Photo shoot

I knew photographing babies was hard, but I discovered today that it's really, really hard. Between patiently rocking sweet naked Henry to sleep, hoping he didn't pee and poop (he did, both), to arranging his little body in ways a half-asleep eight-day old baby doesn't want to lay - it takes a lot of extremely slow movements and quick decision-making.

But I love every minute of it.

Henry was my guinea pig today, as I hope to photograph more newborns in the future. It's best to start with your sister's baby, because she trusts you and because I wasn't shy about moving and bending her teeny boy.

It was meant to be just another quick shoot, but I'm happy with the results so I don't think I'll torture my nephew any longer. That doesn't mean I'm done, of course. I have big plans for a photo shoot with the new family tomorrow.