Newborn Baby Portraits

About a week ago some friends of mine asked if I would photograph their newborn baby. They had hired a hospital photographer for photographs right after the delivery, but the photos were way overpriced for the quality so they wanted something better. We spent about an hour and a half together and it was my first time photographing a newborn but we had some really good shots come from our time together!

During our time we had about 1 or 2 "costume" changes and a couple different settings for photos. The little baby was pretty easy to work with, she was a little grouchy whenever she was away from momma for too long. That was challenging but I was able to grab some fun shots before she started crying! Whenever she did cry we would let her fall asleep in her mother's arms and then lay her back down for some more photographs before she woke up. Maybe that's kinda cruel but she'll appreciate the photos when she's older... Right… :)

Why is it so funny for me to include crying photos?

For any photo nerds that are reading this I was surprised to see that I liked the photos from my Canon 24-70mm F/2.8L lens over my EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. I really thought I was going to love the 1.4 the best. Perhaps because it's not an L lens or perhaps the focus fell off too quickly… I'm not sure. I think I just liked the perspective of 70mm the best. Perhaps if I have a an 85mm prime 1.8 or 85mm 1.2L I would favor those over the 28-70mm. Yea, I would probably love those lenses!

Here are some of my favorite photos from our session - Enjoy!