Sweet Pickle Pictures » Providing family, child, newborn, maternity and studio photography for Manhattan, Kansas and the surrounding areas.

Traditional (posed) newborn sessions are very popular and for good reason – who can resist those sweet squishy newborn details and poses that we capture? They are truly the types of images that most people have to come to equate with “newborn photography.”  There is another side, though that is equally sweet and amazing and that is the ever-growing popularity of lifestyle photography. When the M. family contacted me about their newborn session, their baby girl was already past the 2 week mark that I feel most comfortable with in terms of scheduling a posed newborn session. Instead I proposed the idea of a lifestyle session and they agreed it sounded like a great plan for capturing some natural images of their newly formed family of three! Shortly thereafter I arrived at their home with nothing with me but my camera equipment and a handful of newborn wraps and headbands. Any photographer that has filled their car to the brim with newborn props knows the freedom of that feeling! And because we didn’t need baby to be fully asleep for every photo, the session topped out at about half the length of my typical studio newborn sessions.  In the end we were able to not only capture their family in a beautiful way, but also incorporate items (and pets!) that were meaningful to their family as well as some of their carefully-picked nursery decor. It was after editing this session that I officially added the option of a lifestyle newborn session to my packages. I enjoyed the experience and the images we created so much I thought it would be wonderful to offer an alternative to a posed studio session for those who enjoy the lifestyle approach or have a baby that is past the “ideal” age for a newborn session.

Here are some of my favorites!