These brothers are just GORGEOUS! Big brother Hayden was such a good boy and is such a good big brother. While on the bed he was trying to tuck Huntington in, he was giving Eskimo kisses and he was measuring their feet. It was too sweet. Huntington wasn’t too keen on the idea of sleep. Mom and Dad wanted to go for the super cute posed shots with knit hats and even a hammock (which I had never done before) but Huntington had other plans. He wanted mom. He wanted milk. He wanted to be awake. I LOVE when I get the opportunity to get shots with their eyes open, so I was thrilled. In the end, we made the posed shots work. As much as I love the posed shots, I have decided to take them all off my website. With three kids of my own, I just don’t have the time or patience to spend so much time in Photoshop making the posed images perfect. And because I am not a perfectionist, I don’t feel like forced posed shots are really my area of strength, anyway. I am a lifestyle photographer. I prefer to document life as it is because those are the images that I feel are more meaningful in the end. I am SUPER happy that I was chosen for this shoot because not only was this family awesome, the shoot really allowed me to dive into the posed images one last time to see if it is something I want to continue doing. It was a fun and challenging experience. I have had another newborn session since this one and again, did some posed images with props and all. It was hard to walk away from the challenge, so I couldn’t help myself. If the baby is sleeping, or awake and content, then why not, right? As long as it isn’t forced, I will go for it. As long as the baby is in a natural pose and happy. Newborn sessions are my favorite and I hope that I can continue to keep it at least 90% lifestyle and 10%  posed. At the bottom of the post, you will see a short movie that I put together from the shoot. At each newborn shoot and all baby’s first year shoots, I am doing a bit of live footage as part of the photo package.

Huntington 5 Days Old from Angie Wheeler on Vimeo.