Infant Session: Baby Charlotte

Apparently Yashvi is not the only baby who wanted to prove me wrong. 

On Tuesday (yes, a Tuesday. There are definitely perks to being a photographer/teacher) I headed to my coworker Bobby's house to take pictures of his newborn, Charlotte. 

This is the third time I've taken pictures of an infant who was past the two week mark, and in the photography world this is considered a risk. Babies who are less than two weeks old tend to be a lot sleepier and cuddlier. Once they grow past that, they are much more alert and ready to let you know how much they do not like to be posed.

However, Charlotte proved to be an excellent sleeper. She gave me so many great shots! Again, I felt silly for having warned Bobby and Amanda that it might be a challenging shoot. 

She was a dream.

My infant sessions seem to either take hours or almost no time at all. Charlotte's proved to be the latter. She was so deeply asleep, I was able to get a great set of photos of her in a short amount of time. Adorable photos, by the way. Very easy with such a precious subject.

By the time she woke up and decided she was no longer ready for her close up, I had all the shots I needed.

Despite all these amazing things, I would say one of the most amazing things about this shoot was how well behaved the family dogs were! I would say dogs seem to enjoy the limelight a lot more than babies, but other than a few curious sniffs, Jack and Lucy kept their distance. Which, thankfully, meant that Charlotte was able to sleep!

I can't wait to see Charlotte grow up. Maybe in a few years we'll do a family shoot and the dogs can have their moment.