McKenna Pendergrass Photography Blog

Those of you that couldn’t make it out to the Newborn Photography Workshop this last weekend really missed out!  A few people canceled at the last minute, but the few ladies that were able to make it and I had a ton of fun!  We spent the morning going over camera basics and how to shoot in manual, had a quick lunch, and then spent the rest of the afternoon shooting out two beautiful models… well, 3 models if you count Lili’s mamma.  =)

My own handsome little boy was our first model.  Caleb was 11 days old the day of the workshop, and was such a good sleeper.  You know, until he peed all over everything and woke himself up.  Lol.  But thats the way of newborn sessions right?  The teddy bear hat and pod set is from Funky Baby Hats, and the other hat is from Tiff’s Creations.

Isn’t my Caleb just a cutie?  Well little Lili was just as cute!  And she has so much hair!!  Lili was about 2.5 weeks old the day of the workshop, so she wasn’t into the whole sleeping thing so much.  But that was the point that I wanted to get across to everyone at the workshop.  The older a newborn gets, the harder it is to get them to sleep soundly.  Even a day or two can make a huge difference!  So for all of you clients out there having babies or who have recently had babies, the best time to book a newborn session is for when you baby is no older than 14 days, preferably less than 10 days.  But enough about that, lets get back to Miss Lili.

Because Lili didn’t want to sleep, we went with a more lifestyle approach with her.  Doesn’t she look just like her mama?

Not all baby photos have to be all sleepy or smiley…  the crying ones can be pretty sweet too.  =)