Eugene, Oregon newborn photographer: Welcome Brady!

I had this sweet little guy in the studio near the end of November for his newborn photography session. What a cutie! When I say Brady was a little guy I mean it—he decided to come into the world a few weeks early, so he was definitely on the small side. Fortunately, despite the change in schedule, he was a totally healthy baby boy and his parents (Lindsay and Preston) and I were able to reschedule and get him into the studio pretty quickly. 

Brady did a great job for me. He was super sleepy, which was no surprise. All babies sleep a lot during those first couple weeks of life, but preemies tend to sleep even more than full-term newborns, so that part of a shoot generally goes pretty smoothly. One challenge that does come up frequently with premature infants is jaundice, but that wasn’t too much of an issue with Brady. Even when babies are a bit jaundiced it’s something a skilled newborn photographer can work around with smart color choices and proper editing. 

One thing I loved about Brady (besides the fact that he was a total rockstar for me) was how flexible he was. I call babies like this “curly!” They bend their little bodies and curl happily into a little ball with only the slightest bit of encouragement from me. It makes for such cute poses and just looks adorable. 

Like the last baby boy newborn photography session I posted, we chose blue and gray for our colors, but you can see how selecting sky blue instead of navy totally changes the feel of the photos. I thought the lighter grays and blues worked perfectly with Brady’s blond hair.

We didn’t do any parent or family photos this time around since it was a mini newborn photography session (mini sessions focus exclusively on baby and don’t include family images), but Lindsay and Preston enjoyed watching me and Brady do our thing! It was great to spend time with them. They loved all of the images so much that when it came time for our ordering session they couldn’t narrow it down to just five (the number of photos I include in the price of a mini session). I have to say, I had some trouble narrowing it down myself when I was deciding which pictures to include in this blog post! Preston and Lindsay ended up purchasing the entire gallery. As a Eugene, Oregon photographer it is such a wonderful feeling when my clients love my work that much. 

Brady was such a good baby to work with. He was the best combination of sleepy, curly, adorable, and all-around sweet! It was great to spend an hour with both him and his parents in my photography studio in Eugene, Oregon. Mini sessions like this may be short, but they are always sweet! Congratulations to Lindsay and Preston on this new addition to the family! I hope I will see them in the studio again.