My first official weekend back – two cute cutie-pies back to back…how could I not post something from that?? I just couldn’t help it! So until the real sneak peeks, these will just have to suffice 😉
I rarely get good photos of my son. Everyone else’s son, yes. Mine, no. It is a classic case of PKS – Photographer’s Kid Syndrome. But I have discovered the trick – get together with OTHER photographers and he will be a perfect angel. Saturday morning I did just that and it allowed me to capture this lovely which I plan to print huge for my wall.
This photo also provides the perfect opportunity to give another photography tip. While I will often tell people to get down on the subject’s level for good photos, at times this can prevent good light in the eyes. If there is no good light in the eyes, especially in dark eyes like my son’s, the picture loses some “oomph” and can look flat. You always want light in the subject’s eyes. A great way to prevent this is to get the person to look up towards light. What shows up are called “catchlights.” Catchlights are good. Catchlights are your friend. And what’s extra cool about them is if you have a nice sharp photo with catchlights, you can see yourself in their eyes if you zoom in. In fact you can see the whole setting as I’ve shown in the second photo. I’ll even throw in an extra tip – the ideal way to do this is to put your subject in nice even shade (like the shade of a building on a bright day) and have them look up towards the sky.
Cool, huh? 🙂
I start back to sessions this week with some head shots and then a newborn on the 21st and I cannot WAIT. I didn’t think I would miss photographing little ones and the editing and the emails as much as I have. In the meantime, more pictures I am taking at home of the kids.
Since I never put Nolan on here anymore, here is the big boy. This was taken when he was pretty bored and tired of being cooped up inside the house so forgive the serious expression. I still think he’s a handsome thing but I’m pretty biased 😉
And Layne, who has started smiling 🙂
I have heard that it’s impossible to get good pictures of your own kid when you’re a photographer. I know this to be true for Nolan – which is why there are never photos of him on here. 🙂 But I was hoping since Layne is so new that I could work my newborn photography magic on her. And I did! I needed just 20 minutes to capture these quick shots. There is obviously something really special about newborn sessions and they are definitely my favorite, but when it’s YOUR newborn I discovered it’s even cooler 🙂
Blowing all of you kisses 🙂
