My husband was dubious about spending money on someone else taking photos of our new baby (he thinks since I have a nice camera I could get the same result), but I am so glad I convinced him. Immediately after arriving at Amanda's studio, and seeing the many, many setups/backgrounds set up and all the prop/outfit options, my husband started to realize how much goes into just preparing to take the photos, especially given how above and beyond Amanda went with accommodating our ideas. Even before the shoot, Amanda was amazing at communicating as we emailed back and forth before the baby was born to discuss ideas and make sure we were prepared to get the best photo results possible when the day came. After she was born, our baby was refusing to sleep unless she was held but somehow, with Amanda's prep instructions and whatever magic she performed at the studio, our baby was calm and asleep for just about the whole 3 hour session! Any doubts my husband had about the value of our newborn photoshoot disappeared even before we got our photos back, and we are so in love with how they turned out once we did. We are so glad we trusted Amanda with capturing those memories for us. We know that one day in many years, our daughter will have the best photos to bring for her school or work's "Guess everyone's baby photo" games. read more