My daughter at 3 months - c&C welcome

fclark

I've been trying to get a good shot to use as my daughter's 3 month picture. I lent out my tripod so I'm having a hard time both being behind the camera as well as trying to get a smile! We probably won't use this shot since her finger's in her mouth, but I think it really shows the mischevioue glint in her eye at three months already!!

Any suggestions for improving the lighting, etc are much appreciated - I have almost no budget at this point, but would love to improve with what I have. Lighting is window light from the left - looking at it now I'm wondering if I should have used a reflector on the right?

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Cuties02q

I think it is a cute shot (I like her finger in her mouth). I also think the light looks good. What a cutie you have

snapapple

The shadow on the right is a little distracting. A reflector could have helped with that. I would also prefer not to have the V shaped shadows in the background. A reflector may lessen them. Or maybe use a flat background. It's a cute pose and the finger is very natural. Cute baby!

Katie Beth

snapapple wrote:

The shadow on the right is a little distracting. A reflector could have helped with that. I would also prefer not to have the V shaped shadows in the background. A reflector may lessen them. Or maybe use a flat background. It's a cute pose and the finger is very natural. Cute baby!

I agree a reflector would have helped and the V shape kind of takes the focus a way from the baby. I don't know that I'd really want to lighten the shadow on the face so much as the shadow from the chair.

I think overall it's a really cute shot and I can see her personality coming through in the image. The reflections in her eyes are nice.