In the timeline of life, a newborn’s first days are but a brief blip. However, as fleeting as they are, they also are significant. We understand this as parents ourselves and as photographers specializing in family and newborn photography across Northern VA, including Ashburn, VA. It’s important to seize these brief moments during the baby’s first 7 days of life!

So, we thought we’d offer some important tips and tricks for parents of newborns – whether you’re scheduling professional portraits with us or snapping your own.

• Schedule your professional Newborn Portrait Session as early as possible. Get on the photographer’s calendar around your due date, and once the baby is born, the date-certain can be arranged.
• Try to schedule your baby’s photo session around their nap and feeding routine. If at all possible, feed them before you leave home as it allows them and their tummies to settle, reducing fussiness and spit-up.
• Don’t come empty-handed if you’re coming to our studio! Bring that all-important diaper bag with essentials including several outfits.
• A fussy infant can be challenging at any time. It is important to bring essential items to comfort your infant including a favorite blanket, pacifier, diapers, wipes and anything necessary for feedings.
• Before you leave home, attach the diaper a little loosely to avoid lines around your baby’s waist for those precious naked photos of baby!
• We encourage the parents to be part of the Newborn photos! It’s makes for a beautiful and profound portrait to see your tiny baby held in your arms, whether in Mommy’s feminine arms, or in Daddy’s big, strong hands.
• We offer a Bebe Coterie Baby Plan to capture a baby’s milestones throughout their first year. Schedule those sessions ahead of time.
• We offer numerous fine art products to display your beautiful and precious portraits. We also print all of our portraits on archival-quality materials rated to last 100 years plus.
• Bring any family heirlooms (a rattle, an inherited baby blanket, a framed portrait of a deceased grandparent) you’d like in the baby’s portrait. These make the portraits even more sentimental and important as a legacy.
• Days before your portrait session, we will discuss outfits and poses for your child. No worries! By the time you arrive, you’ll be ready to go!
• If you have a favorite beanie or hat for your baby, bring it! Any other favorite outfits, bring them along just in case!
 

 
Did you Google “newborn photographer near me” and landed on our website? Great! Browse our newborn and maternity portfolio to become familiar with our work! Any questions? Give us a call!

If you are searching for a skilled team specializing in fine art newborn photography in the Northern VA and Ashburn, VA areas, you’ve landed in the right place. Call Ever After for more information and to schedule your session!

Newborn Photography, Baby and Newborn Photographer

Ever After Baby Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter baby and newborn photography team located in Northern Virginia, near Ashburn, VA. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits, including newborn and baby portraits. Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

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Not many women realize just how beautiful they look during their pregnancy. Working as a maternity photographer in the Ashburn, VA and Lansdowne, VA area, we can tell you that all pregnant women are radiant whether they feel radiant or not! It’s a special time in a woman’s life as she and her body move along in the journey to motherhood.

Most pregnant women have pictures of babies on their minds. They’re not thinking of honoring their 9-months of pregnancy with a maternity portrait. However, ever since Demi Moore pleasantly shocked the world with her nude and heavily pregnant body on the cover of Vanity Fair, we have come to view maternity photography quite differently.

We recommend taking maternity portraits during the 32nd to 36th weeks, when your curves are at their most beautiful. Every woman is different, and we will work with you for your best portrait within your comfort level. We use artistic lighting and the right poses. We guarantee you will be thrilled you chose to document this amazing time in your life. A baby is growing inside of you, and one day they will be able to see in a portrait just how beautiful their mother looked when carrying them into this life.

Details

You can add a Maternity Session to any Newborn Session. Prior to your portrait session, we have a Design Session during which we discuss your Maternity Session and ask you to complete a brief questionnaire to help us customize the session to you. You should always be comfortable with your maternity photographer, so we like to get to know you and what you love.

We customize your Maternity Session to YOU, but below are some of our most popular styles.

Romantic and Timeless

This style offers creative images while remaining romantic and timeless. It’s also popular with couples.
 

Belly Boudoir

A unique and stylish session! Sexy, yet tasteful. Every mother-to-be has the right to feel sexy!
 

Modern and Sophisticated

You can be fully clothed or au naturel to reflect your modern lifestyle.
 

Outside and Natural

The splendor of nature, including its vibrant colors and organic textures, come alive.
 

We are one of the leading fine art maternity photographers in Northern Virginia, including Ashburn, VA, and Lansdowne, VA. We work with women interested in documenting their pregnancies in an artistic and elegant way, but most especially in a way that they will love!

Baby Photography, Newborn Photographer, Maternity Photographer

Ever After Baby Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter baby photography team located in Northern Virginia, near Ashburn and Lansdowne, VA. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits, including newborn and baby portraits. Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

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Although we specialize in family and newborn photography in the Northern Virginia area, including Ashburn, VA, we want to discuss the work of a photographer on the other side of the world in New Zealand, the extraordinary and award-winning photographer Holly Spring. We hope you will take a moment to browse her website featuring the ethereal and magical portraits of a little girl with big blue eyes. The images of that little girl are absolutely stunning and timeless. It’s difficult to do the little model justice with words.

So, why are we discussing a photographer halfway around the world – especially with regard to a newborn and baby portrait blog? If you take a close look at the remarkable photos of her daughter, you’ll notice in one or two of the images that the beautiful child has no left hand as a result of being born with Hirschsprung’s Disease. Holly explains in a Kidspot article that she didn’t want her daughter to feel embarrassed by her difference.

“My daughter is my muse and my heart that inspires me to follow my passion and share these unique photos and digital art with you,” Holly says in a kidspot.com.au article. Several of Holly’s images of her daughter won national and international awards in 2014.

As a loving mother and exceptionally-talented photographer, she decided to create the whimsical images of her daughter. The images show the little girl just how beautiful and special she really is. We believe the images also reflect a mother’s love for her little girl.

That is what great photography is – an artistic medium reflecting emotion. Holly’s portraits don’t just reflect a photographer’s creative brilliance; they reflect profound love.

A photographer doesn’t have to be in love with their subject to reflect love. They need to be technically skilled, yes, but they especially need to be emotionally sensitive to their subjects. Working with newborns, babies, and children, as well as family groups, is so special for us because we have the opportunity to capture a special bond and love through our portraits. We open ourselves up to letting the children or families of our photos sessions be the muse for that session.
 

 
There is no better time to begin to document your child’s inherent beauty than when they are newborns and babies. It doesn’t matter whether they are physically perfect or not. Children are always beautiful and perfect as demonstrated in Holly Spring’s images of her daughter. Your child will grow up seeing those images of themselves and knowing how much they are loved.
 

 
Let us capture that love for your through newborn photography with portraits you will cherish for many years. Many mothers also choose to have maternity photos because, as we all know, the love a mother feels begins before she ever sees her baby! Our studio is in Sterling, VA, not far from Ashburn, VA. We work with clients throughout the Northern Virginia area.
 

Newborn Photography, Baby Photographer

Ever After Baby Portraits is Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter baby and newborn photography team located in Sterling, VA in Northern Virginia, near Ashburn. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits, including newborn and baby portraits. Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

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Baby pictures are treasured the world over! Every mommy has them, and so does every proud papa. As a newborn and baby photographer in Northern Virginia, near Lansdowne, VA, we simply love photographing babies and families! Being a baby and child photographer is a privilege for us.

Because baby pictures are so very special, we make it our mission to provide you with beautiful portraits of your newborn. Newborns are so tiny and adorable! They will never be this tiny again, and they will grow so quickly. It’s important to have a Newborn Portrait Session during the first 7 days after birth to capture this most beautiful and fleeting time of life. Before you know it, they’ll be cruising around and you’ll be chasing after them!
 

Have a look at our Portfolio here, to see more newborn, baby and maternity portraits.

We welcome you to contact us via email or by phone to schedule your newborn portrait!

Baby Photography, Baby Pictures

Ever After Baby Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter baby photography team located near Lansdowne, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits, including newborn and baby portraits. Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

View Our Portfolio | Ever After Baby Portraits

Ever After Baby Portraits is located in Sterling, VA in Northern Virginia, not far from Lansdowne, VA. Newborn and baby photography is our specialty! As part of photographing babies, we also offer maternity photography as an add-on to your newborn session. Professional pregnancy photos have risen in popularity since Demi Moore posed for the cover of Vanity Fair while pregnant.

Celebrate your pregnancy with a maternity portrait. Whether you want a portrait of just you or you want to include your husband in the portrait, you will forever treasure this portrait which captures this amazing time in your life.

This beautiful mom-to-be was draped in soft white fabric for a romantic look and feel to her portrait.
 

 
She also wanted her husband as a part of her maternity session. You can feel the love between them with this portrait. Without a doubt, this baby will be loved!
 

Baby Photography, Newborn Photography, Maternity Photography

Ever After Baby Portraits is the mother-daughter baby photography team of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson. We are located in Sterling, VA in Northern Virginia, near Lansdowne, va. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits, including newborn and baby portraits. Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

View Our Portfolio | Ever After Baby Portraits

The birth of a child is a very special (and exhausting) time in a family’s life. Newborn and baby photography has become increasingly popular over the last few years and, as parents ourselves, it’s a style we thoroughly enjoy and appreciate. After all, baby pictures bring joy to everyone who sees them! Our clients throughout Lansdowne, VA and Sterling, VA expect high-quality, exceptional portraits of their precious child. Why shouldn’t they? These are important portraits and your child will never be that age again, after all!

So, what about grandparents?!

One famous grandmother recently appeared in her own portrait with her great grandchildren and caused an international stir. The Royal Family has been celebrating their Queen’s 90th birthday. As a tribute, the icon and uber-talented photographer, Annie Leibovitz, captured a stunning portrait of the Queen with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the youngest being Princess Charlotte sitting on the queen’s lap while her young cousin stands just left of the queen holding up the queen’s handbag.

The portrait isn’t just adorable; it is a beautiful and tangible tribute of the Royal Family’s eldest generation and its youngest. It’s a commemoration of the family and has already been shared millions of times around the world.

You don’t have to be a Royal Family to do an equally powerful portrait of the eldest generation and the recently arrived generation in your family, your new baby! We’re pretty certain that the grandparents in your family have likely been anxiously awaiting the arrival of their grandchild – especially, if it’s the first one! Including them not only honors them and their contributions in your life, but includes them in the arrival of the newest generation.
 

 
Grandparents in a newborn or baby portrait are a powerful addition to the portrait. You are capturing two generations in one photo. Add in the second generation, you, and you now have three generations. We can assure you – if you don’t already know – that this portrait will be particularly cherished for many decades.

We encourage you to look through our portraits on our website and to consider the addition of a grandparent or grandparents if it’s possible for your family. You will be grateful that you did. As Northern VA photographers, we proudly serve the Sterling, VA, Lansdowne, VA and surrounding areas of the DMV. We welcome you to contact us today to discuss your baby’s portrait and your vision for it. We would love to discuss your baby and your parents!

Baby Photography, Baby Pictures

Ever After Baby Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter baby photography team located in Sterling, VA, near Lansdowne, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits, including newborn and baby photography. Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

View Our Portfolio | Ever After Baby Portraits