in-home newborn session in iowa city moffitt cottage // the vegels
In-home newborn family sessions are so sweet and rewarding to capture. As a mom myself, I am so honored to be able to document these moments. I was 20 when I had my first baby and I was working at a gas station. I didn't have money to spend on a session fee, let alone be able to actually afford to print, frame and hold these photos in my hands afterward. I love that now I get to do that for others and I try to capture as many little details as I can.
We all know how fast babies change and grow, but truly, it's real. I recommend scheduling newborn portrait sessions for within two weeks of your baby being born. Sometimes that means I'm 'on call' in a way. We talk about when you expect Baby to be born, we may schedule a tentative date, but often that gets rescheduled. Or we schedule after he/she is born. For an in-home session, I always also ask you what time of day your home is filled with the most light. That's usually around 10am for most homes, but it's important we have the most light we can get coming in through the windows.
If you have a cute home like this family, that's amazing and I can't wait to see the character and charm! If not, that's okay, too. Don't let that hold you back from booking an in-home session. There's always something we can work with.
The Vegel Family Welcome Their Second Daughter Before Christmas
From my own experience, I never grow tired of looking at them. When I lived in this neighborhood, I had a Moffitt cottage we called the Gingerbread House. It was adorable. It was like a little witch's cottage in the woods. It had shake siding, a stone facade, a magical dusty A-frame attic that my kids played in, gorgeous wooden flooring, a galley kitchen and someone had installed brand new modern appliances so it was really the best of the old and new worlds. You could tell when it was built someone had thought about the placement of the windows and such. It had a huge backyard and vegetable garden. And the best part was, I was surrounded by other Moffitt cottages. Every day on my walks I would just look and look at the other cottages. They're delightful.
There's a lot of history to these houses and you can read a lot more about them in many short articles that you can find on Google. Here's a link to one that shows a few photos and information. I hope you guys fall in love with them, too!
I really enjoyed this session and so happy I could capture this beautiful family. I especially love the photo with Mom and Dad both with what seems like shocked expressions looking away from our pose and into the kitchen to their toddler. I don't remember what was actually going on at this moment but it's so funny and so real.
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