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Maternity Newborn & Baby Photography Pricing in Los Angeles & Glendale
Portrait Photography Designed Around You
Quick Answer
Newborn only packages start at $449. Newborn With Family Packages Start at $1049. Maternity, Mommy & Me, Baby Milestone all start at $560.
Why Families Choose Panos Productions
Experience Matters When You're Photographing People
I have been photographing families professionally for more than 12 years and have photographed more than 350 newborn sessions.
That experience matters for reasons that have very little to do with pressing a shutter.
Babies do not always sleep. Toddlers do not always cooperate. Parents sometimes feel uncomfortable in front of a camera. Children can need time to warm up. A pose that looks beautiful on one person may not flatter another.
My job is to recognize those things and adjust.
Your session is not built around expecting everyone to behave perfectly. It is built around knowing what to do when they don't.
Professional Credentials
I am a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) and have pursued specialized education in newborn photography, newborn care, posing, lighting, and portrait artistry.
Professional photography has also been my second career working with children. Before becoming a photographer, I spent many years as a special education teacher.
That combination of photographic training and extensive experience with babies and children influences the way I approach every session.
You Don't Need to Know How to Pose
Most of my clients are not models, and I don't expect them to be.
I guide you through positioning, posture, hands, expression, and where to look. I make adjustments based on your body, your family, your clothing, and the photograph we're creating.
During maternity and Mommy & Me sessions, that may mean determining which poses and camera angles are most flattering. During newborn sessions, it means safely positioning your baby while guiding parents and siblings into the photograph. With older babies and children, it often means abandoning the original plan for a moment and working with what the child gives us.
Knowing when to change direction is part of the experience you're paying for.
Portraits Are Created, Not Simply Taken
My photography is intentionally designed.
I use professional studio lighting, posing, styling, backgrounds, and detailed post-production to create polished portraits with a painterly, finished quality.
If you are looking primarily for candid, documentary photographs of everyday life, my style may not be the best match.
If you want carefully composed portraits with professional lighting, direction, and detailed finishing, that is the work I specialize in.
What Does Your Photography Investment Include?
A portrait session involves considerably more than the time spent in front of the camera.
Depending on the type of session and collection you choose, your experience may include:
Planning and preparation
Guidance on timing, clothing, styling, and preparing for your session. If appropriate, you can come to my studio for a fitting to see what gowns I have you can use for your session.
Professional studio lighting
Lighting is designed around the portrait rather than leaving the finished result to whatever light happens to be available.
Posing and direction
You are guided throughout the session. You do not need to know how to pose yourself or your family.
Studio wardrobe, props, wraps, and backgrounds
Many sessions include access to items from my studio collection so you do not have to purchase everything specifically for your photographs.
Experience working with babies and children
Sessions are adjusted for feeding, soothing, breaks, changing moods, shy children, active toddlers, and the unexpected.
Professional retouching
Your selected photographs are individually edited and finished.
Digital photographs and heirloom options
Collections vary, with options ranging from smaller digital portrait collections to larger collections with professionally designed albums.
Maternity Photography
Studio Maternity Portraits
Maternity sessions are designed around the mother first.
Rather than spending an entire session creating one look, we can create different styles within the same experience, including more traditional portraiture, painterly images, fabric draping, bare-belly portraits, and cleaner contemporary looks.
Partners and children can also be included.
I guide you through posing throughout the session and make adjustments according to your body, pregnancy, comfort, and the style of portrait we're creating.
Choose Your Maternity Collection
Each maternity collection includes professional posing and direction, access to studio gowns and accessories, professionally edited portraits, matching 4×6 prints, and corresponding digital files for social media. Choose your collection based on the number of finished portraits and heirloom products you would like to receive.
Maternity Silver — $560
For mothers who want a carefully selected collection with plenty of variety from their maternity session.
Approximately 90-minute studio session
Access to studio gowns and accessories
10 professionally edited images
Corresponding 4×6 prints
Matching digital files for social media
Reserve the Maternity Silver Collection
Maternity Platinum — $960
For mothers who want a larger portrait collection with a finished album to preserve the session.
Approximately 90-minute studio session
Access to studio gowns and accessories
25 professionally edited images
Corresponding 4×6 prints
Matching digital files for social media
Linen keepsake box
5×7 coffee-table book featuring 20 favorite images
Reserve the Maternity Platinum Collection
Maternity Gold — $1,410
For mothers who want the most complete maternity collection with additional session time, more finished portraits, and a larger heirloom album.
Up to 2-hour studio session
Access to studio gowns and accessories
40 professionally edited images
Corresponding 4×6 prints
Matching digital files for social media
Linen keepsake box
8×8 coffee-table book featuring 35 favorite images
Newborn Photography
A Session Built Around Your Baby
Newborn sessions are never completely predictable.
Some babies sleep. Some remain awake. Some need to eat frequently. Some settle immediately and others need considerably more time.
After more than 350 newborn sessions, I don't expect your baby to follow a photography schedule.
I plan the photography around your baby.
My newborn studio includes wraps, props, backgrounds, lighting, and other resources needed to create the session. Depending on the collection you choose, sessions may include wrapped portraits, posed newborn photography, parents, siblings, and family portraits.
Newborn Starter Session — $449
For families who want a small collection focused on their newborn.
Approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Wrapped newborn photography6 professionally edited digital images
This is intentionally a smaller newborn experience for families who do not need the variety of a full session.
Reserve The Newborn Starter Session
Newborn Only Silver — $579
For families who want a more complete newborn portrait collection.
Approximately 2½ hours. Greater variety of newborn portraits and setups15 professionally edited digital images
Reserve The Newborn Only Silver
Newborn Only Platinum — $949
For families who want a larger portrait collection and a finished heirloom from the session.
Approximately 3½ hours25 professionally edited digital images. Custom 8×8 album with 20 images
Reserve The Newborn Only Platinum
Newborn Only Gold — $1,579
For families who want the most complete newborn collection.
Approximately 3½ hours50 professionally edited digital images. Custom 8×8 album with 35 images
Want Parents and Family Included?
Newborn collections with family portraits are also available.
These sessions provide additional finished images to accommodate newborn, parent, sibling, and family combinations.
Silver With Family — 25 images
Platinum With Family — 40 images + 20-image album
Gold With Family — 50 images + 35-image album
Your baby does not have to arrive on an exact predicted date for you to plan newborn photography. Newborn sessions can be reserved using your due date, and the actual session date can be adjusted after your baby arrives.