Arthur Newborn

Newborn sessions are challenging but are becoming my favorite, especially after this sweet little guy. He was SO GOOD for his shoot. He slept almost the entire time, which made changing positions, props, outfits, and location so much easier. I still have some tweaking I need to do to my technique, and I can't help but think that shooting in a well lit studio would have made these images perfect, but I'm still pretty happy with the outcome.
This isn't his full session, out of respect for his parents and their upcoming birth announcements, I had to keep a couple of my favorite images to myself. But trust you me, they're so sweet. And it has nothing to do with me but with the adorable squishy baby boy in the photo.

Xo

Justyn

And baby makes Three

I LOVE sibling sessions. I think I've said that before. This session was extra special though because there was a new little man in these girls life. Their baby brother. And their love for him was pretty obvious. Even when he got a little fussy - as most newborns do - they shushed and cooed him. It was seriously so sweet. And kisses, they couldn't give him enough kisses.

We shot at one of my favorite locations in Winchester - the Virginia State Arboretum (if it looks familiar it's because of this sibling shoot). It was a drizzly morning session but the girls - and boy - were total troopers. Some of the pictures I was able to capture just took my breath away. Which obviously I'm totally bias considering it's my work but here's what their mother had to say :: "Justyn did amazing with my crazy kids! Everyone loves the photos and says that they are soooo beautiful, which I can't help but agree! Can't wait for future sessions with her!"

Words like this make me so incredibly happy. I mean - let's get honest here for a second, I NEVER expected this to take off the way it did. And the support and encouragement and kind words that I've received for my "art" seriously just puts me on cloud 9. Girly emotions all over the place over here guys.

And to show some gratitude - I'm having another giveaway. YEP. You read that right. It's a huge deal. A FREE photo session OF YOUR CHOICE. It can be engagement, newborn, sibling, family of 8 - whatever. AND a FREE 8x10 print. I know. Spread the word - and click here to enter!

XO

Justyn

Baby Zane

This little dude's mommy is one of my bunco buddies. I met her about a year ago through our mom's group and she is just one of the sweetest people I know. It was at an Easter egg hunt that we set up a newborn shoot for the new man in her life.
Baby Zane is exactly two weeks new in these photos. He was so incredibly sweet and sleepy (and hungry) for the shoot, it was perfect. We ended up having the session at my house, I cleared a space in my dining room - which had surprisingly good light - and setup my "newborn" station. Colin wasn't crazy about me taking pictures of a baby that wasn't him so our shoot took a little longer than planned, but it was worth it.
Although I didn't get all of the poses I wanted to do, I will admit that posing newborns is a lot harder than it looks. I mean they don't really cooperate and they're very floppy. That being said practice makes perfect and for this being my second newborn shoot, I have really high hopes for the soon to be born babies I have on my schedule!

xo

Justyn

Baby Dana

Meet baby Dana.
She is my first from bump to newborn "sequence" (you can see the bump here, and her birth story here) and she's beautiful. She covered a lot of firsts for me so I feel like these will always be some of my favorite shots.
Dana was my first official newborn shoot. I went in overly excited to finally "meet" the baby I witnessed being born. She was (is) so itty bitty, it's amazing how quickly I forgot how tiny newborns were, with their sweet little noises. I'm not going to lie, it gave me a bit of the fever but I digress.
We started with a couple "in the basket" shots, which she did surprisingly well with, and then a couple of outfit and diaper changes later, our shoot was a wrap. *side note :: I love naked babies.*
I really don't have much to say other than, newborn shoots take a lot longer than you think they will. Position, and reposition, and then reposition again. Expect poop. Making sure that she was fed beforehand and keeping the room warm were major factors in this successful shoot.
I'm really just in love with these images.

xo

Justyn