You’ll find my newborn studio in Billericay, Essex. Newborn photoshoots really are a once in a lifetime opportunity, very often captured in the first week or so of your babies life. My job to capture the first of a lifetime of memories for you is a true privilege.

During a session with me, babies needs always come first and I am always led by them. Listening to the little cues that let me know that they’re super comfy or that they are starting to get hungry etc and their needs comes first always without exception. Whilst I might have a little workflow in mind, babies very often have other ideas and that’s no problem, we’ll work at their pace.

So let’s talk about the different kind of sessions as newborn photography can sometimes be a bit of a minefield when you're comparing different photographers and packages. Before I explain my own packages further - all of my sessions include all of the professionally edited digital images (circa 20-45 depending on the session that you select) so no agonising decisions about which ones to pick, hard sales or spending more money than you was expecting. It’s all included.

The sleepy up to 3 1/2 hour sessions

The clearly posed images where the baby is fast asleep that you’ll see in some of my images, normally form part of the longer sleepy session. We lull baby into a lovely deep sleep to gently pose them into those curly positions without waking them up. It takes time and patience because baby needs to be in a deep sleep and my parents are always surprised at how much work and detail goes into these sessions. We won’t just focus on the sleepy poses though and well also do simple shots with baby wrapped, awake shots etc so I get as much variety as possible within your gallery. Not all babies want to sleep throughout the session and that’s completely fine and that’s why I aim for a variety of images.

In an ideal world, these particular sessions take place within the first 10 days of your baby arriving This is really important because they are still in the super sleepy stage and still very curled up and can be gently posed whilst sleeping. Book in anytime from your 20 week scan to secure your slot as I can only take on a certain number of newborns each month and so often I get messages after babies have arrived and I then can’t fit them in so please please book in advance.

90 mins/2 hour Packages

These sessions don’t contain the sleepy posed images. We use our time to focus on wrapping baby for a variety of shots and we’ll also do simple natural unposed shots, doesn’t matter if baby is awake or asleep.

The 90 mins package is for images of baby - no parent/sibling shots.

The 2-hour session also allows time for parent and/or sibling shots (it’s super popular for second/third time parents especially if the siblings are young and there’s a need to get in and get out ha ha. There’s also a park less than 5 mins walk from the studio which can be handy once the sibling shots are complete and I can then focus on baby images)

Both of these packages are perfect for babies from brand new newborns up to 6 weeks old although wherever possible I prefer to do these in under 3 weeks if diary /time permits.

For all newborn shoots, I recommend booking well in advance (anytime after your 20 week scan). I have so many people contact me after they’ve had their baby and not realising that they should have booked in beforehand. I’ll always do my best but I just can’t always fit people in and I hate turning people away at such a special time if they've taken the time to choose me as their photographer.

Newborn shoots take place on weekdays unless there are school age older siblings.

My newborn photography studio is in Billericay, Essex