{"id":661,"date":"2015-01-22T23:42:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T12:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/?p=661"},"modified":"2015-06-14T18:47:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T08:47:26","slug":"taking-joyous-baby-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/taking-joyous-baby-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Joyous Baby Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first thing people do when they bring a newborn baby home is start documenting its existence in photos and video. While this usually follows a predictable pattern \u2013 a deluge of completely random images, followed by a slowdown when lack of sleep and repetition takes its toll \u2013 one thing is usually true: Most baby photos are pretty dull and uninspired.<\/p>\n

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There are two reasons for this: On the one hand, everyone\u2019s baby looks extra gorgeous and interesting to them, meaning they don\u2019t always see how dull their photos are objectively. On the other hand, capturing your baby in an interesting moment is harder than it sounds, unless you have the time and energy to keep your camera trained on your baby at all times, ever-ready to snap a photo.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t have to be this hard. Here are some quick ways you can ensure your photos of baby have that one essential element: Joy.<\/p>\n

Action Jackson<\/h2>\n

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Babies tend to be pretty sedentary until they start crawling and walking, and a lump of sleeping baby isn\u2019t always the most interesting subject unless you\u2019re that baby\u2019s parent.<\/p>\n

You can combat that dullness in your baby photos simply: Move the baby yourself. With one parent photographing, toss the little guy up in the air (safely) and capture him in mid-air. Or get him interested in something and dangle it so he tries reaching for it, and start snapping photos as he wriggles and squirms.<\/p>\n

Finding Their Bliss<\/h2>\n

As with adults, sometimes the secret to finding the joy for photos of your baby lies in getting your model to enjoy themselves, so setting up your photo session around something you know baby enjoys \u2013 like having a bath or watching the dog \u2013 means you\u2019ll get some beautiful natural reactions and expressions. And let\u2019s face it, a smiling baby covered in bubble-bath bubbles makes for a fine portrait of your little darling.<\/p>\n

The Element of Surprise<\/h2>\n

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If you want to capture a true moment with your little one, try surprising them. Let baby play in a spot you\u2019ve prepared with a good background and good light. Let them relax and become absorbed in some toys or other activity, and then set up your camera. Then time it so you snap a photo just as a new toy is introduced or the dog or cat is let into the house. The more dramatic the better, as you want to catch that moment of surprise, delight, or shock, all for the sake of awesome pictures.<\/p>\n

Babies are unpredictable, but they are reliably adorable and interesting \u2013 if you can get them to do interesting things. Luckily, it doesn’t have to be that hard. All you really need is some patience and a little planning. And if that patience and planning results in a great photo, click here and we\u2019ll turn it into something you\u2019ll be proud to hang on your wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first thing people do when they bring a newborn baby home is start documenting its existence in photos and video. While this usually follows a predictable pattern \u2013 a deluge of completely random images, followed by a slowdown when lack of sleep and repetition takes its toll \u2013 one thing is usually true: Most … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography-ideas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions\/1353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}