Baby Safety and Posing for Newborn Photographers

Class Description

Parents hire newborn photographers to document every detail of their babies at that brief instant at the start of their lives when they are tiny, bright and new to the world. Newborn photographers can feel a lot of pressure to fulfill parents’ wishes. In the rush to capture the perfect shot, it’s easy to forget that the subject of these photos are incredibly fragile little beings. Safety should always come first.

Join Kelly Brown for tips on handling newborns safely, reading their moods and needs, and prepping your studio for a newborn shoot. You’ll learn:

Safe posing techniques
How to operate a safe environment in your studio and on external shoots
How to understand newborn behavior

You’ll discover how to sanitize your studio, choose cleaning products and plants with the newborn’s health in mind, and make sure that your furniture and equipment meets newborn safety standards. Kelly will also focus on safely posing and handling a newborn during the shoot. She will teach you how to execute poses like the Potato Sack, the Froggy pose, and other advanced techniques used to create composite images. You will learn about newborn anatomy and the environment they come from to help you better understand what they are capable of doing in a shoot setting: how to avoid imbalance, overheating, and injury.

Finally feel capable of communicating about newborn safety. If parents feel that they can trust you around their child, they will be put at ease and remember the experience of the shoot more fondly.

Lessons

1Class Introduction
2What are Clients Looking for in a Photographer?
3How Your Health Affects Your Newborn Session
4Q&A with Registered Physiotherapist Stephanie Robin
5Legal Case Examples
6Safely Shooting Outside Your Own Studio
7Photographing Siblings & Newborns Safely
8Newborn with Sibling Session
9Two Young Sibling and Newborn Session
10What Not to Do with a Newborn
11Working with Different Newborn Behaviors and Medical Conditions
12Safe Posing Using Props
13How to Safely Set-Up Your Studio and Business
14Policies and Procedures on How to Operate Your Studio Safely
15Safest Equipment and Products
16Infant CPR
17The Potato Sack Pose
18Wrapping Newborn for Potato Sack Pose
19Potato Sack Pose with Sibling
20The Potato Sack Pose
21The Froggy Pose
22Side Lying Pose
23The Taco Pose
24Hand Held Set-Up with Dad
25Hand Held Set-Up with Mom
26Posing: Hanging Set-Up
27Session Workflow
28Final Q&A
29Class Overview

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Kelly Brown is one of my favorite teachers not just in newborn photography but photography and learning in general. Her patience is inspiring and she makes this job seem so much more enjoyable and installs passion in you to improve and be the best you can be! Kelly is an expert at what she does and is great at communicating how she does it. I have taken the Creative live baby bootcamp class which is actually what got me to want to go into newborn photography! Ive also purchased a few of her newborn posing courses and I love them all. I literally own my new blossoming little career to Kelly! I love creative live, I have just learned so much from these courses. They are constantly giving out new classes that are so affordable and such amazing resources for any photographer or professional. I am so lucky to have discovered them and Kelly Brown. Thank you Kelly and creative live!

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This is an amazing class! Kelly Brown offers a wealth of information that is comprehensive and straightforward. She has such a soothing voice and such great patience that it translates into becoming a great presenter and instructor. Her methodology both in business and her art are sensible and desirable which has taken me up significantly. She has helped me in understanding this business and how to become successful while doing what I love in a profitable and safe manner for both my clients and myself!

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Kelly is such a fantastic instructor! This class is wonderful for both beginners & intermediate newborn photographers to improve their posing and keep safety number one. Not only does Kelly teach you step by step how to safely pose, she also explains why she poses the way she does - which is so important. This class is a great resource to watch over and over again until we are all masters!