By Kat Knuth, Longmont Newborn and Family Photographer

When I prepare my Longmont newborn photography clients, I give them a few pieces of advice to make their session an absolute success. These are my top three little tidbits:

1. Keep your house warm. At the time of this session, we were riding out a heat wave. Easy peasy.
2. Pick out a few momentos, heirlooms, or special outfits for the session. Your newborn photos will be so much more meaningful than they already are if they have that little something extra.
3. Relax. These sessions take a while. Newborns are so sweetly sensitive to changes in their environment. I’m an invader and babies usually intuit that I’m a new presence. I’m here to work around their schedule, whether they need to eat, get a new diaper, or get rocked to sleep again and again. I have all the time to wait and I’m more than happy to do so!

So, once everyone is prepared, I show up and get to work. This little lady was one of the most cooperative newborns I’ve ever photographed. While mom nursed her when I arrived, her big brother showed me his room. I was instantly charmed and fell a little in love with him on the spot. Leading him back to his parents, I asked him to pick out a headband for his sister wear during the shoot. I also let him pick out the color wrap she would be swaddled in. Once we settled on an oversized white flower and a dusty purple wrap, I started with the lifestyle poses, then moved on to the posed newborn photography shots. This lovely newborn girl was so cooperative and I was able to get some very, very sweet shots with her.

Toward the end of the session, I was able to capture these sweet moments with mom and dad holding and kissing their beautiful daughter.

Another successful Longmont newborn photography session with happy newborn photography clients!

By Kat Knuth, Longmont Newborn Photographer

As a new Longmont newborn photographer, I needed models from Longmont to practice my newborn photography on. It’s rare, but I put out a model call on social media to get a couple families to model for me. In exchange for their time, I gave them a couple 11×14 mounted art prints from the session.

My first volunteer was this lovely family.

When I entered their home, I was so nervous. I haven’t been in Longmont very long and don’t have a reading of the people from this area. But when Jon opened the door and welcomed me inside, I knew I had nothing to worry about.

I set up my newborn photography posing cushion and basket while chatting with Heather and Jon. Their newborn son was wrapped in a light blanket to treat his jaundice. My son had it too, but we stayed in the hospital to have his treated. Maybe it was a symptom of the pandemic to send newborns home to be treated? I was about 5, almost 6 months pregnant at the time, and knew my daughter would likely face jaundice too. How wonderful it would be to spend that time at home with her in Longmont as she worked through it!

As I was warned by my newborn photography mentor, this session took a couple hours to complete. Sweet boy was taking his time, nursing and sleeping. We took several pictures in the basket (his favorite place for the session, where after a few minutes examining his fingers, he drifted off the sleep).

Moving onto some lifestyle shots, we moved into the master bedroom. I loved the chaos of bedding, bassinet, diapers, and toys in various spots throughout the room. I gathered the family on the bed and watched them interact with each other.

As the newborn photography session wound down, we took a few of my favorite pictures with Heather and Jon holding their newborn in a cute knit sweater and matching pants. I love the details in his little feet next to dad’s wedding band. Those are my favorite kind of details to immortalize.

As I left, I called my newborn photography mentor to share just how excited I was with my work and meeting Heather and Jon. I knew I was working toward something fabulous in Longmont, Colorado, as a newborn photographer.