Baby Photo Shoot Help!!!

[SimplyCanon]

Thank you to everyone for your help! It is really getting me going and helping me understand what I should be doing to tackle this photo shoot. =) Mike, in post 8, how are you directing light? Did you have the lights off except for an extra light that you were shining on your subject?

 

[Big Mike]

Here is a diagram, to show you the general idea. And yes, it does help to have the room lighting turned off.

In this case, the light is off to the side, even behind the subject a little bit. This helps to keep the light off the backdrop and it gives me the dramatic lighting that I wanted for the shot. In the diagram you will also see a 'gobo' (short for Go Between) which can be anything...and it blocks the light from hitting the backdrop.

The result is that none (or very little) of the light from my flash, is getting to the background. So even if the background is white, it's much darker than my subject, who is lit. And since I have my camera set to expose for the subject, the background turns up black in the photo.

 

[MohaimenK]

i'd send a message to ababysean
she's very good with baby photos.

 

[SimplyCanon]

Thank you. The diagram helps alot. I will try my best and post some results if they turn out!!!