How to Photograph Babies
1. Use a black or white background.Using a solid color background really makes your baby stand out in the picture. The background doesn"t have to be professional or expensive. A white sheet laid across a bed or a black blanket on the floor provides the perfect backdrop to take photographs of your baby.
2. Feelings are good.
Taking a picture of your baby crying is not just good for blackmail when they"re 15, but also good to help you remember what your child was really like on certain occasions.
3. Get down to their level.
If your child is learning to crawl, a picture from directly above them will be boring and won"t show the story. Dropping down to the floor will really give you a view that is memorable. Even setting the camera on the ground will make for a great picture.
4. Take a lot of pictures.
My daughter is 7 months old and what I"ve learned is that for every 10 pictures I take, one of them is worth keeping. In the other 9 she"ll be making a funny face, drooling or doing something else that didn"t show the picture that I wanted to capture. That"s OK because digital cameras allow you to take as many pictures of your baby as you would like and delete the ones you don"t want to keep.
5. Use natural lighting.
Whenever possible, go outside or open some windows to let in the natural light. Natural lighting looks better and is more forgiving than the flash on your camera or your fluorescent and incandescent lighting in your home.
Using those 5 tips I"ve really made my photos much better, so good that many people have asked, "Where did you have those taken?" They were shocked when I told them I had them printed by a great place online and I took them myself!