Category Archives: Newborn Photography

Best Newborn Photographers in Connecticut: A Statewide Guide for New Parents

Newborn in a simple onesie on a light backdrop showing timeless, neutral editing, Kelli Dease Photography Connecticut

Finding the best newborn photographers in Connecticut sounds simple until you open twelve tabs and every studio starts to look the same. Soft blankets, sleeping babies, and a whole lot of the word "timeless." (Guilty.) The right photographer for you comes down to your style, your town, and how much hand-holding you want along the [...]

Fresh 48 vs a Studio Newborn Session: What’s the Difference?

Newborn baby swaddled in a white wrap, sleeping peacefully curled on their side during a minimalist studio newborn session at Kelli Dease Photography in Farmington, CT

If you're weighing a Fresh 48 vs newborn session in a studio, you're really choosing between two different kinds of photos taken at two different moments. One happens in the hospital in the first couple of days. The other happens a week or two later in a calm, warm studio. Both are lovely. They're just [...]

Why Book Your Maternity and Newborn Photos Together

Young girl smiling as she hugs her mother's pregnant belly, posed in front of a large window with sheer white curtains.

You're pregnant, you've decided you want maternity photos, and somewhere in the back of your mind you know newborn photos are coming too. Most people book those as two separate things, months apart, as if they have nothing to do with each other. Booking maternity and newborn photos together is the easier path, and it [...]

Newborn Sessions for Second-Time Parents: What’s Different

Young girl in a white eyelet dress holding her newborn sibling on a white couch during a sibling newborn session at Kelli Dease Photography in Farmington, CT

Second babies arrive into a house that already has snacks on the floor, a toddler with opinions, and parents who are tired in a very different way than the first time around. You know what a newborn session involves. You've been through it. You're not Googling "what happens at a newborn photo session" at 2am [...]

Which Photography Session Type Is Right for You?

a studio portrait of a little girl taken during a portrait session in Connecticut by children's photographer Kelli Dease

Every session I offer comes with the same foundation: full-resolution digital images, wardrobe and styling help, a complete session guide, and professional editing. What changes across my three primary session types is time, and time is what gives us flexibility, variety, and room to breathe. In this post, I'll guide you through figuring out out [...]