How to Choose Colors for Your Newborn Photography Session

Planning a newborn photography session often includes choosing colors that will complement your baby’s features and the style of your home. In my Bluffdale studio, many families visiting from Salt Lake City, Riverton, Draper, and surrounding Utah communities enjoy selecting soft, timeless color palettes that help create beautiful newborn portraits.

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Nothing excites me more than when a client tells me I can choose whatever colors I want for their baby’s newborn session. My Bluffdale, Utah studio is stocked with every possible color you could imagine and I love letting my creativity soar with this kind of open mindedness. I also understand that some parents have a general color scheme in mind to match baby’s nursery or just have colors that they really love. If you’re planning a session and want to see how these colors come together in finished portraits, you can explore my newborn photography gallery here.

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Oftentimes though, I think new mamas and daddy’s just aren’t sure what to choose so I get a lot of the typical pink/cream and blue/gray requests. I love those colors as much as the next girl but there are so many beautiful colors in the rainbow! Sometimes a color you would never think to select is the one you love the most.

Because your session includes a proofing gallery you get to choose the final images to be edited. If a color I add in for your baby is one you end up not liking that is perfectly ok! You get to choose! But if I had advice to give I would say choose unique for your baby.

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Bright sunshiny yellow (my favorite). Raspberry pink. Jade green or deep merlot. I have something for everyone. Or should I say every-baby? And if you can’t choose, maybe just choose them all.

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Planning Your Newborn Session

If you’re expecting and starting to plan your newborn photography session, color selection is one of the most fun parts of the process. Sessions are fully styled in my Bluffdale studio with a wide collection of wraps, textures, and heirloom pieces to create timeless portraits.

You can learn more about what to expect here:

Newborn Photography Experience

or explore recent sessions in the

Newborn Portfolio