Ashley Szokola Photography
Fenton, Michigan Newborn Photographer
The question I get asked all the time is what if my baby doesn't sleep during his or her session. Sometimes, especially depending on the age, but not always, babies have a little more awake time during their session. Here at Ashley Szokola Photography I always use that time to try to get a good awake shot.
This isn't always easy though since babies can't focus very well on objects. Once I get an awake shot though, I move right into some techniques I have learned to help your baby fall asleep. The baby above in the white fought sleep after his posed part of his session and then he wanted to party, but after some time we were able to get him back to sleep for the remainder of his session.
All three of these little peanuts were rocked back into a good sleep to continue the session. Most of the time there is a short period during their shoot that they might wake up, want to eat, or just want to be rocked. This is why newborn session do take longer than other sessions. We make sure baby is super comfortable the whole time.
If babies really seem to want to stay up I might do a series of shots to capture their unique expressions as a newborn. These are some of parent's favorite photos and are requested. This baby slept her entire session and woke up as I was getting her unwrapped. She was making the funniest faces so I started snapping away.
Ashley Szokola photography specializes in luxury newborn and baby's first year photography.
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