Tips for infant/toddler photo shoot?

I have a shoot this Sunday. I've been trying to sell my Ranger for 3 months and someone bit today and wired me a deposit. They pick it up the day before the shoot. Go friggin' figure! I also sold my YN-622's (which I regret and will be purchasing again). So as it stands, I have my trusty 7D and (2x) YN-568's. I set one up today with a shoot through umbrella on a C-stand and was using my 7D's wireless feature to communicate in TTL with the YN-568. It did pretty darn well. Just one light, here is an example. Let me know what you think I could or should do differently.

Any and all advice very much appreciated.

Here is a test shot of my 6.5 month old son, Liam.

If your client prefer outdoor, then you should do it outdoor. I would bring props and set it up in a nice shade with good light. If it doesn't exist then setup your flash.

Heya,

I would take the flash still. Outdoors in some nice shady area, use the outdoors as your environment, and use fill flash to make sure the kid is nicely exposed. You can take props, but when I do kids, I tend to suggest to the parents to bring things that are special, or specific to them, that way they don't have the same props that everyone else does. I only say that because if several clients all end up with the same props in their photos, it's a bit less unique to them.

Very best,

Sandbag that C Stand.

Trailboy wrote in post #17009083
Sandbag that C Stand.

It was for the photos and most certainly will be for the shoot on Sunday, especially if outdoors. I had already started putting stuff away when I thought to snap a BTS shot. I lost a speedlight that way (not using sandbags) on-location a couple years ago while taking pictures of a friend's car. I won't be making that mistake again

i'd bring the light a bit more in front of the subject for the studio shot.