Portrait Ideas for 2u2?

StefB28

We have a newborn photo session scheduled for when DS2 is born, with the same photographer we used with DS1. (See sig pic.) We love her and she gave us a really good deal on a shorter studio session because we just couldn't afford to make the same investment that we did with DS1 a year ago.

For anyone who had professional photos done-- do you have any good suggestions of poses with both kids? I've seen some really cute sibling shots, but most of the time the older sibling is at least 3 or so... Wondering if anyone can PIP or give me a link to some good ideas? DS1 will be 14 months old when DS2 is born.

(I'm sure my photographer will have some good ideas, but she likes for us to think ahead and provide her with a description of shots that are important to us so that we make the most of our time.)

Thanks!

howleyshell

This is baby in a bean bag covered in a white blanket then wrapped in blue satin with big brother looking down on him.  It may not seem like much but the look on the baby's eyes in this pic melts me. 

There was another one that was ADORABLE with big brother behind the bean bag, elbows on the back of it and head propped up on his hands.  Big brother looked adorable but the baby not so much.  We ended up cropping the baby out and making that one a solo of the older child because he was just too cute with his face in his hands like that.

When they were little at home we ended up taking a lot of pics like the one above.  Nothing fancy but the best a Mamma could do with the camera in her hands, KWIM?  Pics like this turned out to be some of my favs so much so that we re-do this pose almost every time we do portraits:

 

 

sweetpea2003

Honestly?  This is going to be about 99% luck and timing (whether you older one is in the mood) for you.  My kiddos are 16 months apart and DD was just not in the mood to cuddle her brother when we had his newborn photos taken.  And we were with the photographer (who is VERY highly regarded) for like 3 hours.

It took months to get a photo of them together, looking at the camera, and smiling.  At the newborn session the good family shots were the ones where DH held one baby and I held the other. 

From what I understand, them both laying on their backs staring up is typically the best way to capture a baby (your older kiddo) and your newborn.  That way you aren't asking them to hold the baby or do something that probably won't happen.

GOOD LUCK!!! 

JoannaJes

My favorite pics were of them both in their cloth diapers. If you don't use cloth, you can always find cute diaper covers to go over disposable.

I figure that most siblings probably don't have two in diapers, unless they are multiples, so I thought it was cute.

StefB28

Thanks for the ideas, everyone! It will definitely depend on what kind of mood DS1 is in, but I think that having a list of things to try will be good! Thanks for showing me your beautiful babies!