About Sophie Crew Photography | San Diego Family Photographer
Sophie Crew Photography | Specializing in Maternity, Newborn, Baby, Child and Family custom portraits. On location throughout San Diego! Winner of the Parents Pick Nickelodeon Best Family Photographer Award!
It was such a pleasure to photograph sweet baby Grayson a couple of weeks ago. I also had the privilege of capturing mom and dad’s pregnancy at one of my new favorite outdoorsy locations here in San Diego. It’s so fun to meet the parents-to-be and feel their excitement and anticipation during the maternity session, then to see that love and joy when baby arrives… I love my job
Here are a few from baby G’s session, and a few from mom and dad’s mini-maternity session…
Meet newborn babies Brian, David and Nicholas – San Diego’s newest set of adorable triplets! I am so excited to share their session with you all.
When mom inquired about a session for her three almost-7 week old newborns, I was super excited but knowing that they were already several weeks old, we needed to schedule a session sooner rather than later. So we did, and planned for just a few days later. Brian, David and Nicholas were in the NICU for their first five weeks of life. I responded to mom’s email and excitedly envisioned three tiny babies with matching hats and matching blankets, and my awesome visions danced around in my head – I was full of ideas, until I realized I didn’t have any matching boy hats, and there was no way that I would be able to find some ready to ship on Etsy, so I was in a panic – where would I find them in just 3 days! Well, luckily I have the most awesome of mail ladies right here in town – she’s the one who ships out all of my client orders, and she knits! I ran down to the mail place and asked if she would be able to make a few, and she happily agreed! So not only were they made in two days time, but she made two beautiful sets of them with matching blankets and they were SO much cooler than I envisioned – wohoo!! By the way, I didn’t just choose blue, red and green for fun – mom and dad have babies color coded in those colors to tell them apart those first few weeks
I brought my friend and fellow photographer, Melanie along for the fun – she is a rock star assistant! No, I mean she rocks, she is not affiliated with any rock bands (that I know of, lol). When we arrived, we immediately went to work, getting ‘stations’ set up for the babies. We set up the ‘prop’ area downstairs, and the ‘beanbag’ area upstairs, so that we would be able to photograph these cuties more efficiently – we knew that one would be sleeping when the others would not, and we needed to be ready for the chance of all three boys sleeping at the same time so we could get the ‘together’ shots.
Our session went great, and I am so pleased with what we captured. These beautiful boys are going to grow up so quickly, so capturing their tiny cuteness at just a few weeks old makes me super happy How awesome is it that Brian, David and Nicholas will grow up to be best buddies and will always have someone to play with!
I love photographing newborn babies, I really do! Each newborn session for me is so exciting, as I walk into the homes of brand new parents who are just beaming with love and excitement for their new little one, and are so excited for our newborn portrait session. I always thought it would be great for expectant mommies searching for a newborn photographer to see what a typical session looks like. I put this video together just for you, mom and dad to be! I love photographing babies, and hope that this ‘behind the scenes’ peek at a typical newborn session will help give you an idea of what to expect for our session.
I work in the comfort of your own home, and our sessions last approximately 3 hours, and allow for a fun, casual and relaxed time, which allows for plenty of stress-free nursing/feeding, cuddling and prop/set changes. I love capturing a variety of sweet posed sleepy newborn shots as well as more candid interaction with mom, dad, a sibling – just capturing those precious moments. Newborns are photographed within the first 10 days of life, as they are still quite sleepy and bendy at that age for poses that mimic those inside the womb. So many moms and dads tell me how happy they are that I came to them, because in those first few days of having your newborn home, things are crazy hectic. As you can see in the video, I don’t need a lot of space – just an area near a window. I bring everything with me, and take special requests as to which props you want for me to bring along. I am constantly finding new props, blankets and hats for our sessions. Thank you so much for taking the time to read about Sophie Crew Photography!
I am SO excited to be sharing this blog post. Little Ethan belongs to my very good friend L – you have seen her beautiful daughter (and Ava’s BFF) Brooke on my blog before – she’s the gorgeous blonde Mr. Ethan came one week earlier than planned. L was so excited to have just gone on maternity leave and take advantage of having one week all to herself to prepare for Ethan’s scheduled C-section arrival. Well, baby boy decided to not give his mama any down time – he came on her first day of Maternity leave! He is such a sweet baby, and he looks just like big sis. Congrats, A family on your gorgeous family Love ya!
I met B and J a few weekends ago for their mini-maternity session at the beach. It was such a beautiful day and they were such a happy and excited couple! They are expecting a girl anytime now and they told me her name – OMG I LOVE it! I won’t share it with you yet in case it’s a surprise to their family and friends, but they get an A+ is name cuteness and originality, plus it’s French, so double awesome points! I can’t wait to share her newborn session once she arrives!
Here are a few of my favorites from our session:
OOOHHHH, don’t forget to come by PlayTown Indoor Playground on Wednesday, April 13th from 4:30pm to 7:30pm for my ONE day set of Easter Mini Sessions. No RSVP required, just show up and bring your wee ones.
I am also super excited to be a sponsor at Mamafest this year! Moms and moms to be, make it a girl’s night out with your girlfriends and come see the best ‘mom’ vendors and services that San Diego has to offer. Check out all of the featured vendors here.
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A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Skylar at just a few days old. She was so sweet and cuddly – I love my job! We found a great little spot in her home to photograph her – right next to a set of French doors that lead to the outside but gave us the perfect light, except that I was getting shadowing from the middle panels of the door. Of course, shooting with the doors open to solve the problem would have been too cold for this sweetie, and shooting with them closed would have given us uneven lighting, so we worked on getting her posed with the doors closed, and as soon as she was ready to be photographed, I would open the doors for a few seconds to take the shot, then shut them again to swich poses. Sometimes you just have to improvise! It was a true pleasure to photograph Miss Skylar. Thank you H family for the opportunity!
Little guy Will was so much fun to run around and chase – as most mobile one year olds, his environment is exciting, and he needs to explore it all! We had a great time shooting Will and his beautiful family a few weeks ago. Will had recently turned one, so of course we did a cake smash to celebrate! Totally some of the cutest cakey expressions ever – scroll down to see them Thank you, G family for fun photo session!
I can’t get enough of sweet baby Madalyn’s adorable smiles! Isn’t she just too cute for words? I had a wonderful time hanging out with 3 month old baby Madalyn and her super sweet mama and grandma on Superbowl Sunday. Instead of cheering for touchdowns, we cheered for smiles Lol. Anyways, here are a few from our session… enjoy
Yes, I do love my job… how could you not after getting to hang out with these little bundles of sweetness for 3 hours? Meet baby Julian – you might remember his gorgeous parents from their maternity session here. Little Julian made his way into the world just a few weeks ago, and I had the honor of photographing him just under 2 weeks old. When I took a peek at Julian’s back yard, I was super excited to see the fruit trees, and knew we had to incorporate them into his session. Here are a few of my favorites from our session. Thank you, E family for the opportunity to photograph your little guy!
It’s not fair that this mama looks so gorgeous preggo! Lol, isn’t she beautiful? This sweet couple are expecting their first baby in just a few weeks – a girl! We had a great day in La Jolla, enjoying the sun and some yummy ice cream (I didn’t make her eat the pickles) before heading down to the cove for some shots on the beach. We had fun watching the seals chit chat or bark at each other – what a life, you get to hang out on a rock all day and be lazy, then just bark orders to your friends, lol. Anyways, here are a few from our session. I can’t wait to photograph their little one once she arrives!
