Gila Valley Newborn Photographer | Baylee

This is part II for Baylee. Just had to show her parents a few more. Baylee's aunt Margo is a friend of mine and was kind enough to refer this little princess to me when I needed a tiny model to practice on. I definitely learned a lot and it encouraged me to possibly take on a few newborns here and there. Contact me if you're interested in getting your little newbie photographed. I do not photograph newborns who are more than 10 days old (I like them nice and sleepy)... so if you're interested then please contact me while you're still expecting.

Sneak Peek ::{Baylee}::

More to come...

::{small request}::

EDIT: Big thanks to all of you baby makers out there!
The position has been filled. By two babies actually.
Paper Rock Scissors?

Can someone please have a newborn baby GIRL for me? Please?

Thanks. Appreciate it.

Oh, you're wondering why?

Well, I've never been so head strong about learning something as I am with photography,
so you can see why it drives me bonkers that I'm not as good at photographing newborns as I'd like to be.

I need some extra practice without the pressure of doing a full out shoot. So here are the details:

I would like to do this shoot within the  next few weeks.

I would like the newborn to be a girl so I can put bracelets, beanies, and bows all over her.

She MUST be no older than 10 days old at the time of the shoot.

You will receive up to 5 high-res images on cd to compensate for your time.

No session fee!

Please email me if you're interested or if you  have a friend that might be interested,

erinhouseholderphotography@gmail.com

::{Steele}:: part II

Ok, I can't help myself. Here's one more. Same pose, different angle.

::{Steele}::

This morning I did some second shooting/assisting for my friend Becky McArthur. Newborns aren't usually my favorite thing to photograph, which is why I don't do them anymore, but because it wasn't my shoot I could sit back, relax and have some fun without the added pressure of being in charge. Baby Steele was so good he almost made me want to take on newborns again. He slept for an hour and 50 minutes of the 2 hours we were there. Little angel!

Check out those fuzzy arms! Don't you just love it?

Thanks, Sherri, for sharing your home with us!

::{Picking favorites}::

Never in a million years did I think that anyone would hire me, let alone keep me super busy at this "job", if you can call it that. Aside from the long hours and time that it takes away from my family, I am loving this photography hobby. Due to the number of requests I'm getting, I feel like it is time to start focusing on the parts of it I love and let go of the parts that I don't. This will help me to slow down a little bit (hopefully not too much though), but will also allow me to enjoy my time more. It's hard to justify taking time away from my family when I'm not excited about what I'm doing.

For now I will not be photographing newborns or extended families. When your baby starts sitting up on their own, please bring them to me! I love photographing that age. Newborns... those are a different story! Thanks for being understanding.

Love, Erin

Newborn ::{Lorin}::

Adorable, no? My sweet little niece, Lorin, is wearing a 60 year old dress in this picture.

Her Grandma was blessed in this dress.

Her mother was blessed in this dress.

And then she was blessed in this dress.

I love that!

This first one was taken when she was only a few days old.

This one was taken at about two months old.

Post Edit: In the above picture, Lorin was sneezing, not crying. She's a good baby and hardly ever cries!

We're so happy to have you in the family Lorin!

Newborn Baby ::{Noah}::

Another newborn! This one was fun. If you look back through my posts you can see Jay & Ellesse's maternity session. Jay is an extremely talented musician, and I'm sure has high hopes of passing that on to baby Noah. We thought it was appropriate to incorporate his guitars into the shoot.

It's not very often that I get the opportunity to have three sessions with a family within just a few months time... but you'll be seeing Jay, Ellesse, & Noah again in a few months when I take their family pictures. Lucky me!

Baby Darrek . two weeks old

I have the best clients! My friend Chantel has had me do pictures for her twice already, and has a family session scheduled for this fall. She also bought her two sister's in law gift certificates for their newborns. Thank you, Chantel, for keeping me in business! This little man was two weeks old. That's a whole week older than most of the babies I work with. He was in the NICU for a while, so I had to wait for him to get out before we did the session. He was a gem! Thanks for letting me do them Sara.

This was his mom's idea. They'll never forget what time he was born!











I recently told a few of you that I will no longer be doing newborns. Well, then you all talked me back into it! So although it's not my absolute favorite, I'd still love to do them if you're interested.

A few more of Brecklynn

Brecklynn's mom and I were too busy chatting it up during our shoot that we didn't realized we totally forgot about an entire outfit change! So we re-scheduled for another day to finish up. This is what we got out of it.

So here's a secret: This is ELLIE'S TUTU! Haha. Yeah, it was a little bit big on her. Just a little bit. I will be making a newborn size very shortly.

Brecklynn

I never put a client's last name on my blog, but Brecklynn's mom and dad are Chantel and Curtis. I know that lots of you know them! Click HERE to see pictures of Brecklynn's older sister. Both girls are gorgeous! Their parents are going to have to watch out in a couple of years.

I wouldn't say that this was my easiest newborn shoot, but the results were definitely the best so far. I've struggled with newborns... wondering if I even wanted to continue doing newborn sessions. After seeing how these turned out I thought maybe I should just keep at it for a little while longer. No, it's not easy... but that just makes it that much more satisfying when you get a good picture. Thanks again Chantel!

Baby Grady

I am learning a lot! One of the big lessons I'm learning is that newborns are hard to photograph. I hope to improve in this area. Grady really was the perfect baby though. I don't think I heard him cry once and he practically slept the entire session, just waking up here and there to say hello to us. What a sweetie. Congrats Rachel and Ty on your new addition!

Kadi

This is little Kadi at five days old. This was my first newborn session and I learned a ton from it. She was such a sweetheart! I can't wait to do another newborn.