Newborn Sweetness

[Peanuts]

This little 12 day old fellow slept through 90% of the 2 hour session! He was marvelous and only peed on the easy to clean blankets - what a doll!

Shame I wasn't as good as he was! I drew a complete blank throughout and forgot to even do any wraps (and I had practiced the night before. argh!). The mom and I were joking that he would probably have more photos taken that day then in his first year.

Oh well, I got almost all 'face' shots and very few full body, but next time right?!

Feel free to critique. If you want EXIF data on any/all just ask

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8. Good thing he father wasn't there because he mom, grandma and I were having a good chuckle over his 'manliness' in this pose

9. heart

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Thanks for looking

 

[Peanuts]

Anyone? Anyone?

Beuller?

 

[Arch]

Wow 12 day old... thats tricky, i think you did a good job tho, 1,4 and 9 are my favs :thumbup:

 

[NJMAN]

Beuller here...hee hee

Gorgeous photos! You know you're really good.

The lighting, focus, exposure, etc. is all spot on. Especially love the shallow dof on the closeups. That really gives them a nice personal and emotional touch.

I can't pick out any favorites because they are all wonderful. But I will say that the smile and his little oof bum make an especially interesting comp in #1. LOL

Excellent as usual. Keep up the awesome work.

NJ

 

[Sarah23]

Those are beautiful! It makes me sad that I didnt get any done like that of my babies when they were little.

I love the little smirks he has on in #1

 

[Tangerini]

Beautiful job! #3 and #9 are my absolute favs, but they're all wonderful.

 

[KristinaS]

Love these, Brittany! My favorites are #3, #9 and #10.

 

[kellylindseyphotography]

Just BEAUTIFUL!! Did you shoot in a studio? 1 and 4 are favorites.. especially 4.. what nice composition. You are one of my favorite photographers here on tpf!

 

[Big Mike]

Great work, as per usual.

Were you using lights or natural/window light?

 

[Antarctican]

Lovely pics!!! #4 is my fave...sweetly sleeping, with all those shar-pei wrinkles showing!!

 

[JoannaWilcox]

They're perfect! Great job!

I just did my first newborn a few weeks ago and I had the same thing happen...so many plans and ideas and all I really ended up with was close shots.

Next time!

 

[JimmyJaceyMom]

WOW! That kid ahs some huge hands! He's adorable. Are babies like puppies with big paws, maybe he'll be tall. lol. I can't pick a favorite either though I think it would be number 1 for me if I was forced to. They're all great. I havn't ever seen the idea with the heart and hands, THAT is awesome!
What lens did you use if I may ask?

 

[PattiS]

Beautiful images, Brittany! I especially love the unique composition of #9.

 

[Peanuts]

Thanks for the comments - they are greatly appreciated

All of these were shot with natural light. Fortunately they had a north facing window so I put their sheer blinds down (who-hoo. natural softbox!) and used a reflector (propped up on his 2-year old sisters toys of course ) to bounce light back into some of the 'curves'.

Lens wise I think almost all of these are with a 100mm f/2.8 (yummy) but the odd one might be with the 24-70mm; I found the latter a bit wide though.

Thanks

 

[AprilRamone]

I'm lovin' #6! I like how big his hands look compared to his face on that one #9, is very creative and I haven't seen it done before either. Nice job!