Do I get a 3D virtual gallery with my session?
Yes - every Opus Lumière session of two hours or more includes The Growing Gallery, a private, password-protected 3D gallery of your finished photographs that you walk through and share with family. It is free for two years and gains a floor with every shoot. One-hour and 1.5-hour sessions don’t include it.
Do we need to prepare our home?
Only a little. Clear clutter from the rooms we’ll use - usually the nursery, main bedroom or living room - open the curtains for natural light, and keep the room warm (around 24–26°C). A quick tidy near the windows helps, but your home doesn’t need to be spotless; we’re photographing your family, not your housekeeping.
What if our home is small?
Any size works. Some of the most intimate images come from compact spaces - a parent beside a single bright window, siblings curled up on a bed. We use careful framing, soft focus and light to create clean, beautiful compositions in any room.
When should we book?
The loveliest, sleepiest images come at 5 to 14 days old, so we recommend booking during pregnancy - ideally your third trimester - and reserving a flexible window around your due date. Those first two weeks pass faster than you’d expect.
How do you keep our baby safe?
Safety comes first, always. Your baby’s head is supported and airway clear in every pose, with a parent within arm’s reach. Any shot that looks “unsupported” is created with composite editing - multiple frames with your baby fully held, merged afterwards.
Can I do a newborn shoot at home?
Yes - a newborn photoshoot at home is often the calmest option: your baby is most settled in familiar rooms, feeds are easy, and there is no travel in the first fortnight. Joy photographs by your window light and Annie settles and poses, so you simply hold your baby and enjoy it.
How can I take my own newborn photos at home?
A few DIY newborn tips: turn the room lights off and use one big window, keep the room warm, and shoot in the sleepy hour after a feed. Get close to your baby’s face, try different angles from above and from the side, and photograph the details - hands, feet, the curl of an ear. Keep every pose fully supported, never balance your baby on anything, and take more pictures than you think you need.
How soon can you do a newborn photoshoot?
As soon as you are home and rested - the best window is 5 to 14 days, when newborns sleep deeply and curl naturally. We hold a flexible date around your due date and confirm within a day or two of the birth.
How to do a 1 month baby photoshoot at home?
At one month old babies are more awake, so work with it: photograph eye contact and expressions in soft window light, use a plain blanket on the bed, and keep sessions short between feeds. Awake babies love faces, so a parent leaning in works best - and if you would like the whole family in the photos, that is exactly what our at-home newborn photography session is for.
