The ideal timeline for your Denver, Colorado newborn photography 

You have probably heard that the best time for your newborn session is within the first two weeks. This is a wonderful guideline however not one that I follow. I firmly believe as a photographer (and a mother) that the best time for you newborn session is when the mother is ready.  I have been photographing newborns for 11 years!. And have successfully taken photos of babies as young as 5 days and as “old” as 5 weeks. 

I have found that when I work with newborns at their photo session, their little personalities start to show. Some little ones are so intrigued by my camera, they are wide awake most of the time. While other newborns don’t really seem too interested and just fall back to sleep. 

From my experience, here a few benefits of “waiting” to have your Denver Colorado newborn photography session:

• Mom has adjusted a bit more to having a newborn and has had time to physically recover from the birth
• The newborn skin redness and swelling has had a chance to reduce a bit
• Typically visitors have left and things at the house have entered into a bit of a normal rhythm 

No matter the age of your newborn, we will capture gorgeous images. There is a good chance that during our newborn session your little one will be awake some of the time and asleep some of the time. This is why I always recommend that new moms schedule the newborn session when they are feeling up to it.  
I’m happy schedule your newborn photo session within the first few days if you are feeling great and ready for me.  I also understand you may want to wait a few weeks so that your family can spend time getting settled in and so that you have more of an opportunity to recover. Either way, I am here and happily ready to capture gorgeous newborn photographs.

You can see some more of my newborn work here but I’ve included some examples below of Denver, Colorado newborn photography at various stages:

Hal at 4 weeks 

Turk at 3 weeks 

Chase at 10 days 

Evelyn at 7 days

If you are exploring options for your Denver, Colorado newborn photography, please reach out to me here