Full of Charm

Now, here is a proper post to reveal Miss Cally and her family! Last week I had the opportunity to photograph 19 day old Cally in her home and nursery. Everything about the shoot was charming... lil Cally, her brother, parents, nursery, and home. In fact, the photo above shows yet another bit of "charm": the "baby gift" Cally's dad gave her mom with Cally's initials on the backside of this beautiful diamond pendant.

She had the most adorable bedding. Here, she is laying on the matching blanket. She wasn't much of a curler and decided to be a light sleeper that day, so a lot of the typical newborn posing and folding wasn't gonna happen. Not to say that we didn't try, but Cally had her own ideas about things. A sign of things to come?


A sweet kiss from big brother...


She slept like this in the basket for literally about 3 shots. We're lucky to have caught this!

Now this pose she did seem to enjoy, but what baby doesn't love the swaddle?



During one of Cally's feeding/changing breaks, I got to spend some time with big brother and captured a few of just him. He was really into climbing on the step ladder I was using for some of the shots. All boy!

He had the coolest little boy room, and here he is playing in it:

Back to little sister now... Ten perfect little toes!


A more candid family shot. Even though there seems to be a lot going on here, Dad appears calm, happy, and right where he wants to be.


If you've made it down this far on the post, you get to see this final sneak of Cally and her daddy.


Thank you so much for allowing me to photograph you in your home last week! I sincerely enjoyed it, and look forward to sharing the rest with you shortly!

Whew! That was a big sneak peek, but I think it was worth it! Why so many sneak peeks this time when I usually just post between 4 and 6 per session? Well, newborn shoots are quite different than my standard, on-location session for several reasons. As you might imagine, the subject matter usually requires breaks for feeding, changing, rocking, etc., so the session is more lengthy. I also bring studio lighting and all kinds of props "just in case" that I play around with and try out depending on what look I'm going for. Plus there is the task of deciding which rooms or aspects of the baby's home to use for the photography. In Cally's case, her home was just full of possibilities and I could have shot there all day long!