Valerie’s Newborn Portraits
Newborn Portrait, Newborn in headband and wrap
On the afternoon of Wednesday, December 16th, 2020, KLJ Studios was fortunate to capture Newborn Family Portraits with little Valerie, older brother Joshua, and big sister Kaylyn. The Newborn Portrait session occurred in-studio at KLJ Studios, 424 1st Street, in downtown Woodland, California. The session was booked from a newborn model call to capture Valerie’s newborn stage, as well as to test out some new tie-backs which were made by Hand Made by BGBarrettes, a new local business which creates newborn clothing and headdresses. The lead photographer for the session was Kelly Lynn and the Photography Assistant was Ashley.
Valerie was one of the best babies we have had. She slept the entire time. Being so good, her session only took an hour and a half when most newborn sessions take 3 hours. Joshua, Valerie’s older brother, was not happy to be photographed with his little sister. We are not sure if it was “stranger danger” or perhaps the mask and face-shield that we require our photographers to wear for every session, or maybe a mixture of both. However, Kaylyn was a fantastic photography assistant and she made it possible for us to capture two images of the three siblings together. This should have been nearly impossible, but Kaylyn is a magician and we are so grateful she was there to help.
Kaylyn had done her own hair and makeup for the newborn session. She should go into the makeup industry. Everything looks like she got her makeup done by a licensed professional. The makeup read so perfectly on camera that we just had to mention it! Another note is that Valerie was on the older side of being considered a newborn, but with her mom’s knowledge of her sleeping schedule, we were able to get her sleepy enough to get some great images.
Something to note for new parents: The session was photographed with a little bit of wiggle room as far as age goes. With an older newborn some of your typical newborn poses can’t be done like our bucket poses. This is due to the size and weight of the baby. Also newborns that are a little older in age typically don’t like to be on their belly so capturing them in the “froggy pose” is a no go. Older newborns are more aware of what their bodies are doing.
Julie Ann, thank you so much for allowing us to use Valerie as the model for these headbands. She made them stand out beautifully. We can’t wait to photograph the whole family in the future.
~ Kelly
Photos by:
KLJ Studios Lead Photographer: Kelly Lynn
KLJ Studios Photography Assistant: Ashley