Newborn Photography 101: Capture Their First Moments
Pose: Baby Fully Wrapped in a Prop
A course by Lidi Lima-Conlon , Newborn Photographer
About the video: Pose: Baby Fully Wrapped in a Prop
Overview
“I am going to show you the first pose you can use, which will be the baby fully wrapped in a prop. This is the easiest and most comfortable way to photograph a baby!”
In this video lesson Lidi Lima-Conlon addresses the topic: Pose: Baby Fully Wrapped in a Prop , 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
“Pose: Baby Fully Wrapped in a Prop In this lesson, we'll look at prepping and shooting our first pose, which is the baby fully wrapped in a prop. We have our baby ready to go with the fully wrapped technique. I've placed her head on top of the posing beans. The reason why we like to have her head up high is that the proportions of her face and body are much closer to reality. When we have her body a bit lower, the body won't be as large as it would be and won't be distracting, and we'll have more focus on her face. As I mentioned before, if you're working with a prop, it's important to have...”
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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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