Secrets For Capturing Amazing Baby Photos During The First 90 Days
We all agree that babies are the cutest beings on the planet. Why then is there such a gigantic discrepancy between a really cute BABY and a truly mediocre baby PICTURE?
Here’s a few secrets for taking baby pics that capture the REAL ESSENCE of your bundle of joy:
Your Baby’s Most Flexible Time
Think of your baby’s first 90 days as the MOLDING STAGE. Like Gumby, you can place a baby in just about any position you want.
During your baby’s first 90 days is the absolutely best time to capture keepsake photos of BABY BITS. Additional tips and examples of baby photos can be found here.
During your infant’s Gumby stage, photographing “baby bits” (feet, hands, eyes, noses, etc.) ALONE can make a magical photograph. One way to accomplish this is with your camera’s macro setting. Another is to carefully crop a non-macro portrait.
For something more dramatic, Black and White images can produce quite an impact. Check whether your camera has a black and white setting. If not, don’t panic because most of the photo-editing software can easily transform color to black and white pictures.
To produce a possible masterpiece or two during the first three months, add a parent’s hand(s) or face to the portrait with the baby.
Try Different Perspectives
An easy approach is to get at eye-level with a sleeping baby, but position yourself at their feet. Believe it or not, you could easily take 800 photographs of a dozing infant, and never take 2 that are identical.
Try this photographic exercise - snap off 50 images, each from a different angle and perspective. Also incorporate different focus points and aperture settings (for depth of field) into the mix. I guarantee you won’t run out of ideas!
After you begin to think about how you could take baby pics differently, all sorts of new posing ideas will emerge. One idea involves an extreme close up.
Using a tripod, focus solely on the baby’s eye, thus pushing the nose and everything else OUT OF FOCUS. Although it can be challenging, if you want something extremely dramatic, capture the reflection of an object in the baby’s eye.
Want to see more ideas for taking better baby pics? We’ll show you how to create stunning baby pics for every stage of your baby’s first 18 months.
Posted: November 27th, 2008 under Family.
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