Newborn photographer in Barcelona

In Barcelona the question for a newborn session is less about the baby than about which room in the flat has any light. Older buildings in the Eixample and the old town tend to have one bedroom on the street and another on an inner courtyard or light well, and the second can be dim at any hour; in the Gothic Quarter’s three-metre streets direct sun reaches the ground for perhaps forty minutes a day. So we ask which rooms face the street and in which direction, and the session is placed at the hour that room is at its brightest, inside the first two weeks. In winter it is the other half of the job: many older flats have no central heating, so a small heater running in that one room matters more than any prop.

When to book in Barcelona

The session goes inside the baby’s first two weeks, when sleep is deep and curled poses come easily, and it is booked during pregnancy on your due date. Within the day, late morning is usually best: the window light is strongest in most rooms and feeds tend to have settled into a pattern. In summer, start early while the flat is cool; in winter, switch the heater on in that room an hour before we arrive. If the baby comes early or late, we simply move the date.