A newborn photography gift certificate can be a wonderful gift to give to new parents but here’s something important to know about newborn gift vouchers.

Whether you’ve receive one or your gifting one, then you need to know that the window for newborn photography is super short. Photos need to be taken in the baby’s first two weeks to get that lovely sleepy, dreamy stuff.

Obviously it’s a busy time for new parents and it’s super easy to miss that window if you don’t already have it in the calendar. For that reason, I don’t recommend giving a newborn photography gift voucher as a present once the baby has arrived. Instead, it’s better to give it ahead of time so the parents-to-be can get booked in – we book for the due date plus seven days and move it as needed so it’s a flexible appointment.

I’ll always do my best to fit in last minute bookings but the calendar does get quite full and newborn sessions are quite long and limited to earlier in the day (later appointments don’t work for very tiny people as they get too grumpy!) and so I can’t 100% guarantee a slot for you if it’s not pre-booked.

When you get your voucher, there’s a separate sheet that comes with it that explains all this so it should make sense when you see it but you’re always welcome to get in touch with any questions that you have and I’m happy to help.

Missed the window? Don’t worry, your voucher is valid to be used at any time in your baby’s first year so you can book in and visit for photos when they’re older or even use it for a first birthday photo shoot!