| It is so important to capture your newly born baby | | | | keep the eyes about a third down from the top of |
| as soon as you can as they change so rapidly in the | | | | the frame, this will crop the top of the head off but |
| first few weeks. You might decide to let a | | | | your final image will look better than trying to keep |
| professional capture this precious moment for you, or | | | | the whole head in. |
| indeed a family member of yourself. Which ever way | | | | 4. Positioning - Find a nice big chair of sofa and lay |
| you choose its important to get it right. I have listed | | | | down some of your nice white baby blankets, try to |
| below some key points which I hope will help you. | | | | lie baby at a 45 degree angle so you might need |
| 1. Timing - Choose a time when baby has slept and | | | | some cushions for this. (make sure you do not block |
| just had a feed as this is when baby will be best. For | | | | out to much light, so have the light source coming |
| newborns it does not matter if they fall asleep as | | | | towards baby) |
| you can create some wonderful artistic shots this | | | | 5. Attention - Grab a colourful toy or rattle to get |
| way. | | | | babies attention, you can use this method to help |
| 2. Light - Look for nice bright space in your home | | | | baby move its own head in to the position you like. |
| that lets in lots of natural light, this will help you get | | | | So experiment with a few shots with baby not |
| much softer images, plus you will not need to use | | | | looking directly into the lens. |
| the flash, most cheap digital cameras now will let you | | | | These are some very easy and basic methods that |
| turn it off. | | | | will hopefully help you capture some images for your |
| 3. Cropping - Parents love nice close up images of | | | | album. |
| their new baby, to create a good composition try to | | | | |