Baby Boy Pictures

Baby Boy Picture

Babies are great subjects for photography. They are beautiful, uninhibited, and spontaneous. And if it is your own baby you want to capture on your camera’s image sensor, or on film, you will definitely want to make the picture look great.

You will also want to record every “first” your baby goes through. So take your camera out of the closet and practice using it. You may also want to learn a few tips.

1) Go down to the baby’s level. This may require you to sit or even lie down but the baby’s expressive eyes and captivating smile will be well worth the effort. You don’t have to get the baby to look at the camera. This task is close to impossible. Getting down to their eye level is enough to provide your picture with a personal touch.

2) You can create a more powerful picture by isolating the baby from its surroundings. By opening up your camera aperture you can decrease the depth of field. If you focus correctly on the baby, your large aperture will blur any distracting background. Of course you can simply carry the baby and place it against an uncluttered background. You can also move around your subject, taking pictures as you go. One way or another you will come up with a picture with a clean background.

3) A smiling or laughing baby makes for a great picture. But so does one who is frowning, crying, scared, yawning, or even screaming. Try to capture the gamut of the baby’s emotions. It is natural for them to experience a wide range of emotions and to display them candidly. Besides, it will be fun showing those pictures to the baby 10 or 15 years later.

4) Get up close. This should create a very powerful picture as your subject dominates the entire photograph. It focuses attention on the baby to the exclusion of everything else.

5) To record the growth of the baby, photograph it at regular intervals and try to show some scale. For instance, if the baby was born on the 1st day of January, take a picture every 1st day of the month. And when you do, show the baby in a fixed part of your house, or yard, or any permanent structure. This should give the viewer an idea of the baby’s size.

Take pictures as often as possible. Time flies so fast you won’t even notice your baby has turned into a toddler. A few more minutes and the child is a pre-schooler. Do not limit your photographs only to selected special moments in your baby’s young life. Instead, photograph as many moments as you can.