Bruce Sawle
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Nero wrote:
A couple more baby photographer links I like:
http://capturedbycarrie.com/blog/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kelleyryden/
A few tidbits I have picked up along the way (I've been shooting my newborn son for the last 12 weeks  )-
- Get a heater- babies skin tends to get blotchy- 80+ degrees in the room you are shooting is good. I use a portable oil radiator. I turn it on about 30 minutes before shooting.
- If you want to get the neat newborn sleeping poses that are popular right now, try to shoot the baby as soon after they are born as possible. The day they come home from the hospital would be ideal. I missed that time with our guy (he was in the NICU, and didn't come home until he was 10 days old, and I didn't start trying to really photograph him until he was a month) and once they start being more alert, fussy, etc.. your windows of opportunity get smaller and smaller. When they are REALLY newborn (less than a week old) they sleep SOOO heavy, you have plenty of time to pose, shoot etc.
- Set up lighting and even practice poses with a doll. I've been using a stuffed mickey mouse.
- If the baby is older, get someone else to pose the baby for you. By the time you set the baby in a pose you like, and get behind the camera.. they have moved.
- Don't expect that big grin shot until they are at least 2 months old. "Smiles" in very young newborns are usually gas, and are fleeting.
- If the baby starts getting fussy, don't keep pushing it. Let mom nurse, calm, etc.. the baby.. it can take a while, but a full baby is usually a happy baby (at least for a little bit)
- LOTS.. OF.. WATERPROOF.. PADS!
One more!! I've had numerous babies poop on the floor, blankets ect. Have spares.
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