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There was a surprise proposal behind us, a man with bagpipes and -20 degree wind chills (slight exaggeration, but it was COLD) but these two had an amazing maternity session last night.
She was my first newborn of 2017 and my first smasher of 2018. This baby wins the award for the most animated cake smasher. Enjoy...
She missed Christmas, but came just in time for the Charleston snow. I adore the colors of her session.
She missed Christmas, but came just in time for the Charleston snow.
You'll have to excuse the photo dump in this blog post, but my momma heart can't handle that my baby is 6 months old. I wanted to document each little detail of him because I know we are quickly leaving infancy and heading straight towards toddlerhood. Cue the tears! Scroll all the way to the bottom to see my assistant in action. He's loving the camera he got for Christmas.
Rhett, "baby Maddox" (the doll I use to practice with) and my pant-less assistant.
1. Wait for night (this was hard for me. You can tell in the picture with both boys that I didn't wait for it to get super dark.)
2. All of the lights off except the tree. I used a lamp across the room to cheat a little and give me a little light.
3. Camera in manual mode with the following settings as a guideline:
Aperture all the way open (mine was f 1.8)
Shutter speed slowish (mine was 1/250)
ISO super high (mine was at 5000)
>>> NO FLASH! <<<
Shameless plug - I teach a basics of photography class that will teach you what all of these thing mean :)
4. Snap way! Who cares if they're technically perfect - have fun with your kiddos. The picture of Landon above... he was calling our tree a gum-nut. I'm not even sure what that means but he thought it was hilarious and made for a cute picture.
Full disclosure, I did edit my final pictures just for personal preference.
Before (SOOC)
After
You can also do these types of pictures during the day for a different, but still fun, look.
She's a tiny little piece of perfection.
