Can photographing a baby seem like the easiest task in the world, so small, so innocent, it doesn’t move?That’s because you’ve never tried it! If you’ve done it before, you’ll know it’s a high-risk mission for your mental or even physical health if we’re talking about older babies. A baby, whether newborn or eleven months old, will test their patience, creativity, ability to plan and resolve, so you may have wanted to run if you see a baby and walk with the camera in your hand or if a family member asks you for a session. because despite being complicated, it is very rewarding In addition, a great test to practice photography!Are you going to miss it?
Now you can jump into the ring like a gayola carrier or keep a few aes up your sleeve so you don’t throw in the towel after five minutes of sitting in desperation. If you stay, I’ll tell you some simple tricks that can. make the session a little easier.
- Photography is a hobby that you usually enjoy in solitude.
- Alone with your camera.
- Of course.
- You don’t need anyone else unless you’re shooting people.
- But that’s something else.
- Or that you are doing a slightly more professional session and need a sherpa assistant.
- Holding the reflectors.
- With the flashes.
- Etc.
- The other case where you need help if you don’t want to end up pulling your hair out is a baby session.
- Not necessarily someone who understands photography.
- But does he have much patience.
- Especially to put up with you if you get angry?But above all to take care of the baby too.
- Could it be the mother or father of the baby or someone you trust to be ready or willing to hold a blanket.
- Wipe a baby’s ass.
- Make sure it doesn’t fall off.
- Play with it and much more?(The more versatile your assistant is.
- The better?).
With babies you often have to resort to improvisation, so you can plan everything in advance, better than better, so you leave your daily dose of improvisation for what’s going on, what’s going to happen. clothes, poses, have the equipment ready, the place . . . Everything you have in advance will be welcome, although later on there are things you’ll have to rething or changing (of course there will be).
To put newborns to sleep, there is a trick that works very well and consists of using the famous “white noise”, which is a constant noise like that of a vacuum cleaner, a dryer, etc. You can plug in a vacuum cleaner nearby or easier: download an app like this.
Since you’re with the white background noise to put this delicious creature to sleep, if you sleep in your arms put it in the position you want it to have for the next (or closest) photo, you’re less likely to wake up when it moves or shakes.
We continue with the advice of the newborn (until further notice). As you probably want to take a photo without clothes (and therefore without a diaper), chances are, if not safest, you’ll pee (at least). Wearing a wipe is tempting, but it’s best to dry them with a handkerchief or gauze, so they don’t wake up (so it cost you), the wipes are very fresh and it’s time to wipe their ass.
Newborns must be very warm. They spent nine months in a tiny, narrow and safe space, so try to start the session with the neon well wrapped, for example, in a blanket, gauze or peanuts and find out little by little, leaving the photos without clothes for the end. the baby is comfortable, will cry less and everything will be easier.
If you do not want to spoil it in brown the first time you change, place a plastic changing table under the first layer of blankets on which you will put the newborn, in this way, when you urinate, you will only have to change a blanket, the bean bag and the rest of the tissues will be safe. If you are not going to spend more time putting washing machines than the duration of a photo session and its subsequent editing.
I’m going to tell you a few things for babies a little older, who come and stare at what catches their eye. And I say the look because there are dolls to hit the camera that make the sea fun and that most likely your look will not resist. For example, the one in the following image, although you have more here.
Baskets and buckets do not have a purely decorative function, they are used with babies who already crawl, crawl or walk so as not to run away, no matter how quiet and tender they may seem in the photos, they are actually small earthquakes, sweet and wonderful, yes, but earthquakes . . . Put your minimodel in a bucket or basket (put a weight so it doesn’t overturn) and you’ll avoid having to chase it?
By the time slightly older babies start to get tired of being chased by someone with an artifact in their hand, you should have a surprise object ready, such as pictures, bubbles, balloons, banners, or even a small animal. Any accessory that serves atraer. su attention, make them smile, or prevent them from launching an attack of boredom is welcome.
They’re not models, they’re babies, they don’t know what a camera is, or what it’s like to pose or stand still, so you can’t expect them to stay where and as you say. move, explore, investigate, when they’re in their sauce, shoot. You move to follow them and grasp their gestures, don’t wait for them to come to you.
Don’t obsess about his smile. You can take great photos without smiling, so the more you smile, the more your eyes close and a good look can become a great photo. And if you want them to smile, don’t ask, win.
While taking pictures of a baby, you can play with him to get acquainted with you, so he can give you the prettiest expressions, so he doesn’t get tired, so you can have fun too. Take your craziest side and let this boy or girl who still lives in you sink.
I know that not only did I give you some good tips for photographing babies, but for that you already have this post, or the mistakes to avoid. Today’s goal was to give you some little tips to make your job easier, I hope I’ve noticed, if so, this article will have been worth it. And before I say goodbye, I have to add that if it’s your baby, don’t forget to take a selfie with him.
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