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Ellen Guest ·
Just a curious question; everywhere you see newborn photos popping up, courses where a baby is 'borrowed' and 4 or 5 cameras are pointed at it.
Am I the only one who doesn't find this at all appealing? That hassle with such a young baby, putting it in poses that are the same every time so that almost only the mother can still tell the babies apart from the photos?
I only read running stories but can hardly imagine that no one else finds it very strange and hype...

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  1. Ellen started this #2

    No one?...

  2. Vlinder #3

    You do get some nice photos of your baby from it..

  3. Ellen started this #4

    But that can also happen around 5 or 6 months, when you have a beautiful, real laugh and can see a bit of 'personality' coming through, or am I seeing that wrong?

  4. Vlinder #5

    You're not seeing it wrong, you just see it that way, that's your opinion.
    A newborn sleeps a lot so it's easy to take photos of, and after a few months they look completely different again. I'd like both.

  5. madelene #6

    Yeah, you're not the only one, Ellen. Personally, I don't feel like it either so soon after the birth. I'd really rather just be alone with my baby and little family.
    I think a baby needs a lot of peace and quiet in the first weeks and months, and I find things like taking photos
    quite stressful for a baby.
    But anyway, everyone's entitled to their own opinion of course

  6. jessie95 #7

    The shoot is only done after a bath and feeding so the baby sleeps, and usually in your own home so you don't have to travel with the baby after a studio session.
    It's all done this way and the baby's well-being comes first; if the baby gets restless, they have to stop immediately.

    I think it's actually good to do it so soon after birth because the baby won't notice much of it. A 6-month-old baby probably won't sit still for that long, I think haha.

  7. MrsDeVos #8

    I'm lucky that my sister is a photographer, so she did this for us. For us, it was just before her 4 weeks because she was born too early and we didn't want to burden her too soon. I'm super happy with the photos! At 9 weeks, we did another photoshoot and were able to take some nice family photos. I also take pictures of our girl every day at home, but you can't really compare those...

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