{"id":119,"date":"2024-06-08T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2024-06-10T01:51:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T15:51:55","slug":"photographing-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/photographing-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Tips for Amazing (and Adorable!) Baby Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This article was updated in June 2024 with contributions from Darren Rowse, Chas Elliott<\/a>, Elizabeth Halford<\/a>, Beth Jennings<\/a>, Candace Lindemann<\/a>, Christina N Dickson<\/a>, and Natalie Norton<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Babies. Do you find them challenging to photograph?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They gurgle, spit, vomit, laugh, cry, smack their hands together…In other words, they do a lot of things that we don\u2019t want to memorialize in a photograph!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in between all that uncontrollable baby behavior are those moments that parents see every day and would love to keep alive forever in beautiful photos: the big eyes, cute smiles, tiny fingers, soft skin, and round cheeks. All those wondrous little details that only come with brand-new life! Those are the things that connect to a parent\u2019s heart in the moment, and they’re what the parent longs to remember once the child has grown up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in this article, I’ll show you how to capture those adorable baby photos, whether you’re an up-and-coming baby photographer looking to impress clients or you’re a parent hoping to capture amazing images of your own child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Do some planning in advance<\/h2>\n\n\n
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If you’re photographing a baby for a client, here are some things you’ll want to discuss with the parents about a day or two prior to your scheduled shoot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n