The Newborn Experience
There is nothing more beautiful than capturing your newborn baby’s first few days or weeks of life. Big Apple Portraits is proud to provide a one of kind experience and create breathtaking portraits that celebrate the new addition to your family. We understand the importance of preserving your family’s precious moments.
We recommend scheduling your newborn session within the first 14 days. This is when we can capture those amazing shots because the baby is flexible and sleeping. If they are awake and moving their muscles, it is not safe to pose them in many of the newborn poses that make your session special. Day 5 is the sweet spot. Baby is still used to being in the womb and will not mind while we’re curling them into those adorable poses. While we can capture beautiful images at any stage, keep in mind that beyond those first days we will not be able to get the sleepy, curled poses and your newborn will hand held during the session.
We offer 3 different types of newborn sessions, all to suit your lifestyle and budget: Design Your Own Collection, All Inclusive Collection, and the Family Collection. For all newborn sessions, we accept babies up to 75 days old but find that babies are better under 14 days old. All newborn sessions are tailored specifically for your baby and your family. You will discuss with Kim or Harmonie ideas on style, colors, props and wardrobe. After you have scheduled your session, we will send you more information and tips about your session.
All sessions take place in our upper west side studio with professional lighting and backdrops. We have a private room for you to feed and relax before and during your session. We supply all props and wraps, but you are more than welcome to bring any special items you may have received like hand made blankets or monogrammed items. During your session, there may be frequent pauses to feed or to change sets or positions. We will take it slow and expect to follow their schedule; these lovely new babies need extra patience and care.
After your session, you will schedule a reveal session approximately 1 week after your session. You will be able to see all of your images and select your artwork, images, or package. Your completed images and artwork will take approximately 2-3 weeks to edit. We spend lots of time making sure these portraits of your new bundle are perfect.
Tips For A Successful Newborn Session
- Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early with the baby hungry and plenty of time for a solid feeding here in the studio before your appointment. We have a private room for you to feed and relax. This will give the baby an opportunity to fall asleep here and be ready to go at your appointment time. We want to spend as much time as possible in the studio.
- We plan to keep the room VERY warm. Please make sure you are dressed comfortably as well and bring your outfit for the session separately.
- For adults, we ask that you bring both a light and dark colored shirt (or dress) for the shoot. We prefer if the dark colored shirt is short-sleeved or sleeveless. We may have your hands or shoulders in the pictures and usually do one or two family shots.
- If there are siblings that are included, they should come during the last 30 minutes of the session only. We prefer siblings to be dressed in white or light colors.
- For the baby, we recommend that you bring along extra bottles (if you are not breastfeeding), a pacifier for soothing, and extra diapers.
