capturing new love, new life and new beginnings
Apart from weddings and sweet little newborns, I absolutely love photographing expectant mommies. They are radiant and absolutely stunning! I had such a blast meeting this couple and am so excited to be invited to document this incredible journey they are on throughout Baby’s first year! Here’s a sneak peek from my latest maternity session. Enjoy!
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This sweet little munchkin did so fantastic during her newborn session last Friday!! She was so fantastic and allowed me to try a bunch of different poses and ideas. Here’s her sneak peek! Enjoy!
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I have been really shocked at the lack of professionalism that I have been seeing lately on Facebook. The new thing amongst the photography community is to crucify and publicly humiliate an individual for a lack of understanding or poor judgement.
Now, by no means am I condoning bad choices made by others, especially with newborn photography. Many of you know that I have recently written a Baby Safe | Newborn Posing Guide to help teach aspiring newborn photographers safe practices for these sessions. And to be honest and frank, it down right scares me how many unsafe techniques I see all over the place. However, instead of crucifying and publicly humiliating someone, I contact them privately in hopes to help equip them with a tool that will help them be safe.
As a member of the Professional Photographers of America, I agreed to a code of ethics that I would like to encourage the entire professional photography community to practice. Here are a few…
My hope in writing this is to not offend anyone, but to be a voice of encouragement in raising the bar of professionalism amongst the photography community and that we would join forces and fight against online bullying. Most importantly, my hope is that we would always remember to be kind and be professional…
It comes back to what I was taught as a child: Treat others how you too would want to be treated.
If you are an aspiring photographer and want to grow your skills and be surrounded by an encouraging community of photographers, please check out Professional Photographers of America. It is a GREAT place to learn and grow.
I had the fun opportunity of photographing this lovely family on Saturday! They have been apart for a while as they are spread out over three countries… So when the opportunity arose of having a family get together, family portraits were a must!
For many of us, family gatherings can be rare and I love that this family saw the value of documenting such a great opportunity! Here’s a quick sneak peek from the sessions. Enjoy!
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With every newborn session that I do, I walk away with new learning experiences and new nuggets of information about these sweet little babes. I love how much THEY teach me about themselves. There is nothing about this job that I don’t enjoy… Okay, maybe being pooped on… But honestly, even that doesn’t bother me because it comes with the territory! =)
Sweet little Nathan came for a visit on Wednesday and was such a joy to hold and adore. I am so excited that I get to walk with him and his family through his fi
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*Blink!* 3 months have past!
It was so fun to have sweet baby Addison back for her 3 month session. She was such a beautiful newborn and is such a beautiful infant! Her skin is flawless and her little eyes just sparkle! Such a sweet, sweet baby! I am so excited I get to be a part of her first year! Here’s a fun sneak peek from her 3 month session. Enjoy!
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Michelle Newell Photography is searching for TWO newborn models for an upcoming newborn photography mentorship she is teaching in Monroe, WA Washington. Babies must be 10 days or younger to participate on the day of the session. In exchange for participating you will receive the session free of charge as well as a password protected online viewing gallery with 20 images to choose from along with a $50 print credit to use towards products and enlargements. If you would like to participate as one of our models, please contact me at info@michellenewellphotography.com with the subject line as “Feb 11th Newborn Casting Call.”
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Sweet Caroline is such a beauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutiful baby!
I had such a wonderful time meeting this family! We clicked instantly and had a blast. Sweet Caroline also modeled some beautiful new props provided by some wonderful vendors as well! Special thanks to Casual Cutie and Lilian.Grace Creations!! Here’s a fun sneak peek from her session!
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Just look at this adorable face?! Aren’t his eyes just beautiful?!
I say this every time and I know I sound like a resounding gong… but I can’t believe Bennett is already 9 months old!!!! IT GOES BY TOO FAST! 
Bennett is one of our Baby’s First Year clients, so I have the fun privilege of seeing him every three months! The sad part is, is that in three more months we will be celebrating his 12th month and fun cupcake smash!!! But first, here’s a sneak peek from his most recent session.
To view other sessions from Bennett’s first year click the following: Newborn, 3 Months, 6 Months
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I thought it would be fun to show you a sneak peek into how I go about editing my images. I try and keep things really simple and clean because I personally like my images to look as real and natural as possible.
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Anyhow – here’s a 6 minute behind the scenes look at how I edit. Enjoy!
