Baby C, Salt Lake County Photographer

Baby C was sweet, tiny, and perfect, just as all babies are!  He was a great sleeper, and didn't mind me moving him from pose to pose. 

Baby A, Cache County Photographer

When my Nephew was born, I made the drive up to Logan to take some newborn pictures.  It was so much fun to do and he's such a cute, chubby baby!  Newborns are so precious and it's fun to do different things with them.

Baby G and Brothers, Utah County Photographer

In July I had another shot at a newborn photo shoot, and it went much better!  I made sure the baby was only a week old, it was warm outside, and we were able to keep him asleep for most of the time.  I still didn't have all the props I wanted, but these shots turned out adorable!!

Baby K, Utah County Photographer

For my second photo shoot, I tried a newborn again, with not much more luck.... This baby was awake the entire time, and even though we tried warmth, feedings, rocking, etc., she did not want to cooperate! Here's to show that you can still get some cute shots even when baby is uncooperative.

Baby A, Utah County Photographer

I started off this photography endeavor by photographing a newborn baby. Probably not the brightest idea, but I did manage to get a few cute shots. As this is a blog to help me and others learn about photography, here are some of the mistakes I made. 1: Never take pictures of a newborn at night. You have to either use the lighting from inside lights or a flash (which is really hard on that brand new baby!). I bumped my ISO up to 1600, which made my pictures grainy and still didn't catch the light I wanted. 2: Make sure you give yourself plenty of time. Newborn pictures are really only cute when they're asleep, because otherwise they're usually crying. Give ample time for feeding, rocking baby to sleep, posing, etc.

All of that being said, here are some pictures: