Family Session – Family photography is a great way to capture beautiful moments with the people you love. A family session can be shot indoors and outdoors. Your family photo shoot will be relaxed and enjoyable, resulting in photos which are candid and unique story-telling. I give some direction to ensure you are in the most flattering light and position, then I let you just be so that I can capture your family interacting naturally. This is your chance to take an hour or so out of your busy lives’ to just enjoy each others’ company. The session includes individual shots of each family member and also the family. My favorite type of family session is outdoors in the park, field or forest, I love how the outdoors helps families relax and focus on their emotions! People choose professional photo sessions because they want great family pictures. They usually want photo books or albums and lots of high-quality pictures to share with their friends and family. For some people, an exotic trip might be the perfect photo session. Others may prefer to do the photo session in their own home. There is not a single recipe for success. The beauty of family photography is that it’s a lot of fun!
Pregnancy Session – The time before your baby arrives is something so unique and so very special. And professional Maternity photoshoot is a wonderful way to document this wonderful milestone. In my maternity photo sessions, I aim to provide the most relaxing and enjoyable experience. Maternity portraits are best captured around 31-36 weeks, for mothers carrying multiples 27-31 weeks are recommended. I offer outdoor or studio maternity sessions. I find an outdoor session tends to look more natural while a studio maternity session does have more an art look. It completely depends on your personal wishes and the weather forecast. Pregnancy is a hundreds of emotions packed into one. Between the excitement and the anticipation, it is important to have pregnancy photos to capture everything you feel. Whether it is your first or third pregnancy, maternity photographs help to crystallize that special moment. If you know what kind of pictures you want, this experience will be truly unforgettable. Your pregnancy is beautiful and deserves to be captured. Take the time to hug your bump so that you can remember this moment. The best types of photos are the ones that are easily taken. Whether with your partner or alone, this is a great way to document your pregnancy. Not all maternity photos need to be posed. You can shoot some in your own home if you feel most comfortable doing so, because your pregnancy is a time to remember. Make sure to keep those memories alive with pregnancy photos.
Lifestyle Newborn Session– Lifestyle Newborn Photo Sessions are for those that do not like poses or props. Lifestyle newborn sessions are about the connection and love that family members already have for this new life. Babies are best photographed within the first 2 weeks of life and our aim is usually to capture the baby, but also the siblings and parents cuddling, feeding, kissing and loving.
Basically a lifestyle session is about telling stories. In every story it is the details that set the scene and really bring the story to life. The details in a newborn session could be the baby’s bedroom decor, for which you have spent months planning and shopping, your family’s legacy bassinet, a handmade baby blanket given to you by your great-aunt, your family pet, or anything else that is special for you or your baby. All these details are carefully captured to preserve your story at this very moment in your life. Newborn lifestyle sessions are usually recorded in the child’s room, main bedroom, family room or living room, and wherever else you could have nice light. The photo style is a mixture of journalistic, documentary and traditional portraits. It is less a smile for the camera and more an interaction with the baby and each other. Baby is definitely the Star of the session, so special attention is given to the little hands, feet and lips, with bonus points for yawning! Each new phase your baby goes through is filled with such a wide range of emotions – awe, wonder, joy, frustration, confusion and even more frustration! But really, we want to remember every minute of this journey, because they grow and change far too quickly. A newborn lifestyle session is the perfect way to capture all the feelings and emotions that went along with welcoming this little person into your home and hearts forever.
Newborn Session– Newborn Portrait Sessions include props. Baby needs to be asleep for their portrait part of the session for safe, beautiful posing. This includes 3-4 different prop set ups such as headbands, tie backs, bonnets, hats, wraps and baskets. All my props are carefully chosen from high-quality vendors and artists. Usually, session takes place at the studio near Offenburg, Ortenau. For this type of photoshoots, recommended that baby is up to 14 days old to get those curly and sleepy poses. I also include family portraits in this type of photo sessions.
Sitter Session- My next favorite stage to capture after newborns is the sitter stage. This session is best suited for babies between 6 and 9 months, who can confidently sit up unsupported. It won’t be long before they are running around so don’t miss out on capturing this special stage. Babies are very interactive at this age and are full of genuine expressions. Their smiles and giggles are so cute and adorable. These sessions are full of laughter!
Cake Smash Session – This session is specially designed for babies celebrating their first birthday. Each session is individually styled based on your choice of color scheme. When you arrive I will give you and baby time to relax and settle into the studio environment. Once baby is happy and settled we will start with nice portrait photos first when your child dressed in their special pre smash outfit. It could be some smart clothes sets.
After that we will change into cake smash clothing and move on to the fun cake smash. I have a variety of different outfits: different rompers, pretty skirts, pants sets which you can choose. After all that cake smashing you can expect a big mess! A fun way to clean up afterwards instead of the usual wipe down is to have the baby take a bubble bath in a tub filled to the brim with bubbles! Babies love their baths and all those bubbles add to the fun.
These sessions usually last around one hour and it is guaranteed that you will walk away from the session with some wonderful memories and images to share with your child as they grow up.
LenaGu Photography is a professional baby photographer that specializes in maternity, newborn, family, cake smash photography in Offenburg, Ortenau and surrounding areas including Achern, Basel, Biberach (Baden), Baden-Baden, Bühl, Durbach, Elzach, Ettlingen, Freiburg, Freudenstadt, Gengenbach, Gutach, Hausach, Haslach im Kinzigtal, Hornberg, Karlsruhe, Kehl, Lahr, Lörrach, Rust, Schiltach, Schramberg, Strasbourg, Triberg, Waldkirch, Wolfach, Zell.
