Babies
I worked with a good friend’s two month old (Beckett Rice) for a few hours last week. We did not do anything complicated….just used a single small strobe shot through a white satin umbrella for soft lighting. We began with a black paper backdrop and a soft black velvet blanket (Target $19.95). I think the shots worked well, especially the ones with mom and baby. We added in a Santa hat which actually was from a canine santa costume (Target $7). Then we switched over to a white backdrop and shot some birthday suit action as well as with a blue blanket/blue clothes. I really like the ones where Beckett is staring into the lens. He looks like grown-up. Very cool.
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Carl, looks awesome…sadly you don’t live near me or I’d have you do my kids photos.
Those are beautiful. How old is he. You *must* photograph Jackson.
Oh, two months old, duh. I can read.
Two months old?! Those are amazing shots for that age. Nice work.
Where do you live, Shawn? I travel :-)
I would love to photograph Jackson, Christine. I got him once before, but he was a bit “under cover” as they say. But now that he is out, we should do it before too long.
I think it is hard to do little kids. Two months is likely the minimum as before that, they can’t even hold up their head or anything like that. Thanks for the comments, Stu.
I was just out in Tucson recently! I could have stopped by, Shawn ;-)
Seriously, I’d love to fly out sometime. What a great excuse to visit the desert SW. Check out some pix from our trip in October at http://carlhutzler.com/tucson/