Chris Cornwell Photographer

My last post was March 5th? Yikes.. where did the time go? I had plans to blog just about every day.. since I’ll be home – most of the time. But, it’s the 22nd AND Little C is 1 month old today! I still can’t believe it. This little miracle still manages to amaze us with his small but powerful cry for ‘food’; his once in a while ‘gas’ toothless grin; his scrunchy (and RED) face when he’s about to let a big one (cry) out, and of course his peaceful angelic face when he’s finally asleep. He is like many babies at this age- unpredictable. One day, he is like clock work. Other days? Not so much. Seems like he keeps HIS schedule to himself and decides ‘meal, sleep, wake, nice, fussy’ hours at random- in no particular order. Just to keep us on our toes : )

I have however managed to capture a few angelic NEWBORN shots of him, all within 2 weeks of age. AND some others as well. I practised what I preached- newborn shots need to be taken within 2 weeks of birth for the best ‘peaceful’ portraits. The ones you see and say “how did they do it?”. I had the perfect subject- my very own little C. He ‘worked’ for me a few days after birth- sometimes 5 minutes, sometimes as long as a WHOLE hour! I molded him into positions right after his breakfast meal- where he was most calm and was just about asleep. I made sure I waited at least 10- 15 minutes, to minimize any accidents that might happen. (It happened once and I was totally unprepared. Let’s just say I had extra laundry to do afterwards.) I kept the room relatively warm, with the help of an electric space heater AND a heating pad. I love it myself : )) Anyway, I have to say newborn sessions are not easy. There is only a small window of ‘happy baby time’ … and it takes patience, a lot of it- to wait and capture their unique personalities. Practice, practice, practice.

Here are a few during his first early days.. (boy I was determined to get ‘those’ shots, no matter how tired I was from the night before).

Peace

Priceless

p.s. This post took me 6 hours to write/ type. In this 6 hours, I have fed, helped Cat with homework, heated some dinner, changed 3 diapers, eaten dinner (leftovers), watched a documentary, fed again, loaded the dishwasher, took the garbage out and little C is asleep, for now. Thanks so much for waiting for these few precious moments.. I can’t wait to share more.. soon : )

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