If you did DIY 6 month (ish) pictures...

Kingston54 · July 2010

How did you pose them, what did you use? The resulting pictures would be great also.

We are going to splurge on his 1 year/Christmas photos and take him to our wedding photographer so I'm trying to be reasonable until then.

Thanks

truhle · July 2010

I was at BRU about a week ago and they had like a little wheel to spin to win prizes from their Kiddie Kandids photography, or whatever its called...I won a free 8 x 10 portrait collage but, while we were there for the shoot, it seemed like they had a lot of deals (20-40% off)....

But, I realized that it seems like their studio props would be easy to recreate at home....They had a soft blue blanket as a backdrop set up on a stiff backboard (you could use the front of your couch as the backboard) and underneath the blue blanket they had a stack of phone books with soft padding wrapped around them, this was used to prop DS up on his side....

You could always find a pretty park to take pictures at too! Just some DIY ideas

mistywhite400 · July 2010

mine were simple. I took her out front & put a blanket down & snapped some pics. She was sitting up & that's it!

I wish I would have faced her the other way so the cars wouldn't be in the background, but I guess thats why I'm not a photographer! LOL!

AdamsWife08 · July 2010

I didn't DIY mine, but Burke wore the shirt he has on in my siggy picture...it's looks like a little baseball jersey. My photograhper sat him on a couch propped in the corner with a baseball glove and a little baseball cap in his lap/hands. We also had him propped up on the side of the couch over the arm. Also just sitting on a white sheet with generic sitting poses, we also gave him a baseball to play with in some of them.

superaunt · July 2010

I got a "1/2" onsie, made a tutu, threw down a solid background, and took some pics. You can see some here: https://finallymom.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-really-like-your-baby.html

Tonya_G · July 2010

I took her outside and sat her on a blanket near the lillies in my garden in a cute dress and headband. My original pics weren't great, so I played around with them a bit in Lightroom (made by Adobe) to brighten them up a bit. I think they turned out rather cute:

Mrs.Keith2B · July 2010

I take monthly pictures with a sign that says "I'm X months old today!" You can see how his 6 month pictures turned out Stick out tongue

Luckily we took him to Portrait Innovations and had 6 month pictures taken. We'll be doing it again when he turns 1.

Ivana_Stolichnaya · July 2010

We took her to a park and laid her on a blanket.

Just make sure to stay at their eye level, try to avoid high angle shots.

bourk997 · July 2010

We were in the middle of moving at 6 months, so I did a quick shoot of something like this:

By 8 months, we were in the new house. These might give you more ideas:

For these, you just need someone to hold baby from behind:

And some inside shots:

Have fun with it!

LoriSTi · July 2010

It was still raining here in June so I did some indoor ones. I want to still go out and take some outdoor ones. He really wasn't too into it. But here are some that I got. Just make sure to get down on their level and pay attention to whats in the background.