Looking Back at a New York Newborn

I used to look at adorable photos of newborns and think: That looks easy. Truth is, it’s not always easy to hold a naked baby and make it look natural and unposed. I love how the photo above came out! Let’s just say Dad was not the most comfortable fellow holding a tiny newborn.

More pictures from this beautiful newborn shoot below. —>

Here’s the other shot that isn’t as easy as it looks — the family portrait with a 2-year-old in the mix. So I just go with the flow and let it happen naturally. Whatever we get is what it is. And isn’t that the beauty of it? Life as it really is? (The family picture will work beautifully by the time everybody’s 4! Yay!)

Aren’t his eyes beautiful? He was just 2 weeks old in this shoot. Now he’s about 3 months. I can’t wait to see how much he’s grown!

And his big sister is so cute!

Love the pillow.

My wide angle lens makes this Manhattan apartment nursery look larger than it feels when you’re in there.

My little 2-year-old friend was playing the I-will-not-look-at-your-camera game. See the shot above? PURE LUCK.

Look how he’s holding on to mommy! Love this shot!

Isn’t he adorable?

I remember holding my sons like that when they were newborns. I could have sat for hours just admiring how beautiful they were.

Coming tomorrow to the blog: Dawn and Joe’s holiday card/newborn announcement card design. See that hat? It’s really a cool Christmassy hat! Check the blog tomorrow to see how I combined the pictures for their card.

See the Christmassy hat?

Funny thing about this one — it was badly underexposed in the original. Thank God for shooting raw images! I was able to save the shot with that adorable expression, and it made the front of the card, click here to see the fun Christmas card/newborn announcement card design!

Dawn’s mom is the baby’s nurse. I love this shot.

Love this one too! That’s Dawn’s dad.

This shot means a lot to me because that’s dad’s chair, where he spends a lot of time reading, checking business email and watching ESPN. So I love this shot of him playing with his daughter, and the empty “dad’s chair” in the foreground.

I love how they play together, taking advantage of every corner in the cool apartment.

Earlier in the day, mom, dad and I went to the park with their daughter.

Love this one with the big city building in the background.

That one’s cool too.

FAVE!

Cute!

I love her outfit!

Hope you loved your sweet slide show! I can’t wait to see how much the baby has grown at our next shoot!