I have always loved newborn babies, ever since I was old enough not to be a one anymore.  Ask my sister and she will tell you that I will walk up to people in the shopping centre and tell them that their little newborn or baby is just the cutest little thing ever  

Once while shopping for books, I found this fantastic book called “Sleeping Beauties”, filled with high-key newborn baby photos and I instantly fell bought it and fell in love with this particular style of newborn photos.  Of course I had to shop around on my weekend for a few new props like textured materials (which are textures but still soft enough to place a newborn on) as well as baskets, a woven magazine holder and much more…

I was so excited that I phoned up a friend on that very same day and scheduled a photoshoot with her little darling Izabella who would be 16 days old on the day of this particular newborn photoshoot.  And so the day of the shoot finally arrived and the weather was miserable… But I was my mind was put to rest as we have a powerful aircon to heat the studio to just the perfect temperature to ensure this little angel woudl be perfectly comfortable.

Because this photoshoot was all about experimenting with the new props and lighting the shoot took roundabout three hours, with baby having a feed or two inbetween and a little picnic snacks for us

So have a look at our works of art and my new samples of high-key newborn photography and let me know what you think?

Riani Labuschagne

Newborn baby Photography