Baby Photography Tips

They are wonderful and heart-warming. They are the most impressive subjects. They grab attention like nobody else. They make a simple picture look stunning. Everybody takes them. And most of all, they are incredibly unpredictable demanding immense tolerance and making you frustrated. We are talking of baby photography. Babies are small only once. And there is definitely something fascinating about the innocence of babies at this stage that induces parents to click thousands of pictures and portraits in the first 3-4 months post-birth. And when you are planning to take photographs, wouldn’t you want to capture ones that are spectacularly extravagant and impressive? Follow the tips stated below to create photographs that will stand out from the crowd and reveal that your bundle of joy is the cutest baby in the entire world. Master them and start photographing these tiny little miracles to be cherished for lifetime.

 

 

We can understand that you want to click the cutest photograph of your little joy, but do not overwhelm him/her with those unnecessary props. It’s great if your props complement the shot as long as your baby is not lost in them. However, if your baby is not the first person whom you set your eyes on while preparing for the shot, then those props are probably not meant for the snap. Babies are themselves too cute to be clicked without much decoration and exaggeration.

 

Babies create great photographs when clicked in full pictures. But this does not mean you should overlook the other parts of your baby. Those little feet, toes, and hands are some parts that produce immensely marvelous macro shots. These are some close-up shots that are not too often clicked, thus, they make a bigger impact whenever pictured. To add on, those little adorable baby parts are just too cute and charming enough to capture some momentous memories.

 

Babies are too fussy and impatient. At the wink of an eye, your baby is in an altogether different pose. Thus, you have to be quick and smart enough to capture the right moment. And for this, you will require a fast, sharp lens that will help you click pictures swiftly. Ideally, a 50mm 1.4 is the perfect option as a prime lens for clicking snaps. With this, you can take close up photographs of your baby’s head and shoulders while using a fill-frame camera.

 

If you are a novice photographer, it is best to start clicking snaps in aperture priority. With this setting, you simply have to choose your aperture and your camera will automatically select a shutter speed. Keep your shutter above 1/250 to get sharp pictures. Nonetheless, you will have to read through the user’s manual to adjust the camera to a setting as per your requirement. After you have familiarized yourself with the automatic shutter speed, you can switch it off and change the settings. By doing so, you can experiment with different angles and light to play with your camera and capture some real and admiring pictures.

 

Now that you have adjusted to your camera, you can move on to professional baby photography to keep every movement of your baby as a precious memory. With this, you will gain confidence and help you adjust to different camera settings, light sources, subject, theme, and various other elements that go into making a photograph fabulous and extraordinary. This will only help you in clicking pictures of your babies yet-to-come.

 

Though babies are beautiful and charming at any age, the newborns are the most rewarding and enthralling. This is a unique stage in itself and photographs clicked at this stage are simply mind-blowing and astonishing. Clicking newborns gives you an added advantage of photographing them as they love to sleep. Thus, you will have more time and poses to get some magnificent and impressive shots to capture.