Newborn Boy and his Family

This session was very similar to a couple other newborn shoots I’ve had lately. These newborns have come with older siblings. And all of them have been really good. Newborn sessions usually take longer than any other type of session and these siblings have to be so patient for such a long time. I can usually get some sibling shots in the beginning, maybe some family shots, possibly some shots of the older siblings but sometimes we have to pull something out of a bag of tricks…or in my case…a drawer of tricks. And this particular drawer has some old cameras, some stuffed animals, a couple of little hand held toys, and a obnoxious yellow rubber chicken. Once kiddos see me open and take something out of the drawer they become very interested in it. I have to be careful though because the biggest trick of all…THE YELLOW RUBBER OBNOXIOUS-SOUNDING CHICKEN…is quite annoying and once it’s out it usually doesn’t go back in. It makes the loudest, most obnoxious noise you’ve ever heard. It works really well at getting the kid’s attention and their smiles. But they also want to hold it (or hug on it as in the picture below) and squeeze it. And squeeze it. And squeeze it. If there are any photographers out there reading this and you have one of these I’m sure you are nodding your head in sympathetic agreement:)

My kids loved the yellow rubber obnoxious chicken when I brought it home. It’s since become off limits for them! The thing will drive you crazy but it’s there…in the drawer of tricks….and I’ll pull it out the next time I have a sibling that needs an extra trick to get that smile:)

Hope you enjoy your peek:)