NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHY MENTOR IN OTTAWA
Hands-on education and mentorship for photographers looking to strengthen their workflow, posing, lighting, safety and client experience.
NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHY MENTOR IN OTTAWA
Hands-on education and mentorship for photographers looking to strengthen their workflow, posing, lighting, safety and client experience.
meet Emily Brown
Your Newborn Photography Mentor in Ottawa
With 16 years of experience photographing newborns and families, Emily Brown is the owner and artist behind Diamondview Photography, a boutique commercial portrait studio located in Ottawa, Ontario. Over the years, she has photographed hundreds of newborns while developing a workflow centred around safety, consistency, connection, and a calm client experience.
Emily is an Accredited Professional Photographer with the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) in Newborn, Child & Infant, Maternity, and Family Portraiture. She currently serves as Chair of the PPOC Eastern Ontario Branch and was awarded Newborn Best in Class in the 2025 PPOC Eastern Regional Salon.
Known for her soft, timeless style and safety-focused approach to newborn posing, Emily offers mentorship sessions designed to give photographers real-world insight into newborn workflow, lighting, soothing techniques, posing, parent interaction, and post-processing inside a working commercial studio environment.
Whether you are just beginning your newborn photography journey or looking to refine your workflow and technical skills, mentoring sessions are tailored to help photographers build confidence, consistency, and a stronger understanding of the newborn client experience.
Recognized Professional Work
STRENGTHEN
YOUR NEWBORN
PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS
Newborn photography is both incredibly rewarding and highly specialized. Creating beautiful newborn portraits requires far more than simply posing a baby — it takes patience, technical skill, safety awareness, and the ability to create a calm and comfortable experience for both baby and parents.
During your newborn mentoring session, we will photograph a full newborn session from start to finish inside a professional Ottawa studio environment. Along the way, we will cover newborn workflow, client preparation, soothing and posing techniques, lighting, safety considerations, and post-processing including culling and editing. Mentorship sessions are designed to provide photographers with real-world insight, hands-on learning, and the confidence to strengthen both their technical and creative skills.
Perfect for photographers who want to gain insight into newborn workflow and posing in a relaxed, observational learning environment.
During this mentoring session, you will observe a real newborn session from start to finish while learning about workflow, soothing techniques, posing transitions, lighting, client interaction, and safety considerations. This option is ideal for photographers who are newer to newborn photography, feeling overwhelmed by hands-on posing, or looking to build confidence before working directly with babies themselves.
Observational Newborn Photography Mentoring
the Observer
INCLUDES
STARTING FROM
$490
Designed for photographers looking for a more immersive, hands-on newborn photography mentoring experience.
This mentorship session allows photographers to actively participate throughout the newborn session while receiving direct guidance on posing, workflow, lighting, camera settings, parent and sibling posing, and safety-focused newborn handling. Sessions are tailored to your experience level and are designed to help strengthen both technical skill and confidence in a real-world studio environment.
HANDS-ON NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHY MENTORING
the Full Experience
INCLUDES
STARTING FROM
$990
location
The mentoring session will take place in our 1400 sq ft commercial studio, located in Ottawa, Ontario.
Ready to Strengthen Your Newborn Photography Skills?
Whether you are looking for observational learning or hands-on newborn photography mentorship, sessions are designed to provide photographers with real-world education inside a working Ottawa newborn photography studio.
