6 Month Old

A good friend of mine brought by his little girl on Saturday afternoon for a quick photo shoot...please let me know what you think!

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LaFemmeNIKITA wrote in post #3512246
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Sorry...had to change permissions. See them now?

yes, now they work... great series.. I love the colors!

Cute baby....big bright eyes

She's a natural model...look at her poses......

Very cute

Thanks for the compliments!!!

BTW, if you want to see the whole series they are here: http://mpgphoto.zenfol​io.com/p113836418/

Is the back ground looks a bit strange for some reason. But the subject is nice.

Little Rocker wrote in post #3513140
Is the back ground looks a bit strange for some reason. But the subject is nice.

Thanks! Yeah, I had the one of the parents standing behind the little girl to make sure she didn't go tumbling off the table. Said parent was blocking my background light so I had to do a little curve adjustment on the background to brighten it up (where it would have been if not for the blocked light). In the re-size and re-compress for web, the line appears around the background but in the full resolution ones it's un-noticable.

For me, when a baby is not old enough to sit on its own, I really find the horizon lines like in number one to be unnecessary and distracting and very Walmart. I would find another way to pose them to avoid that. Use supersize bean bags covered with a blanket that becomes your full background, do more tummy shots. Do what you can to avoid separating your photo into two large colors as here, white and aqua blue.

Like shot number two. You used the entire white background and that was great! I would guess her to be about 5 months? They are almost sitting up, but not quite and they STRUGGLE to try when you sit them down. They LOVE their toes and when they grab them, as in shot #2, it allows you more room than when they are stretched out full. One trick to try with babies that you want to hold their toes is 1. Just have mom or dad grab their fingers, lead them to grab the toes and hold them while you wrangle a smile out of them. Instruct parent to pull away instantly as soon as baby smiles or you say "let go" and snap real quick. 2. Put a tiny piece of rolled up transparent tape under their toes or behind their ear. they will almost always reach down to grab their toes, or reach up with a hand behind their ear which is adorable, and you snap.

Another thing with shot #2, watch the details. Enlist parents to help make sure that shoulder straps are tucked down. Overall shoulder straps are the bane of a baby photographer's existence. They ALWAYS bunch up and you must always tuck them down again. Again, as for details, that green diaper is distracting and could have been white tell parents in advance, simple enough, or keep a small dark and a white diaper cover on hand. Once they are sitting up solid, this doesn't matter as much because they are angled forward more and you won't have that issue.

Also ask parents to help you with the drool thing. Sometimes a droplet hanging off the lip can be adorable, most times it catches the light and is a distraction. I always ask parents to help and tell them that while most will wipe the big drool, it is the "wet" that they leave behind that causes the problems with reflections and please help to keep the mouth area dry. It is easier to wipe it than fix it in post processing.

Love, love, love the light in this baby's eyes! Really beautiful catch lights and the light you used really shows the perfection and softness of her skin. Overall, great job and she is a real cutie patootie. Would love to see more. Think I'll follow your link to the rest! Sue Cassidy

Awesome color!!

suecassidy wrote in post #3514013
For me, when a baby is not old enough to sit on its own, I really find the horizon lines like in number one to be unnecessary and distracting and very Walmart. I would find another way to pose them to avoid that. Use supersize bean bags covered with a blanket that becomes your full background, do more tummy shots. Do what you can to avoid separating your photo into two large colors as here, white and aqua blue.

I agree, unfortunately the "customer" was wanting photos of her sitting up as much as possible and they picked out the blue background. I guess I've learned my lesson and should just not give them choice and pick up something I know will give a good final product.

suecassidy wrote in post #3514013
Like shot number two. You used the entire white background and that was great! I would guess her to be about 5 months? They are almost sitting up, but not quite and they STRUGGLE to try when you sit them down. They LOVE their toes and when they grab them, as in shot #2, it allows you more room than when they are stretched out full. One trick to try with babies that you want to hold their toes is 1. Just have mom or dad grab their fingers, lead them to grab the toes and hold them while you wrangle a smile out of them. Instruct parent to pull away instantly as soon as baby smiles or you say "let go" and snap real quick. 2. Put a tiny piece of rolled up transparent tape under their toes or behind their ear. they will almost always reach down to grab their toes, or reach up with a hand behind their ear which is adorable, and you snap.

Thanks! She is 6 months old and yeah...she loves her feet. Great info here...

suecassidy wrote in post #3514013
Another thing with shot #2, watch the details. Enlist parents to help make sure that shoulder straps are tucked down. Overall shoulder straps are the bane of a baby photographer's existence. They ALWAYS bunch up and you must always tuck them down again. Again, as for details, that green diaper is distracting and could have been white tell parents in advance, simple enough, or keep a small dark and a white diaper cover on hand. Once they are sitting up solid, this doesn't matter as much because they are angled forward more and you won't have that issue.

Also ask parents to help you with the drool thing. Sometimes a droplet hanging off the lip can be adorable, most times it catches the light and is a distraction. I always ask parents to help and tell them that while most will wipe the big drool, it is the "wet" that they leave behind that causes the problems with reflections and please help to keep the mouth area dry. It is easier to wipe it than fix it in post processing.

Yep...these are rookie mistakes! This is the first photo shoot of a child/baby other than my 2 month old daughter. I will keep all these in mind next time.

suecassidy wrote in post #3514013
Love, love, love the light in this baby's eyes! Really beautiful catch lights and the light you used really shows the perfection and softness of her skin. Overall, great job and she is a real cutie patootie. Would love to see more. Think I'll follow your link to the rest! Sue Cassidy

Thanks again...I was debating whether the catch light was too large. I had done a maternity shoot in the morning using a 7' octobox and decided to just use it again for this shoot. I'm glad you like them!

fullwood wrote in post #3514190
Awesome color!!

Thanks!

Simply wonderful.

I like #3 the best. It shows a lot of personality.