Baby Safety and Posing for Newborn Photographers

Parents hire newborn photographers to document every detail of their babies at that brief instant at the start of their lives when they are tiny, bright and new to the world. Newborn photographers can feel a lot of pressure to fulfill parents’ wishes. In the rush to capture the perfect shot, it’s easy to forget that the subject of these photos are incredibly fragile little beings. Safety should always come first.

Join Kelly Brown for tips on handling newborns safely, reading their moods and needs, and prepping your studio for a newborn shoot. 
You’ll learn:

• Safe posing techniques
• How to operate a safe environment in your studio and on external shoots
• How to understand newborn behavior

You’ll discover how to sanitize your studio, choose cleaning products and plants with the newborn’s health in mind, and make sure that your furniture and equipment meets newborn safety standards. Kelly will also focus on safely posing and handling a newborn during the shoot. She will teach you how to execute poses like the Potato Sack, the Froggy pose, and other advanced techniques used to create composite images. You will learn about newborn anatomy and the environment they come from to help you better understand what they are capable of doing in a shoot setting: how to avoid imbalance, overheating, and injury.

Finally feel capable of communicating about newborn safety. If parents feel that they can trust you around their child, they will be put at ease and remember the experience of the shoot more fondly.

• Class Introduction
• What are Clients Looking for in a Photographer?
• How Your Health Affects Your Newborn Session
• Q&A with Registered Physiotherapist Stephanie Robin
• Legal Case Examples
• Safely Shooting Outside Your Own Studio
• Photographing Siblings & Newborns Safely
• Newborn with Sibling Session
• Two Young Sibling and Newborn Session
• What Not to Do with a Newborn
• Working with Different Newborn Behaviors and Medical Conditions
• Safe Posing Using Props
• How to Safely Set-Up Your Studio and Business
• Policies and Procedures on How to Operate Your Studio Safely
• Safest Equipment and Products
• Infant CPR
• The Potato Sack Pose
• Wrapping Newborn for Potato Sack Pose
• Potato Sack Pose with Sibling
• The Potato Sack Pose
• The Froggy Pose
• Side Lying Pose
• The Taco Pose
• Hand Held Set-Up with Dad
• Hand Held Set-Up with Mom
• Posing: Hanging Set-Up
• Session Workflow
• Final Q&A
• Class Overview