A couple weeks ago a segment aired on the Today show about newborn photographer (and colleague) Tracy Raver. If you didn't catch it, you can view it here as she has some amazing work to share => TODAY SHOW SEGMENT. Since then newborn photographers across the country, including Northern Virginia and including myself, have been getting calls to capture newborns like Tracy does. While I can't promise to do it exactly like Tracy, I can do it HIP Studio style! Newborn photography is an amazing art, but no two artists are exactly the same! Shortly after this segment aired, pediatricians and experts chimed in on the safety of posing newborns for the sake of getting the artistic shot. Rest assured, I will never put your newborn child in harms way during our shoot. So today it is only appropriate for me to share a newborn session with you :) And I even have some of big sister at the end! Enjoy!

It is Wardrobe Wednesday, and I have found a few things that could really spice up a wardrobe and look fabulous in pictures, as well! This first find is so adorable! It could really add a nice pop of color to jeans and a shirt without looking too girly-- with boys sometimes that's a challenge! I've seen the orange and turquoise striped one against an orange oxford shirt-- really cute!

These were found in the Belle and the Beau Etsy Shop

This next find is something that any little boy would love to play in. This would make a great portrait study for your 3-6 year old super hero guy! What a cute idea! This superhero cape set can be found in the Babypop shop on Etsy.

Now this next little find, I haven't decided whether it scares me or it's cute., one thing is for certain-- it is a conversation piece! It and many other monster designs can be found at the Etsy shop NissaLisa.

And last, but certainly not least, this hat which was introduced to me by one of my fantastic clients! She purchased it from the Etsy store, OopsIKnitItAgain. So, so cute!

How could I miss blogging this gorgeous little guy... the second time around? Mom contacted me for a session shortly after coming home from the hospital with her son. Oh no, my schedule was full! My newborn sessions focus on two areas: 1) small and sometimes sleepy baby and 2) relationship study of baby with mom and dad. Our problem... dad wasn't available when I was.  Time was ticking... and since getting those sleepy curled baby shots is usually only possible during the first couple of weeks, we went ahead with a session without dad. Of course rules always have exceptions and this little 12 day old guy did not have sleeping in mind! After a lot of hard work by mom and grandma, we managed to sneak some out-- these were posted a couple weeks ago here. I really wanted this family to have relationship shots, so a couple weekends later, I had an opening and they took it! Now at 4 weeks old, I was not optimistic that we were going to have a sleeping baby and we were totally prepared for that. Mom followed all my instructions to a T and when they showed up at the studio, guess what? He was sleeping... and proceeded to sleep the entire time! I couldn't believe it... I love the connection shown in these images-- I can just feel the love when I look at them. I'm so happy that everything worked out!

AND BTW.... you may notice that my logo stamp has some interesting new colors... something new is coming! Stay tuned!

I know I've said it before, but I can't think of a better job than capturing the pure and simple innocence of a newborn child. Mr. A and his mom traveled from Richmond to meet me in Fredericksburg for our session. I have had the honor of photographing his big sister so it was super special to meet him! Mom, I hope you are enjoying him-- I know you have a great helper!