when to get pro pictures taken?

carolyn02 · October 2010

If you're getting/have had professional pictures of your LO taken, how old were they when you first got them done?

heyitsme · October 2010

With DD we first took her to a studio at 1 month. This baby will be photographed by a friend who has a photog business... She said for NB photos they should be done within the first 10 days.

LCB34 · October 2010

Our newborn photographer requires that babies be less than 10 days old for a newborn session.

Fai&AdisMommie · October 2010

I had DD's done a 1 month. I plan on doing LO and DD together at 1 month this time as well. They tend to be a little more alert for the pictures.

Under.the.Rose · October 2010

My photographer recommended to wait until the baby is 10-14 days old so their skin tone is more even, but they're still tiny.

1BabyFritsch · October 2010

Baby will be here, at the latest(by induction), on the 24th I am having pictures done the second week of december. We aill have LO pictures done and then a family picture for holiday card/birth announcement.

Myheart1297 · October 2010

with DS, I had them done at the hospital, then I think 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, etc...

Mrslove78 · October 2010

heyitsme:

With DD we first took her to a studio at 1 month. This baby will be photographed by a friend who has a photog business... She said for NB photos they should be done within the first 10 days.

Mrslove78 · October 2010

heyitsme:

With DD we first took her to a studio at 1 month. This baby will be photographed by a friend who has a photog business... She said for NB photos they should be done within the first 10 days.

Yea, I've heard that. Guess they have a specific curve to their untill day 10. I want to get them done by then,.

AlyssaJoy1210 · October 2010

I am having a photographer in the delivery room actually, and I am super excited! There won't be any nudity or anything like that, just a few pictures before and lots of pictures of us seeing LO for the first time, him getting measured and weighed, etc. I think our first family photos are going to be so special!

Then, when my son is 7 days old, he will have NB photos taken. I read that a lot of people are trying to take pictures within 10 days, because babies are still pretty sleepy, easy to pose and keep happy. Plus, they still have their just born, newborn look!

~Flossie~ · October 2010

We are getting them done within the first week.

Ivana_Stolichnaya · October 2010

My cousin is a photographer and she wrote this on her blog for potential clients:

Tips for parents in preparing for a newborn session:

* Schedule your newborn session BEFORE you deliver. The session should be all set and on the calendar when you go into the hospital. And then I will work around you when the actual delivery comes. Many times my newborn sessions shift and that is fine. I've received many emails and phone calls from the hospital that the baby has arrived early, and I am more than willing to adjust my schedule to get that beautiful baby photographed within the FIRST 10 DAYS!

* First 10 days is key...honestly, anything after that is not a newborn. Trust me, they change that quickly!

* If your photo shoot is going to be right after you get home from the hospital, consider keeping that hospital bracelet on. If you want to take that tag off your precious cargo, consider mom and dad keeping their bracelet on! One of my favorite newborn sessions-to-date is one in which the dad still had his bracelet on! He was so proud, and it made the most amazing photos of dad holding baby and you can see his hospital tag in the shot...so cool!

* Your baby will pee. Seriously! It's a good thing, all systems are a-go! So please don't fret. Your baby will pee on my stuff, and I am completely okay with that! I think I've only had 1-2 sessions where the baby did NOT pee! It's sort of that moment where you are officially embarrassed by your child for the first time, I get it! But don't be! I am totally willing to work around pee if it will give me fabulous photographs!

* Plan on feeding the baby around the time I arrive. We want the baby nice and sleepy. And no clothes on when you feed! We don't want to ruin all that hard work of getting the baby to sleep by taking those clothes off!

* Which leads me to my next point, the "birthday suit" is the best outfit for newborns. BY FAR! Don't worry about an outfit...you will be more thrilled with that newborn skin!

* Just have fun. Relax and enjoy the moment, they aren't a newborn very long!

hewinked · October 2010

We didn't do newborn pics with DD cuz she was a preemie, so I didn't wanna take her out unneccessarily. Her first pics were at 3 months. We're gonna do the same with this LO, just so we don't have newborn pics of one and not the other.

NewFamily09 · October 2010

I love the ones people take when the baby is 2 weeks or less. Babies sleep so much at that young age, that a photographer can put them in some cute sleeping positions.

That.Just.Happened · October 2010

I have been told by several photogs that it is best to do it in the first two weeks when they are still in the super sleepy newborn stage so they are easily posed. We are having them done on Friday when DD will be 1w3d old.

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