During all sessions I wear a mask and make sure my hands are sanitized frequently. My gear is cleaned before and after each session.

I am vaccinated.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR NEWBORN SESSIONS: Newborn sessions have always had high levels of precautions and “sanitizing” involved in them even before the pandemic. I do not do sessions if I am ill or if anyone in my house feels ill and I ask that you please let me know if anyone in your own household has been or is ill around the session date so that we may reschedule. Only immediate family should be present for the session to keep the number of people in the space to a minimum. I take my shoes off at the door of the client’s home when I enter. All of the wraps, blankets and props I might use are washed or cleaned before and after each session. And I sanitize my hands with hand sanitizer multiple times before and throughout the session. I never do more than one newborn session in a day which allows me time to properly clean everything before a subsequent session. I wear a mask during the sessions and I clean the outside of the bins I bring the props and gear in.

All that being said, the most important factor is how comfortable YOU are! Your newborn session should be as stress-free as possible for you and I know how different everyone’s level of comfort is during this unprecedented time! For a posed/portrait type of session, please know that I will have to be less than 6ft from the baby and I will be touching the baby for the entirety of the session. It is definitely a hands-on type of session. If you prefer that I keep 6 feet away and not touch the baby, then you would have to book my lifestyle type of session instead. I am still usually positioning and touching the baby in arms and on the bed for a lifestyle session, but if you’re not comfortable with that, this session CAN be modified to adjust for that. When natural positioning is necessary then you would be my “assistant” and I would direct you in what to do. But for safety reasons with posing I can only do that for the minimalistic more natural types of shots we do in a lifestyle session, not a posed session.