All headbands are by Katie's Kreations. Aren't they adorable? Of course, the model makes them even cuter! Congrats Jamie on your beautiful baby girl!
Reese
Another beautiful newborn baby girl!
All headbands are by Katie's Kreations. Aren't they adorable? Of course, the model makes them even cuter! Congrats Jamie on your beautiful baby girl!
All headbands are by Katie's Kreations. Aren't they adorable? Of course, the model makes them even cuter! Congrats Jamie on your beautiful baby girl!
Adia
This is Adia. Pronounced ay-dee-uh (just like the song). Isn't that such a beautiful name? It means gift.
I just love taking pictures of newborns, and this little one was just the sweetest! This is my friend Jenn's baby and I've been looking forward to meeting this little girl for a long time. I love her!
Congratulations Jenn!
(Rosette bows by Katie's Kreations, steel stamped bracelet by You're Gonna Love This)
Russ and Ben
These little cuties are getting baptized on Saturday! I was able to take their pictures yesterday and we sure had a blast! These boys are so photogenic and the light was so beautiful it made me wish I was getting pictures done too.
This is Ben
and this is Russ. (I think, I may have them mixed up)
Garrison
Today my friend Karyne (who is also a photographer) came over to take some newborn pictures of her new baby boy. It got a little crazy with two newborn nursing babies and a potty training toddler in my house, but I think we made it work. Enjoy!
3 steps to taking better pictures of your kids!
Hello again! It's been awhile hasn't it? I think that most of you know that I've taken a bit of a vacation from photography to have a baby. Little Max was born July 19th at 8:43 am weighing in at 7 lbs 9 oz. He is such a cutie, and a wonderful addition to our family. Come to think of it, I never posted his newborn pictures on this blog--I'll have to do that shortly. In the meantime, I thought I would try something new today and write a tutorial. Let me know what you think!
Like many photographers, my interest in photography really peaked when I had my daughter. I wanted every picture of her to be perfect so that I could remember all of those early moments. Today, I'm going to teach you three steps to take better pictures of YOUR kids with YOUR camera. These are steps that everyone can do no matter what camera you have. Try it and see the difference it can make!
Step 1. TURN OFF THAT FLASH!
This picture was taken in my living room with my curtains closed and my camera set to AUTO. The camera automatically popped up the flash and took this awful picture. So I immediately went to my window and opened my curtains and came up with this:
There. That's MUCH better. The key is to figure out your camera's ISO capabilities. ISO controls how sensitive your camera is to light. Even on point and shoots you have the ability to control this, just pop out that manual and look it up! You may not be able to control it in increments like on DSLRs, but most point and shoots will at least have a HIGH ISO setting. There is a downfall though, the higher the ISO the grainier your picture will be. So you have to decide what is more important to you. Personally, I'd take a grainy picture over one with flash any day.
Step 2: Find the light in your home!
Which rooms are the brightest? Where are your windows? Really study where the good light is and do activities in those areas.
Step 3: Get down on their level.
This picture was taken just seconds after the one above, only I laid myself down on the floor to be able to take it. Perspective is everything when taking pictures of kids. See how much more intimate this picture just became?
Then I just laid there and let the kids be themselves.
I did cheat a little and had my camera in Manual mode for those last three pictures (2.8, 1/125) but that's a whole other tutorial and we won't go into that just yet. But these three steps will improve your pictures I promise! So go play with your kids and start shooting away!
Like many photographers, my interest in photography really peaked when I had my daughter. I wanted every picture of her to be perfect so that I could remember all of those early moments. Today, I'm going to teach you three steps to take better pictures of YOUR kids with YOUR camera. These are steps that everyone can do no matter what camera you have. Try it and see the difference it can make!
Step 1. TURN OFF THAT FLASH!
There. That's MUCH better. The key is to figure out your camera's ISO capabilities. ISO controls how sensitive your camera is to light. Even on point and shoots you have the ability to control this, just pop out that manual and look it up! You may not be able to control it in increments like on DSLRs, but most point and shoots will at least have a HIGH ISO setting. There is a downfall though, the higher the ISO the grainier your picture will be. So you have to decide what is more important to you. Personally, I'd take a grainy picture over one with flash any day.
Step 2: Find the light in your home!
Which rooms are the brightest? Where are your windows? Really study where the good light is and do activities in those areas.
Step 3: Get down on their level.
This picture was taken just seconds after the one above, only I laid myself down on the floor to be able to take it. Perspective is everything when taking pictures of kids. See how much more intimate this picture just became?
Then I just laid there and let the kids be themselves.
I did cheat a little and had my camera in Manual mode for those last three pictures (2.8, 1/125) but that's a whole other tutorial and we won't go into that just yet. But these three steps will improve your pictures I promise! So go play with your kids and start shooting away!
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