I had so much fun using digital composites to create beautiful and artistic newborn photos in Minneapolis for this newborn photography session of this sweet baby girl. I love it when parents of baby girls want to girly it up with soft pastel colors and incorporate flowers and greenery into their photos.

During the pre-session consult, I had Mom send me her ideas for what she wanted for her newborn photos. I knew a few of the images she had sent to me had been composites using digital backgrounds. Digital backgrounds are a great way to create artistic and creative images without having to spend a ton of money on props. Newborn photography props can be very expensive and take up a lot of space in a photography studio.

I’ve found a lot of sellers on Etsy that create these designs and sell them for anywhere between $5 and $20, so they are much cheaper than buying all of the props individually, especially if you might not ever use them again.

I had Mom scope out a few on Etsy and send me her favorites so that we could create some for her newborn baby session gallery. These are 2 of the ones she sent to me. I love how the final images turned out.

It’s helpful to know ahead of the studio newborn and family photography session which digital background I’ll be merging the baby with, so I know what to shoot for. For the first image, I had Mom pick out a pink flower headband that would work perfectly with the pink and cream flowers surrounding the baby. For the second image, she opted for the headband with a cream flower and greenery matching so well with the green stems of the yellow tulips and honey bees. I honestly couldn’t love how these turned out anymore!

With any of my studio newborn photography packages, I’m happy to include 1-2 composite images for your gallery. These images do take some extra time to work on in Photoshop, so if you want more than 1-2 images, I do have to charge a little extra. But I’m happy to buy the digital backgrounds since I may use them again in the future.

Aren’t they just the most beautiful family?