With the ever growing popularity of professional baby photography many people are aware of newborn photo shoots and of first birthday photo shoots, but there is another first year photo opportunity that is often overlooked – the sitter session.

If you’ve already had professional newborn photos taken of your baby you’ll know that most photographers prefer to do the photo shoot before a baby reaches three weeks old. The reason for this is that in the first 21 days of birth babies tend to sleep a lot in the day (although there is always an exception!) and are still used to being curled up in the womb so it’s much easier to curl them up into the adorable poses you will see in my gallery.