1 year pictures - help request!

MrMrsandBaby · January 2013

So we are getting Allison's pictures done at our photographers in-home studio. Her backdrop is white (she is just getting started so limited in options!). It just seems so boring! I don't want to do a lot of clothing changes - hello cranky baby! - but have a question. We have this dress that I really want to put her in. Would it look ok on a white backdrop with a small bunch of pink balloons behind it?

We would change her into something else after that one but i just don't know how a white dress will work...

I'm thinking we MAY be able to do some outside if the weather isn't horrible, but I just don't know. I mean, tomorrow is going to be 60 and Thursday is going to be like 15! It has been such a strange winter, I don't want to count on anything.

michelle7482 · January 2013

The dress is adorable, but I wouldn't do a white dress with a white background. That's a lot of white, but that's just MO.

MrMrsandBaby · January 2013

I thought the same thing! The dress was a baby shower gift and it is just now fitting her! I love it so much but if she doesn't wear it for pictures then she will NEVER wear it (so sad!).

I'm just torn....

Ya Never Know · January 2013

Is there any way she can dress up her background? Maybe a coloured sheet or something?

jmccall79 · January 2013

I agree that I wouldn't do white on white, though the dress is adorable! I'd go with a black background if you can. Do you have a Goodwill or other consignment store near by? You could go and see if you could find a black sheet, or some other colored solid sheet. My sisters used to take a lot of pics of their kiddos and just used a plain black sheet pinned to the wall and it always worked out just fine.

2chatter · January 2013

I did pics of DD white on white - she was in a little Children's place white skort and white polo shirt - it was the first time she said she wanted to play tennis and really showed an interest in clothes. It turned out really, really cute. It was a LOT of white though. The pink balloons will break it up IMO.

Can you provide a photo prop item to break up the white? (Thinking a swag of furry pink material from a fabric store for her to sit on to match the balloons?)

heymommy · January 2013

A white background with white clothes is a very common pro portrai set up. It's called high- key. And it's very appropriate for a baby, child, 1st birthday session etc. When it's done correctly it looks great!