I took heaps, but there were not many decent ones to choose from. I thought it would be a piece of cake getting some nice shots of a newborn...boy was I wrong. Ive admired the shots of a newborn on the pile of nappies on Katies blog and thought it would be easy. WRONG... It took me ages to try and fold the nappies so they even looked half soft a fluffy, and all she wanted to do was stretch her legs out and bury her head.
(I take my hat off to all those photographers out there who get stunning photos of newborns!!! I just drool over the gorgeous shots Katie gets - as I often tell her lol. If you havnt seen her beautiful work, pop into her blog one day and check out the photo gallery link. Not only is she an amazing photographer, she is also a very talented scrapper! Ive never actually met her, but she just seems so lovely, and Ive admired her work on 2peas for ages. )
Here is my attempt at the nappy shot - this is the best one of the series of them that I took. I think its OK. Vic doesnt really like it much though.
Thats all folks. Just wanted to show off my neice!!!
Nic xxx
10 comments:
you take really good pictures!!! two thumbs-up!
That bubby is soooooo cute.
Completely clucky now!! I think those photos are absolutely gorgeous!
Love Kel
I really love your photos, I know how hard it is to take nice newborn piccies.
Trish
She is gorgeous - made me all clucky! And I think you did a great job with the photos. Katie has done a couple of photo shoots with my two boys, and despite watching carefully I STILL don't know how she manages to capture them so well!
Jess
YOU TOOK THESE NIC....?????
wowsa wow woman...they are awesome pics. and i love the one with the pink hat....just too cute.
xo
She is gorgeous!!! You have done an excellent job. :)
I know what you mean about difficulties of taking shots of newborns, I tried the other day with eli too, but to no real avail.... where do you set up and what props/back-drops do you have??
You still got some good shots though - cute!
Oh Nic you are a darling! Thank you so much for such lovely comments!! You did a great job. My little trick with the nappies is to pop them in the dryer first to get them fluffy, then I fold two together to make them look thick too. Then I pile them up carefully checking how even they are, and that the bottom ones haven't disapeared under the pile on one side (which seems to happen a lot!)
As for light, when I took most of Ethan's newborn shots I actually put the backdrop in his cot. His mattress was up at that stage, so with the side down it was flat KWIM? I pulled the cot right up to the window... so close that I was sitting on the window sill!
Lock your focus on the bub, and WAIT! That perfect shot will happen, eventually ;)
You really did do a great job. Be proud. Good on you with photoshop too. And feel free to drop me an email if there is anything else you want to know. Hope this helps :)
xx k
These photos are just adorable Nic.
NIc!! WOW! I would be stoked if I took these! Well done :o)
And thanks for those tips Katie ;o)
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