Eugene, Oregon newborn photographer: Welcome Duke!

Skylar brought in her adorable son, Duke, for his newborn photography session last month. I posted pictures of Skylar’s maternity session on the blog recently, and you may remember me mentioning in that post that Duke decided to surprise us all and come early—just a little over a week after we had gotten his mama’s pictures done! Despite the fact that he decided to arrive about a month ahead of schedule, he didn’t look like a preemie at all and was an average size for a newborn. I guess he just knew he was ready! We got some great pictures of this handsome little man and I hope you enjoy them!

We did a combination of blue, black, gray, and cream for Duke’s session—actually a very similar color scheme to Skylar’s maternity pictures, although we used more of a navy than a jewel blue to make it work for a little guy. Way to stay cohesive, right? It looks like Duke has inherited his mom’s lovely golden skin tone and fair hair: he looked so darned cute in all of our photos, and I thought the colors worked perfectly for him. He has the cutest lips and nose too!

Unfortunately Duke’s daddy, Malcolm, wasn’t able to get out of work to come to the newborn photography session, which was a disappointment, but we got some beautiful pictures with mom for him to enjoy in the future, and of course lots and lots of individual shots of the star of our show! Duke was a good little snoozer for me and although we didn’t do much in the way of props we were able to try several different outfits and positions while he slept.

We mostly used outfits from my studio, (as a Eugene, Oregon photographer I have quite the collection going—and growing all the time!), but Skylar also brought the sweetest little fedora hat for Duke to wear. I absolutely loved it, the colors were perfect, and the image I used it for turned out to be Skylar’s favorite shot of the session. She ended up ordering a large canvas print of it because she loved it so much. I’ve got to admit, Duke does look pretty classy in a fedora! I think grownup touches like hats and ties for boys or heels and pearls for girls are so fun to use in newborn photography. Just adds a bit of an unexpected twist. 

It was great to see Skylar again and to meet her sweet little boy. I was so excited when Skylar asked me to be her maternity photographer, and even more thrilled (if possible) when she asked me to be the newborn photographer for the little fella she and Malcolm were expecting. I’m kind of glad Duke arrived early so I didn’t have as long to wait! (Isn’t he considerate?) I’m so happy for this exciting time in Skylar and Malcolm’s lives, and I know they’re going to be amazing parents! What a fantastic family!