If you are at all familiar with my newborn work you know that it is completely “Lifestyle.”

Now the words we use to define our work aren’t really important. What is truly important is the feeling behind our work.

My newborn work is family and baby centered. I don’t pose my newborns on a beanbag and rarely take them out of their parents arms.

But it didn’t used to be that way. Until about four years ago I was still operating as a traditional “posed” newborn photographer. I had the beanbag, brought the heater, and even had the props.

And if you know me you know that this so so NOT me.

But I was believing the lie that in order to make money doing this I had to do it a certain way. I had to pose babies because that is what my families would expect.

After I gave birth to my third daughter I realized that this was so not in align with my artistic vision and my values.

Right then and there I rebranded, took every posed image off of my website, and started over.

Guess what happened? My newborn business exploded. Why? Because people can sense when something isn’t coming from a place of passion. When something isn’t authentic.

So if you are doing something that just doesn’t feel right, don’t be afraid to make a change. I know it is scary to do that, but I am here to tell you that you can and that you SHOULD.

I hope you all are having a fantastic week!

Be you!!

xo,

Elena

P.S. If you are curious about Lifestyle Newborn Photography and how to get started or make a change to this type of Newborn Photography in your business, grab my free download “Getting Started With Lifestyle Newborn Photography” by clicking the button below.