Maria and their beautiful son Alexander.

Bay Area Maternity & Newborn Photographer - Fine Art Custom Design Albums

Just got in another fabulous custom design album filled with fine art maternity & newborn photography that is ready to go out to a client!  I just loved this new cover combination so I had to grab a shot before it leaves the studio. I am also just in love with this baby! 

There is no doubt that I ADORE photographing newborns.  I find them fascinating and amazing AND I have the honor of doing it one or more times a week.  But when I was photographing Sejal for her newborn session, I had the strangest feeling - and such a strong reaction to this little one. In the middle of the session it dawned on me that this little newborn girl looked sooooo much like my first born daughter that it just really tugged at my heart strings and brought me back to that place of first being a mother.  Now for those of you that do not know me, by looking at my head shot it would not seem likely that I could produce offspring that resembles this little bundle of wonder - but I assure you that my oldest daughter Sula, who is half Jamaican (of African and East Indian descent) was part of the original mold for this beautiful little baby girl Sejal.  So today we are thrilled to be sending out Sejal's album for her family to enjoy for generations to come!

Newborn Portraits - Mom and Baby

When I photograph newborns I recommend the best time as 7 to 14 days of age for the optimal pictures of the baby. The baby is less fussy at this time, and also will have better skin as the baby acne has usually not set in yet. But! New Mom's can be less certain that is an ideal time for them to have a photography session as they just gave birth! Not to worry - I focus on showing the best features of the mom at that point - which is usually not the mid-section. Being that I am a mom myself, I have some experience as to how it feels (and looks!) to have just had a baby. However, my clients trust in my experience as a mom and  photographer to photograph them - and the results are beautiful. By focusing on capturing the closeness between mom and baby, and creating an environment where the mom can relax with her newborn - the beauty of the new mom just shines.  Here are some recent favorite mom and newborn baby portraits. 

Newborn Triplets

I was so excited when Kristy called me for a home session with her triplets - my first set of newborn triplets!  I have photographed many sets of twins, but this was my first opportunity for a baby triplet photo session!  They were actually very good - considering - and we only had one incident of one baby wetting on another. That is quite amazing considering there were three naked newborn bodies for an hour plus!

Here is one of my favorites of the three together...

Newborn Portraits - Baby Botanicals

I have been inspired by plant life lately - spending as much time as I can outdoors enjoying the summer. And I have brought some of the outdoors in to some newborn home studies - using plants and botanicals with the one week old babies.  Here are some of my favorites...

 

Newborn Portrait - 9 days old

Meet Miss Chloe - 9 days old and already a diva! We had so much fun with this little newborn girl, even though she did poop right as we took this image...