How to shoot newborn baby at home with on the basic things on your phone – newborn photography
Welcoming our new family addition is joyful, it should be articulated and documented. Many new mammas and dads don’t have the opportunity to get professional photos down, due to many reasons.
Recently Sydney is in this lock down restrictions. I’m teaching you how to use the basics (no professional cameras needed) to shoot some cute and timeless photos just with your phone.
In this article I’ll explain:
- the items you can use from your home
- what iphone setting and angles
- how to pose differently for your baby
You Can Take These Newborn Photos With Any Camera
These tips can be used by anybody. You don’t need to have a fancy camera, you can just use the camera on your phone or a point-and-shoot if you have one.
Choose The Right Time Of Day To Take Your Photographs
Pick in between feeds to shoot these pictures. These photos are best done between 5-10 days old and during baby’s deep sleep.
Use Blankets and towels, bowl
Use the items around the house, you don’t have to buy anything too expensive.Take The Photographs In A Room With Plenty Of Window Light
To take beautiful photographs, you’ll need plenty of window light.
Have a look around your home, and look for a window where there’s plenty of light coming in, but not direct sunlight. Then find the spot where the light starts to fall onto the floor from the window.
Now, Take Your Photographs
Now that you have everything ready, it’s time to take the photographs! These poses you can save into your phone and using as reference images on the day to pose your baby.
Over To You
I really hope this article has been helpful to you if you’re not able to get to your newborn photo shoot because of the pandemic, but you would like to take some photos of your baby, in those early days, before they change and grow too much.
