Tonight I had the joy to photograph a little 6 day old newborn! I always love photographing newborns. You never really know how the session is going to go. You can have a plan laid out, but they can derail it quick! that is why I always allow extra time for newborns. This adorable little girl did not want to go to sleep for us at first. We were finally able to get her calmed down enough at least to get the images I wanted and then she could be awake if she wanted to. This image is one of my favorites, because it is a setup I never tried before, and I think it turned out pretty good.

Tags: girl, newborn, pink, portrait, ribbon

Today we have Kayden! He is who I was practicing for yesterday. The shot turned out pretty similar to the practice shot yesterday with the cabbage patch kid. He was pretty stubborn about going to sleep, but I think we got some cute shots anyway. The shot was lit with two Alien Bees 800 with large softboxes at 45 degrees on camera right and left, with the right one turned down just a bit compared to the left.

Today I read page 74 in the 5D Mark II manual, File Numbering Methods.

Tags: 365, black, newborn, ribbon, towels, white

Today I am doing a little bit of practice and pre-setup for a shoot I have tomorrow. Last week one of my maternity clients had her little boy, and tomorrow she is bringing him in for his first portraits. I am really excited to do them! I did a portrait similar to this one her (with my actual son, not a doll) when he was born, and I had a beautiful 16×24 canvas printed of it. She said that she really wanted that picture, so tonight I assigned myself the job of practicing to re-create that shot. I think I did a pretty good job of making it look like the original, so I think the results will be good tomorrow. That also means that tomorrow’s shot of the day will be from a paid shoot. On days where I actually get paid to shoot, you can bet that I will be using them for this project! Check back tomorrow to see how close I got to this!

Today I read page 133 in my 5D Mark II manual, Magnified View.

Tags: 365, black and white, newborn, practice, towels

Sorry, this is NOT a picture of my son. This is a picture of one of my daughters dolls, that happens to be about the same size as him. I was playing around with lighting and also with my new Canon EF 100mm Macro lens and took some shots to see how the lighting and lens was working. I then worked on it in Lightroom and gave it a split tone look that kind of makes it feel cross processed. I will be shooting the portraits of my on tomorrow, but for now you get an old Cabbage Patch doll. Xavier Roberts would be happy.

Tags: Cabbage Patch, newborn, Photography