A Couple Of Useful Steps About Baby Photography

By Adriana Noton

Photography is a good way to remember all the different stages in your life. When your children go to one grade to the next, when you marry the one you love, buy a new house, or just to give a viewpoint of the everyday instances throughout the year. The important moments, or the ones that just invoke mild interest, a picture is a landmark and one of the most important of those landmarks is the birth of a child.

Babies are the most popular targets for photos and unfortunately the most difficult to capture on film. You need a lot of skill and patience in order to get a successful baby shot. One thing that you see often in such photos is red eye. Many people think that in order to capture everything well on film that they need to use a flash. This isn't the case. In terms of babies, natural light is better than bright, glaring, artificial light.

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.

However if you can't avoid red eye a lot of cameras have a red eye reduction function and if yours does not there is free baby photography software is available on the internet that can fix the problem for you. Another common issue is the blurring of images.

Babies are usually hard to control, especially when you want them to be still for a photo that they don't really want to take. A solution is the use of a high iso speed camera along with a big aperture. With the two combined you can freeze moments that would have been lost before. Keep in mind that your background should be kept as simple as possible.

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.

Furniture, other people, and other things can be erased from a photo by zooming in or blurring it to make the picture more interesting. You don't want to overshadow the baby and can be avoided by keeping their clothes and the background in simple, solid hued colors.

If you wish to blur just the background, use a long lens with a big aperture or just go in later with an imaging tool. If you plan on using props, only use one or two, and if you want to make a photo original you can take photos of your baby posing in odd ways or with odd faces or you can bring in mirrors to add special side effects. - 33375

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