Those precious first few weeks as a new family becomes such a blur. Your baby is growing before your eyes. Before you realize it, the newborn clothes don’t fit anymore and you find yourself getting teary eyed while reaching for the 3 month onesie for the first time. As a Palm Beach newborn photographer, I adore working with young families during their big life moments. When two becomes three, your next chapter begins!
Newborn portraits in your home can include your four legged kids, too! Watching your pup fall in love with his new sibling is just the sweetest. Pups are welcome to join the photos. In the session below, you’ll find some examples of incorporating a dog into the family photos that are so stinking cute!
If you are in Palm Beach or surrounding cities and expecting a baby at the end of this year, or early next year, I’m happy to send details over for your own newborn photography session in your home. Let’s connect & document this next part of your journey!














Hi there and thank you for stopping by! I’m Melissa, owner of Melissa Arlena Photography, a Palm Beach newborn photographer specializing in young and growing families in South Florida. I hope you enjoyed the in home newborn photo session I shared today and if you are interested in talking with me more about your own lifestyle newborn session, let’s connect. Not quite ready, but know you want to keep me in your back pocket? No problem! Follow me on Instagram and let’s be friends!
Melissa Arlena is an award winning lifestyle newborn photographer in Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia who has earned her Master Photographer Certification from NAPCP in maternity, newborn and family photography. Her natural and simple work has been featured in magazines and online blogs worldwide. She has been named Best Maternity and Newborn Photographer in Richmond and Charlottesville, VA in 2024.