STARTING YOUR NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHY JOURNEY
This learning path includes a series of educational resources we recommend working through, to help you focus on your learning goals in this area of interest.
THIS LEARNING PATH IS FOR YOU IF..
You need to develop your camera skills further
You are new to newborn photography
You wish to learn about the safety considerations for newborn photographers
You need to develop your wrapping and posing skills
You’ve done this before but wish to revise camera skills, along with posing workflow & wrapping basics
BEFORE YOU BEGIN..
PRIORITISE & PLAN WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN.
DON’T OVERTHINK IT!
SELF-CRITIQUE
Sit with your images and identify what you ARE and ARE NOT happy with. Try to be specific, so you have an area to work on.
PRACTICE
If you don’t practice what you’re learning, you’re doing yourself an injustice. Practice and assess your progress. Identify areas which need more work.
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SET LEARNING GOALS
WRITE DOWN YOUR GOALS TO IDENTIFY YOUR LEARNING NEEDS FOR THIS AREA OF INTEREST.
What are the skills you struggle with, which you’d like to improve upon?
Which tasks do you find time-consuming or laboursome, that you’d like to become more efficient in?
Identify the tasks needed to achieve each goal, and mark them off as completed. You might even like to set yourself a reward once you’ve reached a goal.
Remember, you should plan to learn at your own pace.
Take in bite-sized pieces of information in one sitting.
Revise and practice the new skills and knowledge regularly to help it become part of your new habit.
NEWBORN SAFETY TIPS
When we’re working with these precious babies, we must consider not only their safety and how secure they feel throughout the session, we also have to consider how handling the baby makes our clients feel.
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GETTING IT RIGHT IN CAMERA
Learn how to control exposure, use a histogram to see shadows and highlights, and use the rule of thirds to capture your intended composition, and more. Create the perfect image, in camera, first time, every time.
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TRANSITIONAL POSING
Having a posing workflow allows you to minimise the movements of a baby when transitioning them from their back, to their side then onto their tummies, achieving a variety of images from different poses.
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COMFORT WRAP
The Comfort Wrap is my go-to wrap. It’s a great base wrap, making it a good starting point for more decorative wrapping styles.
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FULL BODY WRAP
The Full Body Wrap is ideal for babies who are a little unsettled or not quite asleep. It helps to keep them comfortable and calm.
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NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHY LIGHTING
Learn how the size, shape, and placement of light can impact the look and feel of every photo you take. Demostrated with daylight, continuous LED and strobe lights.
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CHOOSING THE BEST WRAPS
When choosing the best wraps for newborn photography, you need to consider fabric types, amount of stretch, size, colour and texture. Includes video.
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