Almost everyone’s life has been turned upside down by current events. Also if you’re pregnant or have just had a baby you might be feeling this even more than others.

All of those things you thought you would be doing – introducing your new baby to family and friends for the first time, meeting your antenatal class friends for coffees on maternity leave, and having a newborn photo shoot are suddenly not possible.

It breaks my heart that so many families will miss out on having professional photographs of their baby taken in those early days, so I’ve created this tutorial to help you take your own newborn photographs at home.

In this article I’ll explain:

• the best time of day to take newborn photos
• what equipment you’ll need
• how to take 3 different photographs of your baby

Choose The Right Time Of Day To Take Your Photographs

Typically brand new babies spend most of their time asleep. But what you will find is that often they’re more dozy and sleepy in the morning.

I recommend planning to take your photos in the morning, right after a feed when your baby is likely to be more calm and sleepy. It will be much easier to photograph your baby.

Take The Photographs In A Room With Plenty Of Window Light

To take beautiful photographs, you’ll need plenty of window light.

Have a look around your home, and look for a window where there’s plenty of light coming in. Then find the spot where the light starts to fall onto the floor from the window. It’ll probably be a few steps away from the window, unless your window goes all the way down to the floor. That point is where you will photograph your baby. The top of your baby’s head will be pointing towards the window. Also their feet will be pointing away from the window. The photograph below shows you what this would look like.

Its the time to Take Your Photographs

Now that you have everything ready, it’s time to take the photographs!

Firstly, Take A Full Length Photograph Of Your Baby

Make sure your baby is in the middle of the frame, with equal amounts of space on each side.

Secondly, Photograph Your Baby’s Head And Shoulders

Turn your camera to landscape, and come in closer to capture their head and shoulders. You’ll be able to see much more of the detail on your baby’s face in this photograph

In the end of all, Take A Photograph From The Side

Finally, step to the side of your baby and crouch down. Look at the side of their face and you’ll see all of their little details, their cheeks, ears, eyelashes and more. From this angle, you can take a really nice profile photo, which means that you’ve got a memory of all of those little details to keep forever.

Over To You

I really hope this article has been helpful to you if you’re not able to get to your newborn photo shoot because of the pandemic, but you would like to take some photos of your baby, in those early days, before they change and grow too much. 

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