When a baby appears in a family, even parents very far from photography take a camera in their hands. This is not surprising, because the child changes every day, but for everyday chores, moms and dads do not always have the opportunity to see and feel this. Photos help keep the most amazing, enjoyable moments. In addition, the children themselves grow, grow up, and from a certain age begin to be interested in their infancy, repeatedly referring to the family photo archive. Some rules for photographing newborns will help optimize the shooting process and improve the quality of the final result.
Tips
- You need to take pictures of babies often. Every day, the kids change, master new emotions, actions. The expression of their faces, state, mood is changing. Such metamorphoses cannot be overlooked, therefore it is better to capture your favorite little one every day.
- Do not forget to take a few frames from each angle. Some photos may not be very successful or unfocused, or, conversely, repeatedly pressing the "Shutter" button, you can suddenly catch an interesting moment. Kids still do not know how to pose, so the originality and uniqueness of a picture entirely depends on the skill of an adult.
- Make it a rule to regularly clean up your family photo bank and delete failed or duplicate frames. There is no need to store dozens of identical pictures in the computer's memory. Choose the best frames, this will save you in the future from viewing tons of slides in search of the right one.
- Photographing newborns is best in the daytime. Firstly, daylight is much better than electric. Secondly, the baby itself will be more inclined to shoot during the day, especially if he has already had time to eat and sleep. By the way, it is not at all necessary to wait for the baby to wake up. Children are perfectly obtained in the photo and sleeping, especially since newborns spend in this state most of the day.
- Turn off the flash. The baby may be afraid of the flash, in addition, bright light adversely affects the retina.
- Involve other family members in the photo shoot. In the arms of mom or dad, next to a brother or sister, a newborn baby will feel more comfortable and calmer.
- Create an atmosphere and mood. For children's pictures, beautiful outfits, toys, cute and cozy little things are needed: baskets, rugs, pillows, home decoration. If you want to take a beautiful picture - remove all unnecessary things from the frame, experiment with the props and go for it.
- Come up with interesting stories. Everything here is limited only by the flight of imagination of the photographer. For example, one of the most popular stories is the contrast between an adult and a baby: the baby holds a tiny palm dad by finger, dad or mom hold tiny heels in their palms.
- Always keep the camera on hand. Staged beautiful photographs are wonderful, but in everyday affairs you can catch inspiration for shooting. Bathing, massage, breastfeeding, motion sickness, the first walk in a stroller - probably, in terms of their aesthetic qualities such pictures will be inferior to staged ones, but in terms of their plot they will certainly be more valuable to the whole family.
- Do not be afraid of whims and crying. A crying baby is a completely normal picture, in this state and mood it is also worth photographing a newborn.
- Be sure to make close-ups: face, arms or legs. Such photographs perfectly convey the tenderness and touchingness of a small creature. Very funny and cute photographs are obtained when it is possible to catch an interesting moment: the baby yawns, squints, shyly smiles.
- Do not be lazy to print your photos. A photo on paper is much more lively than on a computer screen.
- Try to make time and go with the whole family to a professional photo shoot. No matter how hard parents try, no matter how natural home photos are, professional photography has its own charm. Competently exposed light, professional equipment, retouching and the photographer’s skill in total translate into a real work of art.
Spontaneous and not so, amateur and professional, any photographs of a newborn baby are a memory for a lifetime. Many parents are so keen on photographing that they start to master photo editors implicitly, learn to retouch photos, make collages and slide shows themselves. This enjoyable and creative activity is another option for expressing love for your child.
We also read: 4 tips for a successful baby photo shoot
How to photograph children. 15 tips
It is not so easy to catch the perspective of a newborn child, but if the photographer is experienced, he will instantly find a way to fix his gaze for a few seconds, and there it’s already small, because the gaze of the child is the most expensive thing there is.
I remember myself in the first days after the birth of the baby - I wanted to photograph him every second, he’s such a cutie and made such faces, it’s easy! But I didn’t take pictures of the crying - it was a pity, I wanted to reassure as soon as possible.
Exactly! A professional photographer, of course, he can perfectly catch the expression on the face of the baby, very good commemorative cards come out! My husband and I went to the photo studio to Natalia Kolesnikova - really liked it! I was still pregnant taking pictures with her - we want to make a complete childhood chronicle of a child))))