4 tips for a successful baby photo shoot

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You were both afraid and looking forward to this moment for a long nine months, and now it has come. All the difficulties of pregnancy and childbirth, all the worries behind, and you are finally home - a happy mother and a little baby, your new family member. He grows every minute, constantly learns something new, learns the first emotions and leprosy. The baby changes every day: the first smile, a little tooth, and now the baby is already getting up in the bed, trying to crawl ... These touching moments cannot be stopped, no matter how beautiful they are. And memory often fails. It will not be possible to return all these moments, but to capture on the photo is quite! Why not give yourself a little joy and arrange the baby’s first photo shoot in his life? Remember just a few useful tips and it will not be necessary to invite a professional photographer. Just imagine how delighted you and your grown-up child will be looking at these pictures in a few years.

Best Baby Shooting Modes

Flash

- This function is better not to use for a photo shoot with a baby. Its safety for the eyes of an infant has not been proven by medicine. Moreover, the child may be afraid of an unexpected light burst. Another minus is that the flash “eats” the texture and texture of the skin in the photo.

Portrait mode

- This is the optimal camera mode for shooting a tiny face. Try to capture the eyes. After all, the most winning shots are obtained if you manage to “catch” the baby’s eyes.

Aperture Priority Mode

- in the presence of a SLR camera, it is better to shoot your baby, choosing this mode. With it you will receive the highest quality footage.

Burst Mode

- will be invaluable when the baby is active. Together with the minimum shutter speed, the mode will not miss a single interesting moment. After the photo session, you can carefully view the resulting pictures and choose the most successful ones.

The best genres for the first photo shoot

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Down with monotony and statics! The kid at breakfast, the crawl of the race with the cat, the baby studies the rattles, the son saw the bird for the first time ... There are a lot of subjects. If you fail, turn to the Internet. Feel like an artist. Catching moments is difficult, but how pleasant the end result is.

A win-win option is a sleeping baby. While he sleeps calmly and sweetly, you can lay out around the crumbs a whole picture from improvised materials and capture the moment from all angles.

We pay attention to important details.

Pictures of details are few when they are redundant.During the newborn’s photo shoot, this axiom is 100% true. Widely opened attentive eyes, puffy cheeks, a tiny nose, a fluff on the head - from the top of the head to the heels and at any moment in life, the baby causes a storm of admiration and tenderness among young parents. It is not necessary to photograph only the face of the baby. Hurry to transfer to the photo every darling and sweetheart dash. After all, soon the child will grow up, and tiny fingers will remain only in your memories.
Do not try to imitate complicated poses from professional photo shoots. Without special skills, it is easy to harm a fragile baby or simply cause him discontent, which will make shooting difficult.
Shooting a child is better at the level of their own eyes. Frames made from above will be unsuccessful.

How to calm a capricious model?

The kid does not need to look exactly in the frame, but if this is part of your idea, attach something bright to the camera to attract attention. A rattle, shawl or small toy will do. If the baby requires this item, give it back. Otherwise, bitter tears cannot be avoided.
To “catch” a child’s cheerful mood, make him smile and laugh, turn into a funny clown: sing humorous songs, clap your hands, make funny faces. You can attract other relatives to this performance. Usually, surprisingly, dad successfully copes with such a responsible matter.
If the baby is naughty, turn on a quiet audio recording of the sound of water or a heartbeat. Classical calm music and the sounds of nature also have a calming effect.

The first photo shoot of a little man, in which his closest relatives and friends take part, will be remembered for a long time not only by beautiful photographs. Communication with the baby, no matter what you do together, strengthens the already close relationship of parents with the child, inspires confidence and gives a lot of positive emotions. Looking through the photos of your crumbs, you will always remember with warmth the first days of his life.

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