This cheeky little man came to visit, last weekend. (You may remember his ridiculously-good-looking parents rocking their Maternity Session back in July.) He is quite the personality already and really wasn't too interested in going to sleep for his newborn photos. Thankfully, I am just as stubborn as this little guy, and managed to get a few gorgeous shots during his brief napping moments.
For anyone wondering why a sleeping baby is so important in a Newborn Session, there are a few reasons. Newborns have very little muscle control, resulting in some crazy facial expressions, and wildly moving hands and limbs - neither of which usually giving cute, flattering photos. They also have far less control over their eye muscles, so occasionally going cross-eyed is fairly common... and again, not very flattering for junior! On top of that, at this very early age, they really only want to do one thing when they are awake... and that is feed - perfectly natural, but not helpful for taking photos!
Since, he was so keen on staying awake though, and was actually pretty calm about it (a rarity at this age), I decided a few awake shots would be pretty cool to grab too. Here is a little taster of this cute little guy's gallery...
