Maternity & Newborn Collection

California Natural Newborn Photographer | Tiffany Chi Photography

Frank and Julia welcomed their second little love, a boy named Ethan, on August 28, 2022. We photographed Ethan’s Natural Newborn Studio Session about a month later in October. As a California natural newborn photographer based in Orange County, I often photograph around the 4 week mark to offer recovery time to postpartum mothers, as well as to prioritize family bonding with parents and siblings, and any necessary postnatal medical appointments. There is so much happening within the first weeks of delivery that it can often be stressful to throw a Natural Newborn Session in the mix.

I want to create a stress free and seamless experience for you so that you only need to focus on loving on your family and being present in the moment. Because I had already photographed Julia, Frank, and Nathan for their Maternity Session, everyone was already comfortable and at ease with me and my shooting style. It’s for this reason that I adore my Maternity and Newborn Photography Collection Package families. I love connecting with you and building a relationship with you and your family. It’s these relationships that make my work so rewarding and special.

To share a bit of the Kuo Family’s story, Julia explains in her own words:

Frank and I had very similar beginnings growing up – we were both born at UCSF, grew up in California, spent a lot of time in Taiwan during our childhoods, went to UCLA for undergrad, went to the same medical school – but it wasn’t until we both started residency in 2014 when we really got to know each other. Despite the long-distance during the first year of our relationship, we grew close and made it a priority to see each other as much as possible, despite our unpredictable schedules. 

During that first year of our relationship, I was suddenly diagnosed with a chronic illness (Multiple Sclerosis) that has forever changed my life. Frank not only became my cheerleader and strength, but continued to plan our lives together despite knowing how this would affect him. During difficult times, he encouraged me and gave me hope. We were married in 2017 surrounded by our amazing friends and family. 

Soon after, we decided that we wanted to grow our family. This proved to be one of the greatest challenges we had to face, in addition to my illness. Each month was filled with tears and frustration as we faced another failed attempt. We decided to adopt Mia, our rescue puppy, in 2019 and after 3 years of heartache and struggles, we finally had our wish come true. Nathan was born in 2020 and has brought so much joy into our lives. 

Fast forward to 2021, we decided to try again to expand our family. After suffering a loss, we were surprised with news that we will be expecting a little brother for Nathan. They will be 2 years apart (almost exactly!). We could not be more thrilled!

As we were unable to have the experience we had hoped for with Nathan given the pandemic, we hope that with this little one, we can capture more moments of our family and our love for them. We are so grateful for each of them and hope they will be able to look at the photos from this session and know how loved they are.

Orange County Natural Newborn Natural Light Studio | Tiffany Chi Photography

The morning of their Newborn Session in my orange county natural light newborn photography studio, the air was filled with excitement. Big brother Nathan was so thrilled to see me again and to have his pictures taken with his new baby brother. Sibling portraits are not always easy to capture, especially with a wiggly active toddler, but they are always so sweet when we succeed. The images that I have of my own two children when my youngest was first born are some of my most treasured images because they are captures of the two humans that I love the most in this world.

As a California Natural Newborn Photographer, my main recommendation for my families with toddlers is to remain patient and to lower expectations of flawless cooperation. Toddlers are easily stimulated and developmentally unable to self regulate when overstimulated, tired, or upset, so it’s important for parents to remain calm and composed (even if inside you really want to explode!).

I encourage my families to maintain a playful and engaging attitude with any toddler big brothers or sisters for a successful Natural Newborn Session. Do not be afraid to encourage and play, and be sensitive to your child’s cues of fatigue or overstimulation. I always allow for plenty of breaks where we photograph just with parents or just baby, to give toddler time to pause and take a break. Please do not pressure, reprimand, or push your toddler into a pose if they are resisting. Sometimes we are able to get the shot, and sometimes we’re not. Please allow plenty of grace for these situations!

Not only have I had my own littles at that age, I work with many families with young toddlers, so I am accustomed to the mood swings and the hot / cold behavior that toddlers challenge us with! It definitely keeps us on our toes, but I just roll with it, and the more we are able to laugh about it, the better our Session will unfold.

California Natural Newborn Natural Light Studio | Tiffany Chi Photography

For this Natural Newborn Photography Session in my natural light Studio, we were able to successfully capture sweet Nathan as a proud big brother to his baby brother, Ethan. I absolutely adore these images, and I am so grateful that Frank and Julia will have these images to preserve and display in their home and to share with Nathan and Ethan once they’re older and have formed an unbreakable brotherly bond.

I hope for them to be joyful, kind, respectful and true to themselves and never lose their lust for life and sense of wonder.

Orange County Natural Newborn Photographer | Tiffany Chi Photography

If you are interested in hearing more about Maternity and Newborn Photography Collection Packages, or about the portrait experience for my natural light Maternity, Newborn, Birth, Fresh 48 Documentary, Baby and Family Photography Sessions, please reach out anytime!

I can’t wait to hear from you.