Brooke {7 Days Old}

Being a Ft Worth newborn photographer is such a dream job! I get to spend my days snuggling and loving on sleepy babes (and then I get to send them home for the long, awake nights). Miss Brooke visited me as part of a model call, as I was looking for a little girly to show off some new items in my studio. I will confess that at first this little lady was giving me a run for the money. She is definitely a baby that loves being swaddled, rocked and boy does she love to suck on those hands! The pacifier was no competition against those little fists in the mouth. It’s actually probably very nice for her mommy because Miss B will learn to soothe herself quite well, but for photos it proved somewhat challenging. This babe decided she wanted to stay awake and party for the majority of her session. Unlike most babies her age, Brooke was wide eyed, content and made some fabulous eye contact. Newborns don’t have great eyesight or focusing ability, so I was shocked to capture more than one frame with Brooke staring down the camera lens. It is a rare gem to get a baby making eye contact with the camera, and I am eager to show these to her family. I was also able to do the potato sack pose with Brooke, which is something not every baby can do. This was the first series in our photo shoot when Miss Brooke was still happy with me, hehe. Anyway, when I do the potato sack pose I always like folks to know that this is done as a composite. This means that I actually took two photos and merged them together in post processing. At no time was my hand ever off baby while she was in this position. In real life babies can not support their head in this way, so I take two shots–one where I held the crown of her head and another where I was holding her cheeks. I used my free hand for taking the photo. This means I can keep baby safe at all times–and that is really way more important than getting anything in camera. Enjoy the sneak peek of newborn baby Brooke.

Heather of H. Parker Photography is a Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer also specializing in baby photography in Fort Worth, Texas and surrounding areas includ