Baby Starr | Adelaide's Newborn Portraits

Adelaide Olivia

June 17, 2022

We welcomed our daughter in the middle of June, and somehow an entire month has already gone by! I don't remember time going this quickly when our son was born, but the weeks have all blended into one another and time is disappearing faster than we can keep track of it. I swear I barely blink and another week has passed in a blur of feedings, naps, and doctors appointments!

Sweet little Adelaide Olivia was born on June 17, 2022. She is our rainbow baby, and we waited a very long time for this beautiful baby to join our family. She's finally her, and we are over the moon.

Adelaide is perfect in every way, and we are so in love already. Grayson is the proudest big brother, and he lights up every time he's in the room with her and wants to be involved in everything that has to do with his sister. His grandma keeps saying that "he was born to be a big brother," and it's true that he is really doing an amazing job in his new role already. We love watching him in this transition, and it's so sweet to see how he interacts with his baby sister.

She spent the first couple of weeks sound asleep, and we couldn't wake her up for anything! She was literally the sleepiest baby I had ever encountered in my 10 years of posing newborns. But that meant that I got to enjoy multiple mini portrait sessions in the studio to capture a few setups each day. This was such a stark contrast to Grayson's newborn portraits, where he wouldn't settle into a deep sleep because he knew mama was close by, and every click of the shutter startled him wide awake. Baby girl knew what to do, and she snoozed and posed and smiled! I had so much fun capturing these first portraits of her, and now I'm excited to choose which ones to print and frame in our home, and many more to put into an album for our growing album collection!

For Adelaide's session I enjoyed lots of neutrals, and you all know I'm a fan of classic baby portraits on white backdrops and layers. I pulled out all of my favorite headbands and floral crowns from Polka Dot Poppy, and I added a few new ones with baby's breath as a nod to the baby's breath I wore in my hair at our wedding, and that my mother wore in her hair at her wedding in the 80s!

And of course, I couldn't resist using the same tiny camera prop that I used 4 years ago in Grayson's newborn portraits. Every photographer has got to capture her baby's portrait holding a newborn sized camera, right?!

I have so much more inspiration for Adelaide's portraits this year, and I'm excited to share more with you as she grows!

Thanks for celebrating our sweet girl's arrival with us!

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Newborn Portraits with an Elephant Theme

If you’ve worked with me, you know that I am passionate about printing your photos and enjoying them in your home. That is why every family I work with enjoys a design appointment in their home where we go through your gallery, choose your favorites to print, and look at your walls to see how you would like to showcase your portraits and what the perfect size will be!

This family knew they wanted to create a gallery wall of wooden wall art pieces in their living room, combining portraits from both the maternity & newborn sessions. Look how beautifully it all came together with their baby boy as the focal point!

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Close-up shots like this one that showcase your newborn baby’s perfect little features are always some of my favorites to capture during a studio newborn session! I just love the way you can see Julian’s fluffy hair and how it forms a tiny little mohawk on the top!

This gorgeous white dress from our studio’s Mama Wardrobe has been very popular lately! Lots of mamas have chosen to wear this in their family portraits, and I don’t think I’ll ever grow tired of the beautiful details on this dress. From the trim on the neckline to the lace and ruffle on the sleeves, it’s perfect for family portraits!

Julian’s nursery theme is elephants, and his parents brought a few little items to incorporate into his session. Someone crocheted this adorable elephant lovie for him, and the swaddle with little elephants marching across was the perfect layering blanket for portraits, too!

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