12/04/2026
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I just saw an advertisement for AI newborn imagesā¦..
Theyāre not your baby, Theyāre not your memories.
Theyāre not that tiny stretch, that sleepy yawn, that exact moment in time that will never exist again.
Youāre distorting their own memory of themselves forever.
Which is so so sad!
As a newborn photographer, Iām not just creating āpretty pictures.ā Iām preserving something real, which is your baby exactly as they are, in those fleeting first days. The wrinkles, the way they curl, the way they fit perfectly in your handsā¦
When AI generates a newborn image, itās essentially creating a version of your baby that never existed. A pose they were never in. An expression they never made. A moment that never happened.
And one day, when your child grows up and looks back at their ābaby photosāā¦ what are they actually looking at?
memories arenāt meant to be manufactured. Theyāre meant to be lived, felt, and remembered.
Thereās something more deeply important morally. Your child deserves to see who they really were, not an artificial version shaped by software.
Technology has its place. But replacing real memories With fake newborn images. I understand using ai for jokes and mucking about but thatās where we need to draw a line.
This is why I personally reduce the amount of ādigital composite imagesā I provide too, because although they ARE your baby, the scene is not real.
Itās just heartbreaking!
