Amazing newborn photographs can be taken with any type of camera. Whether in the hospital or in the home, the location area should be in front of a window where there is even light.

Other than your camera, the other items you can use will be found within the room your working in. These common things can be used in your photographs:

• Pillow(s) - These will be used to prop up the baby, or lay the baby on. A Boppy pillow is a c-shaped pillow made for holding a baby or for nursing. When covered with blankets the baby can be placed in the middle.

• White sheets for background, as pillow covers or as light reflectors.

• Babies blanket or onesie for the fresh, new look of a newborn.

If the baby is sleeping let him or her continue to sleep. Chances are they will wake up before your finished photographing. Try some of these ideas to pose a baby:

• Wrapped in a blanket
• Laying stomach down with the head in the parent's elbow or straddling a parent’s arm.