Newborn Photography For Beginners Part 2 By Paul Simon D Henry

So you've booked a time with your new clients, taking into consideration feeding times, you've put mum at ease and you've had a great cuddle with the baby. So what's next on the things to do and remember list.

Depending on your location and weather climate,..
you will want to keep baby nice and warm, this keeps them a lot happier. I do the majority of my photography on the gold coast Australia which is a subtropical climate not too bad for keeping a baby warm for 9 months of the year. The rest of the time I set up my soft boxes and leave them on for a little while this is usually enough however you may need to consider using a small heater.

That brings me nicely to the next subject which is lighting. When it comes to lighting for a newborn photographer, flashes are No good, especially high powered speed lights and studio flashes. Not only are they bad for the newborn baby's brain, but they also tend to make the baby startled. The last thing you want to do is startle the baby as this will eat into your shoot time as mum will have to calm the baby down after every couple of pictures. The best lighting to use is soft boxes or natural light if its available, so if you don't have soft boxes you will want to look at investing in some, You don't have to buy the best Light boxes in the world, look on eBay you will be able to get some for under $100.

So we now have a happy and content baby, mum's feeling relaxed. Your lighting is set up and you're ready to start the shoot.

You don't need an assistant but if you have somebody with you that have spent a lot of time around babies and are happy with moving and positioning newborns into the pose you want, it can make life a lot easier. Not all new mums are the same, but quite a few will be unsure on laying their babies on their belly and moving their head around. I personally am happy to do this myself, but the hole process is made easier if you have someone to do it for you. This way you can concentrate on getting the perfect picture. Also when it comes to posing a baby the newborn may be reluctant to lay how you want or move their head in a particular direction, So this is where patients is a virtue comes in. If you have them in a roundabout position just wait a couple of minutes quite often they will get there themselves.

That's it for this article in next week's newborn photography for beginners we will take a look at props some simple positions with mum and dad and cover a little bit of post processing in light room/Photoshop.

Author
Paul Henry
http://www.paulhenryphotography.com.au
Newborn Photographer based on the gold coast of Australia.
For maternity, baby and family portraits.

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