Julia and Mia

Meet Sadie… upminster newborn baby photographer – essex

Julia Elizabeth West — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:24 +0000

I must admit I always love picking out a sneek peek after my newborn baby photography shoots, I try to pick something different everytime but sometimes its hard as I just cant decide which to go for! That was definitely the case with Sadie, who came to see me with her very pretty mummy and lovely Nanny (who was the perfect assistant). In the end I went for one with my favourite new bunny hat… I love it, especially as Mia is year of the Rabbit it seems appropriate. I cant however wait to show her mummy the rest, but as usual it maybe difficult to pick their favourites…

Meet Riley… newborn baby photography essex

Julia Elizabeth West — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:04 +0000

This beautiful baby boy came to see me last week, for his newborn baby photography shoot. Despite arriving early he is a beautiful healthy big boy, I’m sure his mummy is glad he did arrive early! He was a perfect angel, although did prefer cuddles to the beanbag or props. Not surprising as his mum and dad clearly adore cuddling him as much as he loves their cuddles.

Essex newborn baby photographer captures baby Riley in the Upminster studio – Julia and Mia © julia west

Sneek peek: baby phoebe newborn photography essex

Julia Elizabeth West — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:57 +0000

This gorgeous baby girl came to see me last week and she was an absolute angel. At 4 weeks she is older than most of my newborns, so we didn’t do some of the more complicated newborn photography poses or props but we got a beautiful collection of shots which I can’t wait to share with her mum and dad very soon. Until then here is the gorgeous baby phoebe…

Meet Riley – newborn photographer upminster essex

Julia Elizabeth West — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:33:19 +0000

This beautiful baby boy came to see me last week for his newborn photography shoot, he arrived early but he is clearly going to be a strong boy as he didnt look prem (future athlete perhaps)! He loves cuddles with mummy and milk. So this little sneak peek seemed appropriate, with my new little bottles of milk…

Baby Max and Calums family photography shoot essex

Julia Elizabeth West — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:25:53 +0000

These cute brothers came to visit me last weekend for the second time. I first met baby Max for his newborn photography shoot when he was a matter of days old so it was great to see him all grown up – well 8 months and sitting up! We had a fun morning and there are lots of share with their mum and dad very soon… but until then I couldnt help this sneak peek of them cuddling…

newborn baby photography magic… composites

Julia Elizabeth West — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:00:17 +0000

I realise sometimes with my newborn baby photography, the magic of photoshop can be a little deceiving. So I thought I’d let you into a little secret to one of my popular shots for little ones. Some of you may have seen the beautiful shot of babies hanging in a tree. What you have probably realised is I don’t have a blossom tree in the studio, and despite having beautiful blossom trees outside our home I don’t hang babies from branches. In fact babies never actually leave the safety of a beanbag! Lots and lots of my shots are composites helped the magic of photoshop (and sometimes with the help of my amazing retoucher Larissa). I have undertaken extensive safety and photoshop training so it really is a case of DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, as without photoshop the magic wouldnt happen. And hanging babies from a height is dangerous and shouldnt be done by anyone. But just so you can see a little of the behind the scenes magic. First is the final product but then some of the outtakes!

Baby tabitha – newborn baby photographer essex

Julia Elizabeth West — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:00:12 +0000

This gorgeous baby girl came to see me, she was an absolute angel for her newborn baby photography shoot and I was so pleased we were able to create a gorgeous sling in a blossom tree shot for her mum and dad (a post on how these are created is coming up!) So I was so pleased they decided to order a digital collection as it meant I could share some more of the beautiful images we took at the shoot. So here is the beautiful tabitha again…

Meet tabitha – newborn photographer essex

Julia Elizabeth West — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:25:32 +0000

This gorgeous baby girl came to see me just over a week ago and very excited to share this sneak peek… we were very lucky as Tabby was very happy to sleep for us, so we were able to create one of her mums favourite shots I had done before of her hanging in a blossom tree! Of course Tabitha wasnt really in a tree or even hanging (the sling is actually lying on a beanbag but the beauty of photoshop is a great thing!)

I can’t wait to share the rest of her newborn photography shoot with her mum and dad very soon…

Meet Finley and his big brother Harry… newborn photographer essex

Julia Elizabeth West — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:00:13 +0000

This beautiful baby boy came to see me last week and he was so good, his mum said he had been an angel ever since he was born so I hope he carries on sleeping as well for his mum and dad. I’m pretty sure he would have slept through anything for his newborn baby photography shoot! His very cute big brother Harry was clearly impressed too…

Meet Ella – newborn baby photography essex

Julia Elizabeth West — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:00:13 +0000

This beautiful baby girl came to meet me this week… and she was a perfect angel and was very happy to pose for her newborn baby photography shoot… I couldn’t decide which to share another beautiful blossom shot or simple black and white, so in the end I went for my lovely tin bath prop in black and white, the best of both worlds! I can’t wait to show the rest to her mummy very soon but until then