Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Baby Portrait Photography: Capturing the Spontaneous and Natural

I was recently asked about baby photography which immediately sent me looking for some examples of portraits I've taken. Since I took up photography I've photographed a variety of different subjects but none are as challenging as baby portraits!


I'm not a fan of really posed looking photo's though, so it's actually great fun trying to get that great photograph that shows the baby at his or her spontaneous best!



On this particular shoot, Harry was asleep when I arrived at his mothers house. I simply just sat in front of his baby bouncer and took a few shots until he decided to wake up!


We got all sorts of reactions out of him from crying to laughing to this 'blowing bubbles' pose! 


Capturing the natural essence of a baby's unique character is the most important part of these first photographs of a child's life. They capture a unique innocent character that will change so quickly as the child grows up.


Captured forever, these unique memories will come back to haunt Harry on his 18th birthday!


I still offer photography services alongside my other work with Entirely Art, it's something that i'd never truly give up as it provides such rewarding results as these photo's.

Friday, August 12, 2011

The Friday Picture (Number 19)

Baby Portraiture - Capturing a Natural Look


Here's a real gem of a photo, taken some time ago when I was heavily involved in taking Baby portraits.



Capturing the spontaneous and natural has always been my aim when it comes to photographing people. I have alot of photo's of crying babies and fed up grumpy ones too!  But here's one from a more relaxed shoot when baby Harry here was happy to cuddle upto his teddy and pose! (at least for this shot anyway!!)