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HERE’ SAL I T T T L ES OMET HI NG ABOUTMYPHOT OGRAPHYS T UDI O
Youwi l l neverf or gett hef i r s tmomentyoul ai deyesonyourdaught erort he f i r s tt i meyouhear dyours oncr y.T hes ear et r ul ymagi cal moment s .Asmuch aswehopeandpr ayt heywi l l s t ayl i t t l ef or ever ,t heygr ow upanyway. T hos ef i r s tf ew weekss eem t of l ybyandeachmomentbecomesaf l eet i ng memor y.
ICOMET O YOU Iam al s oamom mys el ft oanador abl es onnamedS awyerbor nJ anuar y27,2014. Now Ir emembert hos ef i r s tf ew weeksathomewi t hhi m.Iwast er r i f i edt ot akehi m outands ati nt hebacks eatnex tt ohi m whi l emyhus banddr oveusanywher ef ora goodt hr eet of ourweeks .T hi si swhyIbr i ngmymobi l es t udi ot oyou!Al l ofmy newbor ns es s i onsar edonei nt hecomf or tofmycl i ent ’ shome.Al l Ineedi sas mal l ar eanex tt oawi ndow andIt akecar eofever yt hi ngel s e!
WHYYOUS HOUL DHI REA PROF ES S I ONALNEWBORNPHOT OGRAPHER Whenwast hel as tt i meyouhadpor t r ai t smadeatal ar gechai ns t udi o andact ual l yhadt hel ux ur yofyourphot os es s i oni ncl udi nghandmadepr opst hat wer ecus t om or der edf r om ar oundt hewor l dj us tf oryours es s i on?Don’ tyouwant t oens ur eyourphot ogr apheri spr oper l yeducat edi nnotonl yphot ogr aphy,but al s oi nnewbor ns af et yandhandl i ng?S houl dn’ tyourphot ogr apherbeupt odat e onal l oft hei rvacci nes ?Canyouevenr emembert henameofyourcooki ecut t er i ns t or ephot ogr apher ?
Doyour eal l ywantt ot r us tj us tanyonet ohandl et hemos tpr eci ousper s oni nt he wor l dt oyou?Newbor nphot ogr aphyi sas peci al i z edar tandr equi r esar eal pr of es s i onal .I naddi t i ont obei ngcompl et el yupt odat eonal l ofmyvacci nat i ons i ncl udi ngt heT DAPandf l us hot ,Ihavepar t i ci pat edi nnumer ousphot ogr aphy wor ks hopsonnewbor npos i ng,handl i ngands af et y.Pl us ,mys i s t eri saNI CUnur s e atUCL AHar borHos pi t al andhasper s onal l ywat chedmewor kt oas s ur emet hat ever yt hi ngIwasdoi ngwast ot al l ys af ef ort hebaby.Asyoucans eeIt aket hi sal l ver ys er i ous l y. . .don’ tyouwantt hes amef oryourphot ogr apher ?
Cus t om phot ogr aphyi ss i mpl yt hat ‌ acus t om ex per i encet ai l or edt os ui tyou, yours t yl e,yourper s onal i t yandyourneeds .WhenIam cont act edf ora newbor nphot ogr aphys es s i onf arenoughi nadvanceoft heact ual s es s i on dat et hati ss chedul ed,Ihavet hel ux ur yofor der i ngpr opss uchashat s , bl anket s ,bas ket s ,et ct hatar es ui t edent i r el yf oryours es s i on.Al l ofmybl anket s , wr aps ,headbandsandhat sar e100% or gani c,handmadeands our cedf r om ar oundt hewor l d,wi t hmos tcomi ngf r om Eur ope.Iwantonl yt hebes tf r om my cl i ent sandt hes ei t emst aket i met obemadeanddel i ver ed.
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Onceyoudeci det os chedul ea s es s i onwi t hme,wewi l l s etat ent at i ve dat ebas edonyourduedat e. Iunder s t andt hatbabi esr ar el y comewhenpr edi ct edandIwi l l accommodat et hei rper s onal pl ans f orar r i val ,butaduedat ewi l l gi veus abas el i ne. Onceyouri nf anti sbor n,andyouknow whenever yonewi l l beheadi nghome, ei t hercal l ort ex tmet oconf i r mt he act ual s es s i ondat e. I deal l ywewantt os chedul et hes es s i on wi t hi nt hef i r s tt woweeks .T heyar es t i l l f l ex i bl e,gener al l ys l eepbet t er ,don’ t havecol i cyet ,andus ual l yhaven’ t s t ar t eddevel opi ngbabyacneorcr adl e cap. Al s o,i ti si mpor t antt ol etmeknow i fyou ar ehavi ngaboyandpl anon ci r cumci s i nghi ms i ncewewi l l wantt o s chedul eyourphot os es s i onar oundt hat t oens ur eyourbaby’ scomf or t .
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DURI NG YOURS ES S I ON OnceIar r i veIwi l l s etupmymobi l es t udi oandl ayoutmys el ect i onofbonnet s , headbands ,hat sandbl anket s f oryout opi ckf r om. Icanneverpr omi s eanys peci f i c pos es i nceyourbabycal l st he s hot s .T heywi l l t el l mewhatt hey wi l l andwontdo;whatt heywi l l wearandwhatt heywon’ t .Mos t ofmynewbor ns es s i onsi ncl ude t wodi f f er entbeanbags etups , f ami l ypor t r ai t s ,s i bl i ngphot os andoneort wos i mpl epr ops et s . Mys t yl ei smor eal ongt he“l es s i smor e”r out easIl i kebabyt o bet hef ocusi nmywor kandt he s es s i onwi l l l as tt wot ot hr eehour s .
AF T ERYOURS ES S I ON Yougett ocl os et hedoor ,r el axand dr eam aboutal l t hebeaut i f ul i mages t hatwi l l s oonbeyour s .Idr i vehomeand got hr ought hei magesf r om your s es s i onands el ectt hebes t3040phot os . OnceIhavet he“f i nal cut ”s el ect ed Imet i cul ous l yedi teachi ndi vi dual pi ct ur et ocor r ectanybl emi s hesand makeeachphot oat r uewor kofar t . Youri mageswi l l ber eadyf ordel i ver y wi t hi nt woweeks . Youwi l l now havewonder f ul ,pr eci ous i magest or emi ndyouoft hei nnocence ofyournewbor n,andyouhave document edi nabeaut i f ul ,meani ngf ul waywhatt hos ef i r s tf ew daysofl i f e wer el i ke.BL I S S !
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