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Themed set · Newborn to 2 years, and maternity

Boho Neutrals

Muted creams, rattan, dried pampas and linen. The quietest set we build, and the one that ages best — nothing in the frame dates the photograph to a particular year.

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Sleeping baby in a soft knitted costume

What is in the set

Layered linen and muslin in cream, oat and taupe
Rattan baskets, wooden bowls and a macramé backdrop
Dried pampas, bunny tail grass and preserved eucalyptus
A textured plaster-effect wall panel
Knitted and gauze wraps in a dozen neutral tones
Soft, single-source window light — the simplest lighting we use

What to wear

Cream, oat, sand, taupe and the palest sage
Natural fibres only — linen, cotton, muslin, wool
Newborns wrapped rather than dressed
Parents in cream, white or stone; sleeves rolled, feet bare
No pattern anywhere in frame
From this set

Boho Neutrals sessions

Sleeping baby in a soft knitted costume
Newborn asleep in a yellow wrap wearing a knitted hat
Newborn asleep in a woven basket lined with cream fabric
Newborn in a lace bonnet sleeping on a textured blanket
Family portrait of a couple with their baby on a neutral backdrop
The shot list

What you will come away with

The frames we plan for on this set. Not a guarantee — children have opinions — but this is what we are working towards.

1

Newborn wrapped in the rattan basket, from above

2

Parent hands cradling, close and tight

3

Sitter portrait against the macramé, side-lit

4

Full-length maternity in flowing linen

5

Detail — texture of the wrap, feet, eyelashes

6

Black-and-white conversions, which this palette suits better than any other

From the studio

What we would tell you about this set

This is the set to choose if the photograph is going on a wall for a decade. Themed sets are wonderful and they are also of their moment — a superhero set will read as 2026 in fifteen years. Neutrals do not date, they suit almost any room, and they convert to black and white better than anything else we build. It is the least exciting choice on this page and the one we quietly recommend most often.

FAQ

Boho Neutrals — common questions

Is this set too plain?+

It is the quietest thing we build, deliberately. It is also the set we recommend most often for a photograph going on a wall for a decade — nothing in the frame dates it to a particular year, it suits almost any room, and it converts to black and white better than anything else we build.

What should we wear?+

Cream, oat, sand, taupe, palest sage. Natural fibres only — linen, cotton, muslin, wool. No pattern anywhere in frame. Newborns are wrapped rather than dressed.

Does it work for maternity?+

Very well. Flowing linen against the plaster-effect panel with single-source window light is about as simple as photography gets, and it holds up better over time than anything more elaborate.

Want the Boho Neutrals set?

Tell us your child's age and roughly when you are thinking. We will confirm what is achievable at that stage and hold a date — and if a different set would suit them better, we will say so.

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