The Newborn Experience

Every newborn session includes a set number of high-resolution digital images of your choice, with the option to purchase additional favorites after viewing your gallery. We provide everything your baby needs—props, accessories, backdrops, wraps, and more—so you can simply relax and enjoy the experience.

For the ultimate experience, choose our Signature Newborn Session, which includes professional hair and makeup for moms and access to our full wardrobe. Arrive comfy and pampered while we capture solo newborn portraits, then transition seamlessly into family and sibling photos. Partners and older children are welcome to join for the full session or arrive when it’s time for family portraits.

All selected images are professionally retouched and ready for download within 5 days. You’ll also have the opportunity to expand your collection or choose from our stunning albums, wall art, and keepsakes—only purchase what you truly love!

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Watching your baby grow is one of the most special parts of this job, and I love working with families over multiple milestones. Your first session is booked at full price, and returning families photographing the same pregnancy or baby will receive $100 off Petite or Classic sessions or $200 off a Signature session when booking newborn, big baby, or cake smash sessions.

Many families choose to document their baby’s first year with newborn, 6-month, and first birthday sessions—these are the most popular milestones to capture and create a beautifully cohesive collection of your baby’s first year.

a newborn baby is peacefully sleeping while wrapped in a soft, cream colored knit blanket. the baby, photographed by a sacramento maternity and newborn photographer, is also wearing a matching knit bonnet with tiny bear ears and holding a small knitted teddy bear close to its face. the background is light and neutral.

Mini Wrapped Newborn – 450

A simple and sweet option designed for families who want a few beautiful newborn images without a full session commitment. Perfect for parents who love wrapped newborn images and want a quick, affordable option.

Includes:
2 Styled Prop Sets of Baby Swaddled
Single Baby only
Up to 30 minutes
5 digital images included

Sleeping baby with floral headband on pink blanket.

Petite Newborn – 650

A posed newborn session with a streamlined setup and classic styling. Ideal for families who want posed newborn portraits with a smaller footprint than a full session.

Includes:
2 Styled Prop Sets
3 Classic Poses on 1 Color
Single Baby only
Up to 60 minutes
8 digital images included

Add family or sibling photos for $150 (2 addt’l images)

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Classic Newborn – 1250

Designed to offer the perfect middle ground, this newborn session provides a curated mix of posed newborn images and flexible options for family or sibling portraits. With time for styled setups, classic poses, and sweet details, this experience allows you to keep the focus on your baby while choosing whether to include loved ones—all in a calm, unrushed setting.

Includes:
3 Styled Prop Sets
4 Classic Poses on 2 Colors
Details (fingers, toes, lips, etc) – optional
Family and sibling portraits – optional
1 outfit + 1 backdrop choice for parent/sibling/family images
Up to 2 hours
15 digital images included

Minimalist photography studio with soft lighting

NEW! Simply White Lifestyle Newborn – 850

(model call! save 200 on your JANUARY simply white shoot with a model release!)

A relaxed, connection-focused session designed to capture your family just as you are—soft, natural, and full of love. This session takes place on our all-white set and focuses on interaction rather than posing. Perfect for families who love a clean, modern look and prefer a more laid-back experience

Includes:
Baby wrapped or dressed in a simple knit or crochet outfit
Unposed, lifestyle-style imagery with lots of family interaction
Baby + parents (siblings welcome)
Up to 45 minutes
15 digital images included

This session does not include styled props or traditional posed newborn portraits.

Family and newborn portraits collage.

Signature Newborn Experience – 2000

This is our most exclusive and fully customized newborn experience—newborn-focused, unrushed, and designed to offer the most variety with zero time pressure. No two Signature sessions are ever the same.

Newborn imagery includes:
5+ Styled Prop Sets
Classic Poses on 3+ Colors
Details (fingers, toes, lips, etc)
Baby-led pacing with no time limit
Same-day image viewing
20 digital images included (delivered within 5 days)
Complimentary 8×8 heirloom keepsake book

Optional family additions (included, not required):
Complimentary professional hair & makeup for mom
Lay-down gown portraits with mom & baby
Use of my client closet with gowns and dresses
Sibling portraits on multiple sets
Multiple outfits & 2 backdrops for family portraits

Your family. Your day. No rushing. No compromises.

Prop Set:
A Prop Set features your baby posed in or on one of our structured props—such as our carriage, moon, bucket, or tiny bed—styled beautifully on the backdrop of your choice.

Classic Poses:
Classic poses are the clean, timeless portraits of baby on a solid-colored blanket. These include tummy, side, womb, froggy, and similar traditional poses that highlight baby’s sweet features.

Accessorizing:
You’re welcome to choose any accessories you love—bonnets, hats, headbands, outfits, wraps, and more. During each setup, I typically capture multiple variations of the same pose by changing accessories, angles, and compositions so you’ll have several options to choose from.

For example: your baby girl might begin on her tummy with a headband, then I’ll add a wrap for a second look, take a close-up, capture an overhead angle, and switch to a bonnet for another variation. All of these would count as one classic pose with several beautiful options.

Family Photos:
Family Portraits are taken on a backdrop color of your choice or I can choose based on your clothing. We’ll photograph:

  • Mom holding baby
    • Add dad
    • Add siblings
  • Dad holding baby
    • Add mom
    • Add siblings again

You are welcome to do family photos on the Lifestyle White Set. With this set we can also can do silhouette images.

Another fun set we do is putting mom in one of my beautiful gowns taking photos laying down holding baby which is available with my Signature sessions.

Sibling Photos:
Sibling photos are taken with baby in a small bed and older children looking down at baby or smiling at the camera, children laying down holding baby on furry rug or other background color choice, baby in a carriage with older sibling holding, or older children sitting, holding baby. We can do 2-3 different looks with siblings with Signature sessions as long as they’re cooperative.