Newborn Photo Shoots - C&C

[MBPhotography]

These are a few pictures from my first two newborn sessions. I am still learning and had a few problems with lighting because I like to use natural light but both of these houses I visited had very limited natural light. Any comments or critiques would be much appreciated!!

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#2


#3


#4


#5


#6

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[MBPhotography]

Any C&C?

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[EPPhoto]

First thing i see in most of them is your watermark. Especially the second...it's HUGE! lol.

Sent from Erics iPhone! (2) Nikon D300 50mm 1.4, 17-55 2.8, 70-200 2.8VRII, 24-70 2.8, 85mm 1.4, (2) SB900

[MBPhotography]

Lol I know, I have been playing with different watermarks and now all my pictures have different ones. I definitely need to keep trying to find a good one that I like. That's not HUGE

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[MWG]

Well done, #3 is my favored picture, #4 could use a tighter crop but thats just me.

What photo editing software do you use?

[mjbine]

Love #2 but on some of the others the whites look a little blown out on my screen.

[gsgary]

Well done, #3 is my favored picture, #4 could use a tighter crop but thats just me.

What photo editing software do you use?

#3 looks like she is holding a ball in her hands, the only one that shows a bit of promise is #4

[MBPhotography]

I use Lightroom 3.4. I really love it. I am big into editing and making pictures look vibrant and dramatic and it really makes it easy to do.

www.MonicaBlancoPhotography.com

[EPPhoto]

I use Lightroom 3.4. I really love it. I am big into editing and making pictures look vibrant and dramatic and it really makes it easy to do.

www.MonicaBlancoPhotography.com

I use Lightroom for 95% of my workflow. Do you use the wonderful presets that are downloadable all over the net? I find those and then tweak them to my liking and then create my own. You should try it!

Sent from Erics iPhone! (2) Nikon D300 50mm 1.4, 17-55 2.8, 70-200 2.8VRII, 24-70 2.8, 85mm 1.4, (2) SB900

[Sammie_Lou]

#3 kind of creeps me out, but I love the rest of them. It looks like she's only holding a head instead of holding a whole baby.

[eliz250r]

Agree w/ Sammie on #3. Maybe try it from a different angle, more of a profile style to get the baby’s body in there a little more so it doesn’t look like just a head. Also, since the Mom's hands are in so much of the photo I would have had her trim her nails to the same length. Really adorable!

[RauschPhotography]

The lighting isn't very flattering in this session. I don't know if I'm the only one who thinks this, but #3 looks like the mother is holding a coconut instead of her newborn's head? #4 doesn't strike me as a newborn shoot, and actually gives off a little bit of a depressing vibe. The child being alone on a bed, even wrapped in its blanket gives it the sense of abandonment. #5 appears to be over-exposed in patchy areas of the baby's face and would look best without a sepia tone PP style. Just my two cents.