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Baby’s First Year Portrait Sessions | Orange County Baby Photographer

The Baby Portrait Plan

Any mom or dad can tell you how fast the first year of baby’s life is—full of fun and thrilling firsts and changes in baby, but also hectic trying to fit everything in. That’s why we created our “Baby’s First Year” portrait plan. It includes three sessions: One as a newborn, a second at six months, and a final at baby’s first birthday. We have found that each of these stages is a distinct time in baby’s life: From the sweet, scrunched up newborn look; to baby sitting up with a tooth or two at six months; to the celebration of the first year, complete with a cake smash. It’s a gift you give to yourself, to hold on to a bit of this special time!

Greyson’s parents signed him up for this plan at his newborn portrait session (also featuring his cutie pie brothers!). We think the three portraits together tell a beautiful story of his first year of life.

With each session, you get a portrait-quality 8×10 print of your choice, and a custom Organic Bloom frame. The best part?  We pre-book all three sessions at the beginning so you have one less thing to worry about. And we promise we’ll give you plenty of reminders before the next session, because as parents ourselves, we totally understand ‘new parent brain!’  You’ll also save money booking the three sessions together as opposed to separately, and no conflicts with our schedules being booked.

We go out of our way to make sure we provide a backdrop, theme, and frame color that will work with the color in your home or in your baby’s nursery. With our huge selection or props and backdrops, it’s not hard!

Your little one will be showcased on our Facebook and Instagram pages so you can share with your family and friends.

Here are a few of the companies (cake/props/etc.)  featured in Greyson’s three-portrait package!

studio: Gilmore Studios Costa Mesa, CA

cake- French’s Cupcake Bakery

beach backdrop: Lemondrop Backdrops

airplane backdrop: Pepperlu

beach props: Hobby Lobby

suitcase prop: Wayfair

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    Gilmore Studios serves Orange County, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. We specialize in wedding photography, family portraits, newborn and branding photography. Our studio has been in business since 2002.

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