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Anyone do DIY Newborn Photos?

MyColonyNJMyColonyNJ
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I am planning on doing DIY newborn photos and have been looking on-line at pro and diy photos for ideas.

If you did you photos yourself, can you please share any tips, or advice.  Heck, if you have the pics, I would love to see them as well.

For what it's worth, I do NOT have a fancy camera, just a standard point and shoot digital camera.

Thanks

 

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  • MereD19MereD19 member

    I did the photo for our baby announcement. I do not have any advice (and also don't have a fancy camera) .... but I can tell you that I took probably 30 pictures and 1 came out "professional-looking". Hehe. I just used a nice blanket and tried to make that my background.

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  • MaybeBabyTimeMaybeBabyTime
    My DH and I go back and forth with this.  I want to hire a professional and he thinks he can do it on his own. I'd love to see the responses you get.  Sorry...no advice here as I'm still waiting on my baby.
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  • fallbride110406fallbride110406 member

    We'll do our own when we have our babies.  My husband has a Canon Digital Rebel XSi though and does a lot of photography.  I have a graphic design background so I would do touchups, etc.

    I would say to try to use natural daylight (no flash!) and find a sheet in the color you want for a background.  Then it's mostly trial and error.  :) 

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  • DavezWifeDavezWife member

    I did, before I had a fancy camera.

    Fuzzy blanket, sheer white curtains over late afternoon sunlight windows, one light on in the room with no flash. TONS of piks, all different angles, took 1000, got 20.

     Send me your favorites and I'l fix them up nice in photoshop. I'm bored, seriously, I'd love to do it.

     

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  • MaybeBabyTimeMaybeBabyTime
    imageDavezWife:

    I did, before I had a fancy camera.

    Fuzzy blanket, sheer white curtains over late afternoon sunlight windows, one light on in the room with no flash. TONS of piks, all different angles, took 1000, got 20.

     Send me your favorites and I'l fix them up nice in photoshop. I'm bored, seriously, I'd love to do it.

     

    Davez...you're always so helpful....

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  • MyColonyNJMyColonyNJ
    imageDavezWife:

    I did, before I had a fancy camera.

    Fuzzy blanket, sheer white curtains over late afternoon sunlight windows, one light on in the room with no flash. TONS of piks, all different angles, took 1000, got 20.

     Send me your favorites and I'l fix them up nice in photoshop. I'm bored, seriously, I'd love to do it.

    Thanks - I may just have to take you up on that offer.  I will probably take them next week :)

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  • bmf8140bmf8140 member
    Get a beanbag! A lot of those shots you are seeing, the babies are posed on bean bags. I didn't know this until Bennett wasn't really a newborn anymore. And sometimes a beanbag plus a boppy works best. Put the boppy on top of the beanbag and cover both with the blanket/sheet.
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