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Taking Pictures of Baby

10 Tips for Fabulous Baby Photos

By Alexandria Powell

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4. Keep pushing the button.
Taking lots of pictures – literally as many as you can – will increase what Kelsh calls "the luck factor." The best photographers do anything they can to increase the odds that they'll get that perfect shot. By snapping lots of pictures of the same sleeping baby face, you increase the odds that you'll do so. (Don't worry; you don't have to keep all of them! To avoid clogging up your camera and computer, narrow it down to the three or four best images and delete the rest.)

5. Don't be afraid to try something new.
"Almost everybody is digital now, and with digital, it doesn't cost you any money to shoot a lot of pictures and experiment with different things," Gilbert says. "Looking straight down, looking in from their eye level, putting them by a window, silhouetting somebody holding a baby up by a window – anything to be different is worth trying. When you break the rules you'll always amaze yourself as a photographer."

6. Capture all your baby's moods.
Crying babies don't have to ruin a photo session. In fact, notes Kelsh, a close-up picture of your little one screaming and crying is a good photograph. "It may not be funny at the time – but it will be funny later on," he says.

7. Take advantage of naptime.
While many new parents stress over getting that elusive shot of their newborn's open eyes, sleeping babies make excellent photo subjects. "When the baby is sleeping, it's just you and your camera, and you're not having to deal with a baby who is squirming around," Kelsh says. "You can really experiment to find out what your camera can do. And after you've mastered taking pictures when the baby is sleeping, just bear in mind the same things as the child is growing up."


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