Safe socially distanced newborn photography

We all know that 2020 has been a crazy year with the fear of coronavirus and everyone being in lockdown. New mums in my opinion have had it particularly tough. The pregnancy journey and build up is pretty special and is normally celebrated. It should be a time of excitement, hanging out with friends & family, shopping trips for clothes and nursery furniture, joining a local NCT class, meeting new people and of course having a baby shower.

Now lockdown has eased Ive had a lot of parents to be contact me asking about is it safe to do a newborn shoot and am I able to stick to the social distance guidelines. The answer is yes!

At the moment I am only doing newborn shoots in the persons home. I have always preferred this option with newborn photography. Both mummy and baby are so much more relaxed which make for lovely, intimate family portraits. This is also a great option if you have other children as they would get bored sitting and waiting in a studio.

I normally would use the master bedroom or the nursery for a shoot. I love natural light photography so a room with lots of gentle window light is perfect. If you have I would recommend white of pale natural colour bedding. If not don’t worry at all as I have lots of throws that I bring with me that can be used instead.

There is no 'posing' and the focus is entirely on interacting naturally with baby. As with all of my photography my goal is to capture genuine, beautiful emotion.

As a mum myself I can honestly say these first few weeks are also a bit of a blur. This is why newborn photographs are magical. They take you straight back to that sense of wonder at your tiny baby, the overwhelming love and incredible euphoria of bringing a new person into the world.

Newborn shoots are best done In the first two weeks of your little ones arrival. We want to capture the tiny, curly, sleepy newness of your beautiful baby. Its amazing how quickly they change and you will look back at these memories and be so pleased that you had them documented.

For a newborn shoot it very important to have the house very warm, as your little baby won’t be wearing a lot, so we want to make sure they are nice and cosy.

If you would like to book I recommend getting in touch after your 20 week scan and can book a provisional date. I would need a £50 deposit. Then message me once baby arrives and we can either confirm or adjust the date.

My studio is in Chipperfield WD4. But I am happy to come to your home for the shoot. Areas I cover are, Berkhamsted, Chesham, Amersham, Tring, Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Potters Bar, St Albans, Luton, Abbots Langley, Kings Langley, Bourne End, Gerrards Cross, Chandlers Cross, Chandlers Cross, Bushy, Rickmansworth, Pinner, Redbourn, Harrow, Hatfield, Croxley Green,