Should I book a Newborn Mini Session instead?

Newborn mini sessions are 5 set images and the focus is on your newborn baby and your family. These images are timeless and are perfect for getting those all important shots of when they are young babies.

These are great for if your baby is slightly older than the recommended ‘under 3 weeks of age’ range, (that’s not to say you can’t book a regular newborn session if your baby is over 3 weeks of course, but many ‘newborn poses’ are difficult to achieve when they are a little bit older and awake! )

These sessions are also ideal if you are not keen on the idea of a 2/3/4 hour session or if you’re really just not keen on bowls and baskets and fussy posing! These mini sessions are all about the simplicity and are around an hour long or less.


Newborn baby mini photo shoot.

5 images.

  1. A simple head and shoulders portrait of baby- hopefully awake and looking up!

  2. A semi- wrapped timeless photo of baby laid on white, showing those little legs and toes and those cute little fingers.

  3. A wrapped photo of your new baby with their big brother or sister. ( if no siblings there will be a second variation of the above pose on white).

  4. A black and white image of baby cradled in her/his parents arms.

  5. A black and white parent portrait with the new baby.


If we really can’t get one of the above shots, I’m always happy to swap it for a variation of one of the other shots. The example below shows this. This little lady really wasn’t happy being completely undressed and laid on her back, so the black and white image of baby in parents arms was not happening. I never want to upset a baby if they are obviously not keen on something! So we added an extra family shot as she was super chilled when swaddled.

Some more information on Newborn mini sessions here


Please get in touch if you would like to book a Newborn session with me 😊x