Monday 4 August 2014

Sleeping like babies: Photographer celebrates the beauty and wonder of newborns


  • Photographer Sandi Ford captures heartwarming images of just days old newborns while they are sleeping
  • Places them in a variety of positions, including the frogi pose where the babies prop up their head in their hands
  • Says she aims to capture beautiful pictures of the infants, showing off their innocence and joy 
These babies might have just entered the world but already they are showing off their cheeky personalities while sleeping.
The charming pictures show the slumbering infants with their emotions written all over their tiny faces, even if they are only a few days old.
The heart-warming images were captured by photographer Sandi Ford, who places the newborns in a variety of positions, while they are snoozing comfortably.
The 35-year-old, who sees clients visit her home in Ealing, west London gently places the babies in what is described as the frogi pose, where the babies replicate the stance of a frog, to snap the adorable pictures.
She lays the infants on their fronts, with their heads propped up in their hands before moving their feet forwards.
Sandi said: 'Babies are so innocent and beautiful, and children are so full of joy and life, it’s this that I aim to capture.'
Something funny is clearly causing this sleeping newborn to grin after being placed in the frogi pose by photographer Sandi Ford
Something funny is clearly causing this sleeping newborn to grin after being placed in the frogi pose by photographer Sandi Ford
To get the snoozing infants into the frogi pose, the photographer gently places the babies on their bellies, props their head up with their hands and brings their feet forwards
To get the snoozing infants into the frogi pose, the photographer gently places the babies on their bellies, props their head up with their hands and brings their feet forwards 
The images show the babies displaying a variety of different emotions, from happiness and cheekiness, to wonder and surprise
The images show the babies displaying a variety of different emotions, from happiness and cheekiness, to wonder and surprise 
Ms Ford says it is the babies' innocence that she aims to capture in her pictures to show that children are full of joy and life
Ms Ford says it is the babies' innocence that she aims to capture in her pictures to show that children are full of joy and life 
Most of the newborns that Ms Ford photographs are less than two weeks old, meaning it is easier for them to be placed in the frogi position
Most of the newborns that Ms Ford photographs are less than two weeks old, meaning it is easier for them to be placed in the frogi position 
The images were all captured at Ms Ford's home in Ealing, west London, where clients take their newborns
The images were all captured at Ms Ford's home in Ealing, west London, where clients take their newborns
Most of the babies don't even wake up when they are being photographed and continue to sleep during their shoot
Most of the babies don't even wake up when they are being photographed and continue to sleep during their shoot 
The photographer recommends that the babies are photographed before they are a month old as they then start to become less sleepy and lose their 'newborn curl'
The photographer recommends that the babies are photographed before they are a month old as they then start to become less sleepy and lose their 'newborn curl'
The photographer hopes her images will help parents remember their newborn's tiny features and fluffy hair as they get older
The photographer hopes her images will help parents remember their newborn's tiny features and fluffy hair as they get older
Sessions photographing the newborns can take up to four hours as the photographer has to allow time for feeding and nappy changes
Sessions photographing the newborns can take up to four hours as the photographer has to allow time for feeding and nappy changes
Ms Ford hopes that when the babies she photographs have children of their own, they will be able to show them that they too were once babies like them
Ms Ford hopes that when the babies she photographs have children of their own, they will be able to show them that they too were once babies like them

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