A few ideas in the pursuit of the perfect picture

We LOVE seeing your babies in Stinky Couture™! Here are a few tips that we thought might be helpful when trying to get that candid shot.

Be patient
When photographing children, patience is a must. Have fun! Don’t expect to get that perfect shot immediately. Sit back and wait for the right moment, then snap away.

Get close to your Baby!
Be sure to fill the camera’s viewfinder or LCD display with your Baby to create pictures with greater impact. Get close to your Baby or use your camera’s zoom to emphasize what is important and exclude the rest. When a flash is needed it is better to get a little further back and utilize the zoom function of your camera.

Get down at there level
Eye-to-eye contact is as engaging in a picture as it is in real life. Laying on your belly or sitting on the ground is a great way get a picture from a child’s perspective. By doing this, your Baby’s expressions will be natural, your flash photos will be more evenly lit from nose to toe, and the background will probably look a lot better, too.

Crop it…before and after!
Visual cropping: Try cropping your photo visually prior to taking it. Fill the view finder or LCD display. When doing so are there things that you see that shouldn’t be there? You can crop, or remove, these elements easily by moving closer or utilizing the zoom feature on you camera.

Crop it after the fact: Whether you take your photos to be processed or download pictures to your computer, cropping is easy! Cropping really can make a good photo great!

Be real!
Ignore the impulse to force your Baby to pose staring at the camera. Candid pictures that are real and not forced really are best. A dirty face, mismatched socks and bed head are just a few warm examples of childhood that one can connect to. We have oh so many pictures of our children as they are… children.