I recently had the opportunity to shoot newborn baby Kiernan. He was so cute and fun to shoot, but he would not sleep for us. We tried everything from feeding him (multiple times) to hot boxing him. Apparently, he did not want to miss one bit of the action because he was wake 90% of the time. He eventually did pass out once his dad turned on some hard rock music. Who would have thought?!

This was my first newborn shoot so I was excited to see what would happen and how things would turn out. It was a long 3 hour shoot and I was exhausted when I got home, but I think it was worth it. And although I did learn a lot about what to do and what not to do, I think the shots came out great. Here is a sampling…

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