A Few Tips On Baby Photography

By Adriana Noton

Photography is one way in which people can memorialize their experiences in life. A photo can be taken to commemorate a new grade, a new spouse, a new house, or just the change of the season or a difference in weight and hairstyle. Whatever is important to someone, or even just mildly interesting, photos are landmarks in life.

Here are a few tips to help you express the most important landmarks in someone's life. A new baby. Babies are some of the most popular subjects in terms of picture taking but because of their very nature, they require a great deal of patience and skill in order to do your baby photography justice. For instance, a mistake that you see a lot in baby photos is the use of the flash when a picture is taken.

They move, they fight, they cry, and if they're very upset, they poop. As a result baby photography takes not only a lot of patience, but a lot of skill. However, even if you're not a professional you should be able to take some very good photos by taking in these few simple suggestions. The first thing is to avoid using the flash on your camera.

Not only is the bright, glaring, artificial light unflattering, it's unnecessary and it also causes red eye in the final photograph. Natural light is best, which means that you have the choice to move closer to a window or go outside in order to take a picture then do so because it's worth it. If you can't though, most cameras have a red eye reduction function that you can use for the best baby photography possible.

If your camera doesn't have one, there is software available that will take care of the problem for you. Another thing to watch out for is blurring. Like I said earlier, most babies don't like sitting still for pictures and as a result most of them come out looking blurry. Now you can take pictures of your baby acting naturally with the help of a high iso speed camera and big aperture.

Clothes that have patterns or heavy colors can distort the face and eyes of a baby so instead you should try light, solid-colored clothes for the best effect. With that same idea in mind, try to limit the overall range of colors in the photograph. Camera-wise, a wide angle lens tends to distort, and unless you want the effect, you should try to avoid using them.

Speaking of effects, you can try some very simple things to make the baby picture fascinating and unique. Instead of using the baby as the main focus, you can instead pay more attention to the toys, foods, blankets, and etc that make up the baby's everyday life.

You can focus on the things that are associated with the baby instead of the baby itself, take a snapshot of your baby in a strange pose or engaging in some strange behavior or facial expression to add a bit of spice to the picture. Mirrors and blurred backgrounds are also popular in baby photography. The point is to have fun and if you keep that in mind everything else should just fall in place. - 29871

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