Newborn Photography 101: Capture Their First Moments
Equipment
A course by Lidi Lima-Conlon , Newborn Photographer
About the video: Equipment
Overview
“To begin, I am going to show you, and talk through, the equipment that I use for my photo sessions. ”
In this video lesson Lidi Lima-Conlon addresses the topic: Equipment, which is part of the Domestika online course: Newborn Photography 101: Capture Their First Moments. Discover how to style and shoot a baby’s first photo session and learn how to edit the images in Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Equipment In this lesson, we'll be looking through my equipment and everything I need for a newborn session. I'll start by showing you the camera and all the lenses that I use. We'll start with my camera. I use the Canon EOS R6. This is one of the latest models from Canon, but if you have any other DSLR or mirrorless camera, that will work for you as well. My favourite lens is the 50 mm 1.2. I mainly use the 24-35 for prop shots. This works well because you don't have to crop any part of the prop out of the picture. This is the SIGMA Art F2 24-35 mm. Another option for the 50 mm if you are ...”
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Course summary for: Newborn Photography 101: Capture Their First Moments
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Photography, Fine-Art Photography, Portrait Photography

Lidi Lima-Conlon
A course by Lidi Lima-Conlon
Lidi Lima-Conlon is a Brazilian-born photographer living in Ireland. During her early work as a TV journalist, she became fascinated by the visual aspects of her work and storytelling through images. Shortly after moving to Ireland from her home country in 2008, she took a photography course that served as the springboard for her current career. She began photographing everything from weddings and events, to landscapes but soon realized her talents lay in photographing families and babies.
Since then Lidi has established her own studio, Newborns by Lidi. At the Irish Professional Photographer & Videographer of the Year Awards in 2021, Lidi won both the Chairman’s Award and the Newborn Photographer of the Year title. She also gives mentoring sessions and is an ambassador for DreambooksPro.
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