Friday, June 26, 2015
Lil slugger
Did this one for his daddy. It's his daddy's hat. Had to change the color of the blanket in photoshop to make it look better. I was worried the grey tones would make his skin look unhealthy. I added a rosy toned overlay and masked off the blanket. Of course, standard edits with crop and healing up spots of baby acne, etc.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Instagram challenges
It's been nice this summer to have a little time to devote to a few Instagram challenges. Each time I feel like I grow in knowledge a little.
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| For my Jacob |
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| Heat |
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| "Natural"- taken on the morning hike at camp. Wish I could go there again by myself. |
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| Loved the silky, soft yellow |
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| Yellow- (done in water with food coloring) |
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Baby B
This weekend I headed back up to help out my little sister. It has been such a rough bit of time for her with having this little one and also balancing her health and my niece. Things seem to be smoothing out, though.
As I walked out the door to head up, I grabbed my camera and 2 lenses. I wasn't sure if there would be an appropriate time in the day to try to photograph that little hunk- but wanted to try. It turned out, in the afternoon that I got some time. I have read over the years bits and pieces of newborn photography advice. I looked around for some props and didn't come up with anything. I was hoping for a cool basket. I found my niece's bean bag. However, a newborn bean bag needs to be very full. I flipped it over and used clothes pins to tighten it up. Ideally, a nicely textured blanket is what I would use to cover the bean bag and use as a back drop sort of sloping away from the baby. The only thing available that was large enough was a fuzzy, bluish blanket on the spare bed. Soo we used that.
I had also learned that the room needed to be very warm to keep the baby asleep. I begged my brother-in-law to turn off the air conditioner. I opened a window in the living room and set up about 3 feet from the window. The challenge was using my new 85mm lens in that small space. I ended up having to use my 35mm. A 50mm would have been perfect but I don't have one. I used natural light from the window. I used a white sheet draped in front of the coffee table to reflect more light onto the baby.
I was able to position him- though I have soo much to learn in that department. Each time I moved him and he began to fuss, I would just cup his head with one hand and his bottom with my other hand and just slightly bounce his bottom. It was MAGIC! Each time he just settled down and went back to sleep and then I could move his hand or adjust the blanket, etc.
I learned I need to position the baby all the way forward on the bean bag. I need to continually smooth out wrinkles in the blanket. I learned that the hands are used to prop up the head. And I learned that it is really hard work to photograph a baby! I was drenched in sweat when I was finished!
I don't think my sister really loves any of the shots I got. :) They still plan to go to JCPenney. But, I am glad for the experience and learning I got to do. I think the lighting is kind of flat here, but I was hoping for a good picture of him, and the ability to fix the jaundice in post-processing. As I have saved this into JPEG format-- the vignetting looks too strong in my opinion. It's hard to say how it will look in print. I think she might use this for the announcements.
Here it is- first try
As I walked out the door to head up, I grabbed my camera and 2 lenses. I wasn't sure if there would be an appropriate time in the day to try to photograph that little hunk- but wanted to try. It turned out, in the afternoon that I got some time. I have read over the years bits and pieces of newborn photography advice. I looked around for some props and didn't come up with anything. I was hoping for a cool basket. I found my niece's bean bag. However, a newborn bean bag needs to be very full. I flipped it over and used clothes pins to tighten it up. Ideally, a nicely textured blanket is what I would use to cover the bean bag and use as a back drop sort of sloping away from the baby. The only thing available that was large enough was a fuzzy, bluish blanket on the spare bed. Soo we used that.
I had also learned that the room needed to be very warm to keep the baby asleep. I begged my brother-in-law to turn off the air conditioner. I opened a window in the living room and set up about 3 feet from the window. The challenge was using my new 85mm lens in that small space. I ended up having to use my 35mm. A 50mm would have been perfect but I don't have one. I used natural light from the window. I used a white sheet draped in front of the coffee table to reflect more light onto the baby.
I was able to position him- though I have soo much to learn in that department. Each time I moved him and he began to fuss, I would just cup his head with one hand and his bottom with my other hand and just slightly bounce his bottom. It was MAGIC! Each time he just settled down and went back to sleep and then I could move his hand or adjust the blanket, etc.
I learned I need to position the baby all the way forward on the bean bag. I need to continually smooth out wrinkles in the blanket. I learned that the hands are used to prop up the head. And I learned that it is really hard work to photograph a baby! I was drenched in sweat when I was finished!
I don't think my sister really loves any of the shots I got. :) They still plan to go to JCPenney. But, I am glad for the experience and learning I got to do. I think the lighting is kind of flat here, but I was hoping for a good picture of him, and the ability to fix the jaundice in post-processing. As I have saved this into JPEG format-- the vignetting looks too strong in my opinion. It's hard to say how it will look in print. I think she might use this for the announcements.
Here it is- first try
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