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My wife was very big stomached as you can see - from the back you couldn't tell she was pregant so people would get a shock when she turned around. More than once we heard people comment to each other about her tummy - on a few occasions people literally stopped talking to each other and stared...very funny.
Shane, I also love that shot of the feet. Beautiful.
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Wow, such very sweet and moving shots. I LOVE baby feet/toes. Aside from the way their heads smell, the toes are the best thing about them. I am a super-newbie, so am wondering...how did ya'll get the dark background for the hands and feet shots? If it is obvious, you may thwap me, but I figured nothing ventured (question-wise), nothing gained.
Here is one of my son Trevor at my favorite baby age, 6 months:
Hehe, thank you Kim! Nowadays (he'll be 6 in May) I try not to let myself get sucked into the cute expressions he gives me when he is trying to get out of trouble.
Here I was going for the "Family Feet" pose, but the baby was happiest sitting up and we liked it after the fact.
Shane - this is a great shot. How did you set it up? I looks like a black cloth that your sitting on, but how did you get that black out effect behind the feet & Baby? Was it exposure / flash timing or Photoshop?
Shane - this is a great shot. How did you set it up? I looks like a black cloth that your sitting on, but how did you get that black out effect behind the feet & Baby? Was it exposure / flash timing or Photoshop?
Thanks for the compliments. I've only had studio equipment for a little more than a year now (one Alienbee and some backgrounds), and I seem to specialize in babies since the adoption of my own daughter inspired all of this.
This is actually friends that my wife works with. We were actually trying to get everyones feet, but babies this age (~6months) tend to hate laying on their back for anything other than nap time. I still have a "cage match" with my daughter when it comes time to change her diaper.
For this shot, I have a black muslin in the very back, and the baby is actually sitting on a coffee table with the muslin draped over it. Dad is on the floor with his feet up on the table, mom is sitting on a chair over dad's chest with a black cloth draped over her as well. A contrast boost, some well placed airbrushing, and masking took care of everything else. So it was mostly a lot of black clothes and some photoshop work.
It all started like a wicked game of Twister, but I think it worked out in the end. Mom hated the idea, but liked the final result quite a bit.
I subscribed to this thread just so I could hear Shane's answer to the question, "How did you do that?" Thank you Shane for posting your setup. I wish you had taken a shot without the masking just for a laugh.
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I subscribed to this thread just so I could hear Shane's answer to the question, "How did you do that?" Thank you Shane for posting your setup. I wish you had taken a shot without the masking just for a laugh.
I'm just glad there were only three in the family. People don't stack quite as easily as Legos.
This was actually the sister of a model I was shooting swimwear for who came as the chaperone (She's actually in labour as I type). She had a ball and actually posed better than her sister
My Grandaughter just after her birth is meeting her mother after being cleaned up.
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Thank you for your compliments. Appreciate you taking the time to coment.
My wife was very big stomached as you can see - from the back you couldn't tell she was pregant so people would get a shock when she turned around. More than once we heard people comment to each other about her tummy - on a few occasions people literally stopped talking to each other and stared...very funny.
Shane, I also love that shot of the feet. Beautiful.
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Thanks! she was trying to lick the baby's head
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Of my newest baby, who was 4 weeks premature.
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I really like this one! Great work!
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Here is one of my son Trevor at my favorite baby age, 6 months:
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Shane - this is a great shot. How did you set it up? I looks like a black cloth that your sitting on, but how did you get that black out effect behind the feet & Baby? Was it exposure / flash timing or Photoshop?
Thanks for the compliments. I've only had studio equipment for a little more than a year now (one Alienbee and some backgrounds), and I seem to specialize in babies since the adoption of my own daughter inspired all of this.
This is actually friends that my wife works with. We were actually trying to get everyones feet, but babies this age (~6months) tend to hate laying on their back for anything other than nap time. I still have a "cage match" with my daughter when it comes time to change her diaper.
For this shot, I have a black muslin in the very back, and the baby is actually sitting on a coffee table with the muslin draped over it. Dad is on the floor with his feet up on the table, mom is sitting on a chair over dad's chest with a black cloth draped over her as well. A contrast boost, some well placed airbrushing, and masking took care of everything else. So it was mostly a lot of black clothes and some photoshop work.
It all started like a wicked game of Twister, but I think it worked out in the end. Mom hated the idea, but liked the final result quite a bit.
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Here's a premie twin with a smile!
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This was actually the sister of a model I was shooting swimwear for who came as the chaperone (She's actually in labour as I type). She had a ball and actually posed better than her sister
A different type of pregnancy shoot for sure.
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Here's one with my Rebel XT and slightly improved photog skills when my boy was 9 months old.
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My Grandaughter just after her birth is meeting her mother after being cleaned up.
In this great big world around us, we will find what we are looking for! What we do with it is up to us to decide.
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