The fact that babies are the cutest living being in the universe can generally be agreed by everyone on this earth. I have yet to meet a new parent or grandparent who does not love to immediately begin taking pictures of their new family member. Why then, is there such a HUGE discrepancy between a really cute baby and a truly mediocre picture of the baby? However, some of them go their entire life without capturing stunning baby pictures. Here, by stunning, I don’t mean one taken at a studio. Like everything else in life, knowing a few key ideas of newborn photography and seeing some examples, makes a big difference. Here are some tips from my years of experience for taking stunning pictures of a newborn – through three months of age.
Think of this period in your baby’s photographic life as the molding stage for newborn. No guarantees how long they will pose for you, but if you have all the camera settings worked out beforehand, you can position & click instantly.
This period is the perfect time to capture those adorable little Baby Bits. Believe me; they will never look cuter than at this age! At this age especially, baby feet alone can make an amazing photograph.
Black & White photographs can also create quite an impact. For ways to make the transition from color to black & white, check your camera and photo-imaging software.
As far as newborn, forget what you’ve always done and try something new with your camera like, get at eye-level with a sleeping baby, but be at his/her feet. Then focus on the feet while his/her head is still in the frame. This one style of photography for a newborn is quite loveable in my south florida newborn photography workshops.
Well, you could easily take 100 photographs of a sleeping baby, and never click two identical. An outstanding photographic session would be to snap off fifty images, each one from a diverse angle and perspective; using different focus points and aperture settings.
With the use of a tripod, focus solely on his/her eye, thus pushing the nose and everything else out of focus. It is not a hard line rule that you need to use tripod only in few genre of photography like miami beach maternity photography. Most photographers never use the macro setting on their camera in their photo sessions. Well, if they do, it’s only for small objects like insects, or flowers. Well, I would suggest using the macro setting and focusing on a small distinctive area of your baby, such as the face.
Remember, more practice and better experiment will turn you into a good photographer!!