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The baby is finally here, and everyone wants pictures! But every time you try to take pictures, your beautiful baby looks like a little wrinkly old person instead of that exquisite being you see before you. Well, here are some tips to capture your newborn for the best results. - You can use a film camera or a digital camera, but use the best camera available to you that is easy for you to use. If you are using a film camera, you may want to use black and white film, at least 800 ISO. If you are using a digital camera, you can turn the pictures black&white on the computer later, or at via your online printing service. - Turn off the Flash! Use window light for the best natural soft light to show off your baby. Find a window that has an abundance of good light, not direct sun light streaming in, but good indirect sunlight. Morning light is usually very good if your windows are facing the right way to take advantage of that, and newborns are often calmer in the morning. - Simple is always better, so remove visual clutter. Use a white sheet or solid colored blankets under the baby so that the look is simple, classic and totally focused on the baby. - Skin is best for newborns. Photographing newborns without clothing yields a timeless classic look. You can keep diapers on if you choose, but try to cover them with fabric or a diaper cover. - With your camera ready, making sure the babies face and body is turned toward the light from the window, start taking pictures from different angles. Try to fill the frame with the baby and the solid colored blanket or sheet, avoiding additional clutter or items that may get into your background. - Do not try to get the baby to smile, just take a series of images from different angles, with some of the baby looking at the camera and some of the baby's profile, some of the top of the head etc. Keep working your way around the baby talking and singing to your baby to try to engage them. If the baby starts fussing, soothe them as needed and when they are calm, try again. - If the baby falls asleep, no problem - photograph them while sleeping! When they are asleep you can take pictures of feet and hands as they are not moving. Think of the beautiful images by Anne Geddes, who became famous for her sleeping newborns images. When newborns are awake they tend to move constantly which can make it challenging to get still images without motion. - Take more pictures than you think you need, you never know which ones you will like. Make sure to get come full body, some half body and some close ups of face, hands, feet and other cute, memorable body parts - like the fuzzy wrinkly shoulders, funny hair lines, ears, legs, bottom, etc. - When it is time to develop the images - whether on your computer or at the lab, develop your pictures and then sit down and go through them, looking with an artistic eye to choose the ones that capture the baby that you see, and this time in your life which will pass so quickly. Choose the best ones for an artistic birth announcement.
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