Children have always been a favorite subject of mine. I’m always amazed at the range and purity of the emotions of children. Our family has expanded by leaps and bounds over the last three years. Not long after my oldest son married there was a bun in the oven. Our first grandson, Hayden Christopher would be born almost a year to the day of Chris and Katie’s wedding. Our in laws other two daughters seemed to catch the baby making virus about the same time and soon after Hayden arrived, cousins were born, Mattie & Chloe.One evening I invited the family over and we did this shoot, inspired by Jill Greenberg but without the tears. This was a two light set up: one grided light for the background – one light behind the backdrop point towards the back of the models and two silver reflectors to redirect light into the babies faces. By using fill light for their faces they weren’t being blinded or scared by strobes popping in their eyes.
1 comment:
Those are really nice! Sort of glowing babies, nice to see something a little different. The cousins are going to love them when they're growing up and of course the parents and grandparents can't have enough!
Good you skipped the crying part, parents don't like to see THEIR kids in tears....
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