Newborn sessions are ideally reserved during pregnancy, as availability is limited each month. Most families book shortly after confirming their pregnancy.

Your session is reserved around your due date rather than a fixed calendar date. When your baby arrives, you let me know and we schedule the exact day from there. Early and late arrivals are completely normal and easy to accommodate.

If your baby has already arrived, or you are booking later than planned, please reach out and I will do my best to accommodate you based on availability.

Newborn sessions are ideally photographed within the first 5–16 days after birth, when babies are typically sleepier and naturally curl into those early newborn poses. The Calm Arrival™ Mini session is also well suited for older newborns, up to 30 days old. If your baby is already past that window, please reach out anyway. Older newborns often make beautiful, wide-eyed photographs, and those sessions are approached a little differently.

Your baby's safety and comfort come first, and that starts with a clean studio.

All props and surfaces are wiped down and steam sterilized between sessions, and every blanket, wrap, and outfit is freshly laundered before use.

Shoes are not worn in the studio, and no outside visitors are permitted during a session — the space stays quiet, private, and clean for your baby.

Maternity session is available on its own or as an add-on to your Babybare newborn session.

If you know you would like maternity portraits, we recommend adding your maternity session when you reserve your newborn session so we can plan both experiences around your pregnancy and due date.

Most maternity sessions are photographed between 30 and 37 weeks. Your bump is beautifully round by then, and you are usually still comfortable enough to relax and enjoy the session.

If you are expecting multiples, or you have been told you may deliver early, please reach out sooner and we will plan around it.

You do not need to buy anything. The studio collection is included with your maternity add-on, and we choose your pieces together beforehand based on your coloring and what makes you feel most like yourself.

If there is something of your own you love, bring it. Some of the most meaningful portraits come from a piece that already means something to you.

The BabyBare studio is at 709 South Oyster Bay Road in Plainview, NY, in the heart of Nassau County.

Expecting mothers travel from Syosset, Woodbury, Huntington, Melville, Dix Hills, Roslyn, Manhasset, and Massapequa, from across Nassau and Suffolk County, and from New York City.