About Newborn Safety

The Mandi Pol Photography studio values and puts newborn safety at the forefront of every single session.

Newborn Photography takes a lot of special safety and posing training, which is extremely important to know.

*When booking your Newborn Session please book a photographer who is specifically trained in Newborn Posing Safety* and recommended by your hospital, OBGYN, or pediatrician. 

Newborn portraiture is unique in the fact that it requires a photographer who has proper training and knowledge of the needs of infants. In addition to knowing how to properly hold, care for, and soothe a baby, it is necessary to be proficient in Photoshop wizardry.

The beautiful photos you see on my website, are created by using behind the scenes magic and I must confess, that most of my artwork is an illusion. I don’t actually have elephants hanging out at the studio, and I don’t actually hang babies from the ceiling. However, I do photograph each baby on a soft blanket and copy and paste from multiple shots to create an image which fits my vision.

Each and every baby that visits the studio will always be posed and swaddled safely in a way that their head will be supported and where they will feel comfortable.

I have over 10 years of experience professionally photographing newborns, countless hours of training with mentors, and I continue to attend workshops so that I am able to stay up to date on safety measures. This allows me to pose these delicate little ones in a way that they are always safe.

Your newborn is supported by human hands at ALL TIMES throughout risky poses. This popular pose is known as the “froggy pose” and this pose is always created as a composite of two images, in order to ensure that baby’s head is supported at all times. I also achieve this effect by using several behind the scenes tricks like the support pillows you cannot see underneath the blanket.

With any other portraits that may appear to put the baby in a position of potential danger, I can assure you that these are all created 100% safely.

I would *never* balance or hang them from a height, nor in a way that they were required to support their own head in their hands.
That just wouldn’t be safe. Instead, with a bit of magic and the power of my imagination the final image was achieved when I combined several photographs together. Editing is an essential element in the success of this kind of image and I absolutely love creating unique pieces.