Digital Scrapbooking 101 BLOG

Author: Wes Waddell

10 Things to Keep in Mind about Baby Portrait Photography

1. Make sure that your camera has well charged batteries all the time and that your camera can be quickly and easily accessed. Life happens when we least expect it!

2. If you are traveling with your digital camera, it is best to have spare fully charged batteries ready to go.

3. Familiarize yourself with the use of shutter speeds and camera Flash modes.  For many that means learning the different settings that today’s digital camera’s and smart phones posses for landscapes, portraits and fast action environments.

4. Do not be afraid to take ultra-close up photos of your babies using the zoom lens functions.  Unless your child is asleep, it’s best not to try to use the macro functions on small children as this can scare them.

5. Try shooting candidly at distances and capturing the drama of the scene along with your child’s expressions.  Playgrounds are perfect for this. Just don’t get so far away that you can’t zoom in enough to see the child’s expressions.

6. If you are going to pose your babies using props, make sure it can hold them securely and safely.

7. Your babies need not be dressed in costumes or their best clothes all the time, just make sure they are clean unless you intend to take photos of them coated in cooking flour or mud on their faces… which is very adorable by the way.

8. Try shooting without color. Black & white photos come out very classy and elegant, so if you intend to frame the photos, you will never go wrong with a few well focused black and white images.

9. Remember that babies can easily get distracted, if you caught your baby doing something really cute, be quick in clicking the camera or you might miss the moment.  Remember, high resolution digitals can be manually cropped later before printing.

10. Get others, especially other children involved. Have your relatives and siblings who’s voices they are acquainted with make coo-coo or other sounds to make the baby smile or simply talk to the baby to get eye contact with the camera.

There really is nothing like capturing the pure innocence of a child in a photograph.

They grow up so fast so you want to really try to get every precious moment you can preserved on film. You will learn what works best for your baby portrait photography as you go along, and you’ll be very proud each time you get a cute little smile or grumpy face recorded for generations to come.

Excerpt from our new “Portrait Photography Made Easy” eBook – Free with your platinum membership to www.MyPrincessCrafts.com

Easter was last weekend, have you preserved those wonderful childhood memories yet?

I know you’ve been busy, spring is in the air in the Northern Hemisphere and the kids are out on break. So many things going on!

Don’t let the bustle cause you to forget all the wonderful funny and happy moments that happened just a week ago. How much do you have to really think already just to remember it all. The good news is that you have the photo’s to help jog your memory.

But…

We all know that photo’s don’t always tell the whole story. Sometimes they even tell the wrong story.

At least that’s what can happen if you don’t put the titles, journaling and embelishments in place with them to fill in the blanks and set the scene.

Don’t let the memories get away from you!

Head on over to www.FreeScrapbookTraining.com and get your FREE (No Hassle) Easter Holiday digital scrapbook photo page downloads.

In as little as 10 minutes you could be done and the memories set for generations to enjoy.

Happy Scrappin’

Kathy and Wes

www.FreeScrapbookTraining.com

www.Free-Stationery.com

Hi Scrapbook Friend,

Kathy and I just uploaded a brand new Category to our very successful Free Scrapbook Training site.

Two new 2 page matching digital scrapbooking paper sets. 2 sets in 12×12 size, 2 sets in 8.5×11 and 2 new scrapbooking sets in our 11×8.5 Landscape format.

Wonderful easter bunnies, Chicks or Peeps and soft Easter pastel color schemes. We know you are going to just love them.

No hassles, no sign-ups and no pop-ups to bother you either!

Here’s the direct links to the new Easter Scrapbooks Sets:

12×12 Easter Scrapbook Papers

8.5×11 Easter Holiday Scrapbooking Sets

11×8.5 Free Easter Digi-Scrap Downloadables

Check them out, enjoy and then be sure and let us know what you think here in our comments section or on Twitter at:

www.Twitter.com/Scrapbooks

Happy Easter Everyone,

Kathy and Wes

www.ComputerScrapbookTraining.com

www.Free-Stationery.com

Hi Scrapbook Friends,

I have another quick scrapbooking update for you today.

I just uploaded 2 New Scrapbook Tag Elements Sets for you at: www.FreeScrapbookTraining.com

Each Tag element set download contains 3 tags in 3 different colors. These are perfect as gift tags or as a journaling element on your digital scrapbook page designs.

Here’s the full direct link to the Elements Main page:

http://www.freescrapbooktraining.com/free-scrapbook-downloads/free-scrapbook.htm

Happy Scrappin’

Kathy

www.ComputerScrapbookTraining.com

I just uploaded 3 New Free Children’s Cookbook St Patrick’s Day Theme recipe sets with matching photo memory journal pages.

Grasshopper Cookie Bars, End of the Rainbow Citrus Coolers, and Luck of the Day Rainbow Pops.

Try them all for yourself at www.FreeKidsRecipes.com

No signups, no hoops and no hassles.

Kathy

Www.1-Computer-Stationary.com

That’s right,

I just uploaded the New Winter Themed Mini-Scrapbook page on www.PrincessCrafts.com on the main page. It’s our FREE Digital Scrapbook Download this week and there are no hassles or signups required.

Just go to www.PrincessCrafts.com and follow the simple download instruction right there on the main page.

Happy Scrappin’

Kathy

www.ComputerScrapbookTraining.com