Responding to the newborn during the portrait session
Tip #9
Get some experience with newborns first before photographing one – they’re quite different to young babies, and need a lot more attention!
If you’ve spent time around a new baby, the constant nappy changes and feeds won’t come as a surprise – and you won’t be panicking that all the time is being used up with bodily needs, you’ll have seen how there’s a window of calm after all the excitement – that’s the moment you’re waiting for to really start photographing in.
Tip #10
First things first – always, always, always wash your hands before handling a newborn – they’re so vulnerable to germs and illness, you want to be as clean as possible just in case.
And of course, if you have an illness, postpone the session – the baby’s health is the top priority here.
Tip #11
I follow the newborn’s lead – if they’re awake and settled, that’s when I suggest taking a family portrait. Different photographers approach this differently – many studio photographers, for example, request that the baby has an enormous feed beforehand to induce a big long sleep, for example.
The more you photograph newborns, the more you’ll get a sense of how you want to go about this.
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Get some experience with newborns first before photographing one – they’re quite different to young babies, and need a lot more attention!
If you’ve spent time around a new baby, the constant nappy changes and feeds won’t come as a surprise – and you won’t be panicking that all the time is being used up with bodily needs, you’ll have seen how there’s a window of calm after all the excitement – that’s the moment you’re waiting for to really start photographing in.
Tip #10
First things first – always, always, always wash your hands before handling a newborn – they’re so vulnerable to germs and illness, you want to be as clean as possible just in case.
And of course, if you have an illness, postpone the session – the baby’s health is the top priority here.
Tip #11
I follow the newborn’s lead – if they’re awake and settled, that’s when I suggest taking a family portrait. Different photographers approach this differently – many studio photographers, for example, request that the baby has an enormous feed beforehand to induce a big long sleep, for example.
The more you photograph newborns, the more you’ll get a sense of how you want to go about this.
Read more from Trampolinepaul
Contact me at About.me
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