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I'm Steph, Philadelphia's Natural Newborn Photographer serving young families and expecting Mother's in Bucks County, the Main Line and Philadelphia areas.

These are lifestyle photos, using natural light, guided prompts and natural engagement among the people you love to create modern and unexpected portraits for your family.

My sessions are child-led as we capture the feeling of this time in a natural, organic way.

Steph Kines details her simple, timeless products including albums, prints and wall galleries. Photos are meant to be printed and live in your home in a natural, warm way.

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The Motherhood Experience is a two part photography package. We first photograph your life as an expecting mother- a maternity session to remember this time that has been for so long. Whether it is arrival of your first baby, or your fourth, each milestone is to be honored before you shift into the new.

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Natural Photography | Philadelphia

There is a natural magic that unfolds when photographing inside your own home. For newborns, this is where they first travel to, where they rest and eat and cry and look around with wonderment. For new parents, this is where they figure it all out-

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Natural Newborn Photography: Indoor Lifestyle, Philadelphia

Here are a few tips that have saved me when in bright sun before I take the picture and after I take the picture.  You have a few opportunities to get it right before you bail and turn the entire image into black and white.  I think pool side and beach vacations are the best time to practice.

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5 Tips for Midday Bright Sun: Photography with your Smartphone

Our time together should be enjoyable, your children should have fun, your partner should think “that wasn’t so bad…” We want feel-good feelings attached to this experience so the images can bring warmth and smiles.

A mix of family photography and newborn photography during a natural lifestyle newborn photography session in Philadelphia
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Lifestyle Newborn Photography: Family on The Main Line, Philadelphia

Summertime with children can be tricky and sometimes it nice to have a few ideas up your sleeve for a beautiful morning or a restless afternoon. Though there are endless places to take the family, (no seriously…there are!! Checkout Philadelphiia’s Garden Passport for every detail you need to know), I tend to be very picky when it comes to exploring nature with children. 

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Best Free Gardens in the Philadelphia Area to Photograph and Explore

You might have heard “it’s all about the lighting” or something along those lines when people talk Photography Shop. Truth is, lighting is everything. Circa 2017 I believed I could Photoshop my way out of any situation and all I had to do was take a photograph. That could not be further from the truth. […]

Young baby girl plays with dandelions on her basement floor. She has diffused light coming in from the side to better understand natural light for indoor photography
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Understanding Natural Light: Tips to Better smartphone Photography at Home

People often ask me where my favorite place to photograph is. And the answer is always right here. Right where I am. I get lost behind my camera looking for windows of moments to frame for you and details of your life that might seem ordinary today, but will not be ordinary in a few […]

Black and White collage of a newborn photographed in his own home with his father and a sleeping portrait
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Main Line Newborn Photography at Home

We want to capture you, in your life, with your people, among your travel trinkets and thoughtful fixtures. Though there is beauty in the grand and magnificent, there is also beauty in the simple and real. You are magical in your own right, doing the things that are soooo important when it comes to raising children and building a family.

A side by side collage of the a couple expecting a baby. They are in the in the master bedroom, a place of low light. Moody, sexy, maternity photography
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Best Places to Photograph Inside: at home Photography Sessions

I welcome all pieces of indoor newborn photography in hopes to give you true-to-life snippets of how this time really was, how this time really felt. I often hear client apprehensions in booking sessions with young children, sharing statements like “my kids would never sit for that”

Black and White image of a newborn baby stretching on the couch
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Newborn Session with a Toddler: Indoor Family Photography Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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