So many changes happen in the first year of a baby’s life and they’ll never happen again so capture as many of them as possible. Not everyone can schedule a portrait session once a month for a year straight but it's a good idea to catch at least a handful of stages. Maybe every other month or 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. When our boys were growing through their first year of life, I did a portrait session every month to chronicle the amazing changes. It’s easy to forget when children loose the baby face, get the first tooth or start standing on their own. We have some of those moments written down but words can’t describe a chubby-cheeked smile as well as a 20x30 print on the living room wall. In chronicling your baby’s first year, having a point of reference makes the changes even more dramatic. A chair, toy, blanket, etc. really emphasizes just how much they’ve grown each time. I put Max, our youngest boy, in the same chair as a part of his monthly portraits. In the beginning, he could comfortably sprawl out and by the last session he was standing on it.
I’ve paired images of Markus with Max for their first twelve months, starting at 2 weeks old, along with Max’s first and last shot in the chair and their second year portraits.
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