Easy Baby Photography

Since this type of photography isn’t an easy thing to excel at, I have decided to provide you with even more tips. The whole aim of the site is to help you with your baby photography, hence the name, easybabyphotography.com.

After you have purchased your camera, you’ll need to think about what lens you should get. I suggest you get a lens that has the ability to give you shallow depth of field. This will create the effect of blurring out the background while keeping just your baby in focus. This is a great way to bring more attention to where you want the attention to be focused, right on your baby!

There are quite a lot of options for you to choose from. I am a Canon camera user, so I will give you advice based on the Canon system. If you have lots of money, you could get the Canon 85mm 1.2L lens. This is a very expensive lens costing around $1400 or more. It makes beautiful images so if money is no object, or if you plan to make all your money with this lens, buy it.

Otherwise, another great option for far less money would be the Canon 50mm 1.8 lens. This lens is very cheap at less than $100. Prices will vary but you can find it usually around $80. You might wonder if a lens this cheap can produce good images, but the truth is that yes it can. Images are extremely sharp and you’ll be amazed by the quality.

A third option that is more middle of the road is the Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro lens. This lens is great because you can use this both as a portrait lens but also as a macro lens. 100mm is a little bit on the long end for a baby photography portrait lens, but it can definitely work. This lens costs around $400, sometimes less. It will be a lot easier to get detail shots of the baby’s eyes or toes because of the macro capability with this lens. This allows for some more creative possibilities that wouldn’t be available with the other choices.

Of course there are many other options to choose from, but that is a good start to give you some unique photos. The key to baby photography is to make your images stand out and most of all, for your enjoyment. The more you practice the better you will be. Good luck!

Baby photography is one of the most rewarding types of photography out there. There’s just something about seeing that precious baby of yours and being able to take photos of him or her. Photography just simply for the images is nice, but it’s not nearly as meaningful as when you take images that have deeper meaning and have some sort of connection with your soul. Well baby photography is one of the areas that can easily make this connection and it is definitely a joy.

The area of baby photography however is not without it’s challenges. Babies don’t always like to smile, and when they get slightly older, they can run around pretty quick so it’s hard to capture them. In order to make taking photos of your babies easily, I suggest getting a DSLR. A Digital SLR camera can take photos very quickly and you don’t need to spend any time waiting for the camera to load. It also generally focuses very quickly so you’re sure to get a shot that isn’t out of focus. It’s also smart to buy a flash so that you can get good indoors photos even when the lighting isn’t so good. The on-board camera flash isn’t very good most of the time so I suggest investing in a decent quality flash that can be attached to the hot-shoe on the camera. Most decent flashes can be purchased for less than $200. You can even get a good one for less than $100 if you’re lucky.

After you have all the equipment that you need, it’s good to think about what your background is going to look like. Try to get rid of anything that will be distracting and take away from the photo, or draw interest from your baby. Things like bright toys can definitely detract from the photo and make it less interesting. You can place you baby on a bunch of neutral toned pillows or an interesting looking table. It’s also great to get creative by going to the beach or some other place that’s different than normal. I’ll go into more detail on some ideas for cool places to shoot your baby in later posts.

Another great idea is to try and get someone to help you with the photo shoot. Babies sometimes need to be entertained and if you are worried about setting your camera settings you can’t always devote all your attention to the baby. This makes it wise to have someone helping you. Also since you’ll have someone helping you, you’ll be able to make sure and get every precious moment, instead of possibly missing out because you’re worried about the baby falling or getting in to trouble.

More to come on baby photography in the future!