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An In-Home Newborn Session in New Albany

By: Vicki Sands

Mother kneeling on the nursery floor kissing her newborn son beside the crib in window light New Albany Ohio newborn photographer

Their wedding rings fit on his toes.

I photographed that detail in my studio, a few days after he was born. A tiny foot tucked into a teal wrap, and two rings resting on it like they had been waiting for him all along.

This in-home newborn session in New Albany is the second chapter of Leslie and Kramer's Collective year. The last time I photographed Leslie, she was 28 weeks along, standing in the grove at Franklin Park Conservatory in mint tulle and golden light. This time, their baby boy was here.

Two visits, one chapter

His newborn chapter happened in two parts.

A few days after he was born, Leslie and Kramer brought him to my studio for his newborn portraits. Their nursery is a lovely, calm room, but its light runs soft and low. For close newborn portraits, I wanted light I could shape around him, and the studio gave me that. Those portraits live with the family. Some chapters are meant just for them.

Color is something Leslie and I planned together as part of her Collective year. We chose the tones she and Kramer naturally gravitate toward, soft teals and warm tans, and kept them close to the mint of her maternity gown so this chapter would connect back to the first.

His knit sleeper and bonnet came from one of the small makers I source newborn pieces from, laid over a teal wrap and backdrop chosen to match. The same teal shows up again in his nursery.

For the warm tans, I layered soft wraps in ivory and taupe over a textured backdrop in the same palette.

A few weeks later, once Leslie was feeling more like herself, I came to them. We spent a slow mid-morning in the nursery they had put together for him, and these are the images from that visit.

Teal knit newborn sleeper and bonnet laid out on a small wooden newborn bed with a teal blanket New Albany Ohio newborn photographer
Close-up of a soft teal knit newborn sleeper and matching bonnet on a wooden newborn bed New Albany Ohio newborn photographer
Close-up of ivory and taupe knit newborn wraps with dried rust florals on a wooden newborn bed New Albany Ohio newborn photographer
Ivory and taupe knit newborn wraps with dried florals layered on a small wooden newborn bed New Albany Ohio newborn photographer
Mother holding her newborn son and gazing down at him in the nursery in window light New Albany Ohio newborn photographer

Why an in-home newborn session

An in-home newborn session is less about posing and more about place. The quilt folded over the crib. The soft chair by the window. The rug where Tucker, their golden doodle, has already claimed his spot near the baby.

The studio gave me the light for his portraits. Home gave me everything else: the family in their own space, at their own pace, and an ease that shows up in the photographs.

Mom and dad snuggling their newborn son in a teal wrap in a nursery chair New Albany Ohio newborn photographer
Black and white close-up of parents' hands cradling their newborn son's head New Albany Ohio newborn photographer

The small things

Parents tell me the details are what they come back to most. The size of his tiny toes. The curve of his head cradled in their hands. The rings from their wedding day, resting on someone who did not exist yet when they said their vows.

Parents' wedding rings resting on newborn baby's tiny toes against a teal wrap New Albany Ohio newborn photographer
Family sitting on the nursery floor with their newborn son and golden doodle New Albany Ohio newborn photographer

Leslie and Kramer

The Collective is built so that parents are in the story too, not only behind the camera holding the phone. Some of my favorite frames from this morning are the quiet ones between the two of them: Leslie leaning in to kiss Kramer's cheek, Kramer holding their son by the window.

Mom kissing dad on the cheek as he holds their newborn son in the nursery New Albany Ohio newborn photographer
Mom and dad holding their newborn son by the nursery window in soft natural light New Albany Ohio newborn photographer

What comes next

The Collective follows a family from pregnancy through baby's first birthday: maternity, newborn, milestone, and first birthday. Four sessions, one continuous story. Coming back to a family I already know is its own kind of gift. There is no warming up. We simply pick up where we left off.

For Leslie, Kramer, and their baby boy, the best chapters are still being written.

Black and white close-up of newborn baby's feet held in his parents' hands New Albany Ohio newborn photographer

Expecting?

If you're expecting in New Albany or anywhere around Columbus and would like your first year held together as one story, from the last weeks of waiting through that first birthday, the details on The Collective are here. If it feels like the right fit, let's have a conversation.

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