Quiz | Isla Ann Photography

Newborn Session Questionnaire

Mother's First Name

Baby's First and Middle Name

For Twins, Baby B's First and Middle Name

Baby's gender

Favorite music to play at session?

Baby's birth date (if applicable)

Your due date, Baby's full term date (when will baby be 40 weeks)

Do parents prefer to stand or sit in poses with baby?

Baby's color wrap for family shots? (white, beige, pink, purple, green or blue?)

Names and ages of all siblings that will be in photos if any.

Are siblings trusted to hold baby standing, sitting, or lying down? For siblings under 5 years of age we recommend they practice lying down holding baby next to them for a photo at home before shoot day.

Will you need a photoshopped composite of baby with sibling(s)? ( we take a photo of big brother or sister seperate from baby then photoshop them together)

Do you have a favorite theme in mind to include? (For example, bears, careers, sports teams, airplanes, guitar, baseball, cowboy, ballerina, cultural, butterflies, flowers etc.)

Do you have any props or sentimental items to include in the session? (avoid outfits if possible, wraps and birthday suits work best for newborn photography) Most common are wedding dress, bibles, signs, name blankets, guitars, dad's uniforms etc

What colors do you want in your session? (whites, neutrals, tans, pinks, purple, dark blues, light blues, dark greens, light greens, etc)

Which lighting style collection do you prefer, dark and moody or light and airy?

Light and Airy

Dark and Moody

Pick two favorite prop containers (brown heart, white heart, barrel, bucket, brown bed, pink bed, and white bed)

Favorite caps? (Girl bonnet, sleepy cap, bear bonnet, headbands, or no caps)

Name your favorite poses you'd like included in your session (note: Not all poses and props will be best for every baby or guaranteed) Your photographer is trained to know best and will accomodate as much as possible. Colors may be different than sample photos.

Favorite Sports Team

Basket

Add Black and whites

Half Froggy

Full Froggy (newborns less than a week old)

Head on Hands

Womb Wrap

Potato

Bum Up

Womb Wrap Above

Western

Digital Photoshopped backdrop (cars, baseballs, butterflies, flowers etc)

Football

Over The Shoulder

In Parents Hands

Sentimental Family Item (bible, photo, necklace etc)

IVF

Scrabble

Any Holiday (mardis gras, halloween, cinco de mayo, new years etc)

Christmas

Name Blanket

Above Barrel

Uniform (police, military, firefighter etc)

Mugshots

Flokati Hands

Macro Shots (close ups of fingers and toes etc)

Diaper free shot

What color backdrop would you like for baby's table poses? Pick two colors (View our color options in the sample photo below)

Silhouette

Sign

Wedding Dress

Bowl

Hobbies (hunting, airplanes, cars etc)

Rainbow Baby

Any colors, props, themes or poses you want to AVOID?

Does mom or baby have any health issues, special needs or assistance for the shoot that photographer should be aware of to make the session more comfortable and accessible? (example: baby dislocated shoulder or mom had c-section and needs to stay seated etc)

Do you need assistance getting from your car to the studio with baby?

I promise to keep baby on their normal eating and sleeping schedule then exactly 30 minutes before session start time, no more and no less, I will change them into a clean diaper, feed baby to a full tummy, burp them and put them in their carseat with only a diaper on, pacifier, and blankets to keep warm. I acknowledge that the success of the session is highly dependant on this method.

Thank you!