Choosing the right session for you...
Belinda Carr Photography offers two kinds of sessions for documenting this precious time.
Choose between a Posed Studio Session or a Lifestyle Session in the comfort of your own home.
Choose between a Posed Studio Session or a Lifestyle Session in the comfort of your own home.
Posed Studio Session
Studio: Studio sessions focus on carefully posed and beautifully styled images of your newborn. These make for wonderful heirloom images for display and keepsakes in your home as well. The focus is on individual images of your baby, with a few somewhat traditional, or casually posed images of the baby with the parents and siblings. Using a variety of props, and accessories from my studio, we will create looks that showcase the peaceful, sweet newborn, usually in curled up and sleeping poses.
Location: Studio (Petone)
Scheduling a time: The best time for this type of session is when the newborn is only about 5-14 days old.
To ensure availability, please book early (preferably well before the baby is born). Newborns will be posed curled up on my special posing beanbag, or in a little basket or other prop. These types of poses look especially sweet and also show how flexible and curled up the baby was in the womb. They will never be this like this again once they pass a few weeks of age. Newborns are at their most flexible and sleepy state within the 14 day timeframe required for these types of shots.
In-Home Lifestyle Session
Lifestyle: Lifestyle photos will have a very different look than the styled/posed images you might see on other areas of my website. The goal at a Lifestyle session is less on perfecting poses, props, backdrops and sets,
instead the focus is more on capturing your newborn and family in a more casual and relaxed setting (your home). Your home will be the backdrop. I may bring a couple of wraps/blankets, but instead of props from my studio, we may include some items from your home or nursery, or items you might have that hold more personal meaning to you. Instead of meticulous posing, we will get those natural shots of your newborn having a good stretch, a cute yawn, or of the rest of the family cuddling the new baby. Lifestyle is also great for families who have older children who maybe camera shy or may find it hard to make it to my studio.
Location: Your home
Mileage is included in the photography shoot fee within the urban Wellington area.
Scheduling a time: Unlike the posed studio sessions, a lifestyle shoot does not need to take place within 14 days of birth, which makes this type of session ideal for people who got home a little later from the hospital, or scheduled with me after the baby was born (although if you prefer a studio session, let me know and I will see if we can still do one for you), or just need a little more time to rest up. The lifestyle session can be scheduled up to 12 weeks of age, because we won’t be posing the baby on props so they don’t need to be asleep most of the time. The baby will be either held by the parents, or placed on a bed or cot. However, please do schedule your session as early as possible, as they lose the newborn look quickly, and you don’t want to miss the opportunity to record this time in their life. By 6 weeks, they already start to look a bit different than they did within the first 2 weeks.
Birth Photography
Im so excited to announce that I will be offer birth photography again as apart of my services for 2018
**Contact me today for an introductory special**
Why Birth Photography?
The day your baby takes his or her first tiny breath is a day every mother wants to remember.
In the haze of labour, delivery, and the adrenaline rush that comes in the hours following your birth, there are many details of your journey that get forgotten.
The way your loved one held your hand as you worked through a contraction,
Your friends and family gathered in the waiting room anxious and eager to meet the little one, The look on your face as you see your baby for the very first time.
These are moments that should not be and cannot be forgotten.
So I provide you with the peace of mind that your special day will be captured forever. Having me photograph your birth allows your partner to focus on taking care of you instead of worrying about taking photo's as well.
I will be able to catch the love, support, and anticipation your partner is feeling and capture your child's birth in a unique and beautiful way without you even being aware of me.
Birth Photography does not need to contain graphic images
Belinda will only be booking ONE birth session per month - please contact her for more information
In the haze of labour, delivery, and the adrenaline rush that comes in the hours following your birth, there are many details of your journey that get forgotten.
The way your loved one held your hand as you worked through a contraction,
Your friends and family gathered in the waiting room anxious and eager to meet the little one, The look on your face as you see your baby for the very first time.
These are moments that should not be and cannot be forgotten.
So I provide you with the peace of mind that your special day will be captured forever. Having me photograph your birth allows your partner to focus on taking care of you instead of worrying about taking photo's as well.
I will be able to catch the love, support, and anticipation your partner is feeling and capture your child's birth in a unique and beautiful way without you even being aware of me.
Birth Photography does not need to contain graphic images
Belinda will only be booking ONE birth session per month - please contact her for more information
Remember those intimate moments forever.
Birth photography is a special reminder of one of the most important days of your life: your baby’s birth day.
