first photoshoot tips

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My mom's friend just had a baby, and i offered my services to take some shots of her newborn. I am not sure how i should go about taking photos of her baby! i assume i would get some great shots why the toddler is sleeping, but i dont know how good the lighting is at the house and i dont have a large flash. I will be limited to using my 50mm 1.8 and hopefully i will have my tamron 28-75 f2.8 that i just ordered by the time she would want me to come over. Any tips?
 
Your 50mm will be fine. Bring a tripod if you are worried, and do some longer exposures. It is a new born, so it shouldnt be too mobile.
 
are you going to ask the baby 100 questions about what lens you should get next?


sorry i couldn't resist
 
are you going to ask the baby 100 questions about what lens you should get next?


sorry i couldn't resist

:lmao::lol::lmao:


The 1.8 would probably be your best choice if the lighting is poor. But I'm sure there are windows and such that the baby / crib can be moved to to allow for better lighting. So I wouldn't be too worried about that.

Search the interweb for examples of poses and images to get inspiration from
 
are you going to ask the baby 100 questions about what lens you should get next?


sorry i couldn't resist
Hysterical, made my morning :thumbup:


Anyway, yes, the 50mm is a great lens to use for this shoot. Also, be sure to shoot the baby from their level instead of repeatedly shooting down on them.
 
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Your 50mm will be fine. Bring a tripod if you are worried, and do some longer exposures. It is a new born, so it shouldnt be too mobile.


errrr... noooo.

never a good idea to shot people w/ a long exposure.

how about... a flash! not a "large" one? do you have a... small.. one?
 
How about 300mm, and having the baby outside in natural light while you're inside avoiding lens flare?
 
Your 50mm will be fine. Bring a tripod if you are worried, and do some longer exposures. It is a new born, so it shouldnt be too mobile.


errrr... noooo.

never a good idea to shot people w/ a long exposure.

how about... a flash! not a "large" one? do you have a... small.. one?
The pop-up flash is small enough :D

Yea, small and.. unusable!

If you really want to use a pop up, you COULD buy a Gary Fong puffer for 30 bucks. It's a diffuser that fits over your garbag- i mean pop up flash.
The only downside if that you're using a product made by a glorified real estate agent who calls himself a photographer :lol:
 
To get serious for a minute...

If the baby is asleep, you probably could get away with using a tripod and long exposure.
By "long exposure", I mean somewhere around 1/20th. You shouldn't need to go much slower than that.
 
i reccommend going to a local independant photography shop, ask them if they rent out equipnment, if yes as much it would be to get a flash for the after noon /. day and you will take it back to them the next day
 

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