Baby Pictures

Bassett1976

I was able to sit down and take some pictures of my 7 day old son today with a little help from mom. I wanted to get some suggestions/comments from anyone to help make the pictures better. I have a few that the focus was more on the baseball glove than the baby.

Comments? Suggestions?

Thanks!
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Frog Lady

fun stuff. Were they ever really that small (my 14 yr old is now 6'1" and it's hard to remember...). I love the ones where he's in the b-ball glove - just too precious!

comment wise... #3 looks a bit over saturated or sharpened, some of the crops are a bit tight. IMHO, I think I would have liked to see a bit more of your son in #1 - the eyes are drawn more to the glove and the baby seems more of an after thought. And #8 could have used a bit more breathing room around him so he didn't appear so crowded.

but in any case, great idea and these'll provide some great memories. well done.

C.

Bassett1976

Frog Lady wrote:

fun stuff. Were they ever really that small (my 14 yr old is now 6'1" and it's hard to remember...). I love the ones where he's in the b-ball glove - just too precious!

comment wise... #3 looks a bit over saturated or sharpened, some of the crops are a bit tight. IMHO, I think I would have liked to see a bit more of your son in #1 - the eyes are drawn more to the glove and the baby seems more of an after thought. And #8 could have used a bit more breathing room around him so he didn't appear so crowded.

but in any case, great idea and these'll provide some great memories. well done.

C.

Thanks FrogLady, I thought they were good compositions (I do understand your points!!!) for the most part. I always look at the few "bad" parts to each of the photos.

I also looked at your pictures. They are wonderful. I hope that as my boy gets older I'll be able to get into sports photography more. Hopefully my wife will let me get an L series lens at some point.

Frog Lady

Bassett1976 wrote:

Thanks FrogLady, I thought they were good compositions (I do understand your points!!!) for the most part. I always look at the few "bad" parts to each of the photos.

I also looked at your pictures. They are wonderful. I hope that as my boy gets older I'll be able to get into sports photography more. Hopefully my wife will let me get an L series lens at some point.

thanks for the complement As for your wife and getting L series lens, it'll take some time (at least with regards to sports shots), but as your son gets bigger, so do the fields and she'll have come to expect a certain level of quality that you'll just have to have an L lens to get. Problem solved Good luck and enjoy the path - they grow up too quickly.

Swartzy

#7,8,9 have the greatest possibilities! Simply a better angle would do the trick. The green blanket was not a "great" choice unless you plan on extracting and using a different background (which you might consider?).

Cute ideas witht the ballglove. The shots still are about the baby though and the photo needs to convey that....frame in tighter. There's potential here and with a bit of pp a couple keepers.....of course, when taking baby shots, they're all keepers for someone in the family...

Travis

Swartzy wrote:

#7,8,9 have the greatest possibilities! Simply a better angle would do the trick. The green blanket was not a "great" choice unless you plan on extracting and using a different background (which you might consider?).

Cute ideas witht the ballglove. The shots still are about the baby though and the photo needs to convey that....frame in tighter. There's potential here and with a bit of pp a couple keepers.....of course, when taking baby shots, they're all keepers for someone in the family...

The green blanket is a distraction and emphasis should be on the baby, not the glove. You can fix this a couple of ways....1. move the baby to the forefront and 2. selective lighting, keeping the the highlights on the baby and partially lighting the glove. As I said in another post, i just found out how hard baby shoots can be but it looks likeyou are off to a good start.

Bassett1976

Travis wrote:

The green blanket is a distraction and emphasis should be on the baby, not the glove. You can fix this a couple of ways....1. move the baby to the forefront and 2. selective lighting, keeping the the highlights on the baby and partially lighting the glove. As I said in another post, i just found out how hard baby shoots can be but it looks likeyou are off to a good start.

Thank you Swartzy & Travis, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to "light" any subject. I just got a flash last week (before the baby came) and probably need more help in that area.

I'm currious, what colors are good backgrounds for babies? I had thought about going to get some blankets to help with photography.

I got some new shots in this morning. I didn't get the facial expressions that I wanted and the fabric seemed a bit dark to me. I am not good at post production with photoshop so I keep working at it!

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Travis

Bassett1976 wrote:

Thank you Swartzy & Travis, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to "light" any subject. I just got a flash last week (before the baby came) and probably need more help in that area.

I'm currious, what colors are good backgrounds for babies? I had thought about going to get some blankets to help with photography.

You are safe with black or white backgrounds with former being especially dramatic for b/w conversions. You can introduce a light color or color mix but the idea is for the color to compliment, not draw focus away from the baby. Two of the best on dgrin are Agnieska (http://www.abrilliantphoto.com/) and Shudderz (http://www.heatherdunnphotography.com/). There are several others that are good as well.