Photo Book Ideas

This is a nice article that outlines a really nice way to use a baby photo book to commemorate a special event - enjoy

Not so long ago my father turned a small family visit into an impromptu opportunity to marry his long time girlfriend. I was seven months pregnant with my youngest and he figured (rightly) that this might be my last trip to Canada for a long while. He rallied my sisters, an officiant, some close friends, and in under two weeks their entire wedding had been planned and executed.

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Baby images create long lasting memories

Totally agree with this article, it's basically why I started to develop baby photo books

Whether you’re having a baby for the first time or you have other children, it’s important to capture baby images as your child grows and changes.  There are many wonderful photographers that specialize in infant photography that can capture beautiful memories of your child that you’ll cherish for years to come.  From newborn pictures to photos at different stages of growth, keepsakes of your baby’s development are important to have as family heirlooms.

Your family will cherish these pictures for years to come, and you’ll be amazed when you look back on these photos, as your baby grows older.  No matter what style of photography you choose, baby images are precious memories to keep forever. 

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tips for taking party photographs

If you have a new baby you'll probably be celebrating more that once during  the next few months - adding some party pictures can add contrast and make an interesting counterpoint in your baby photo book.

Parties are a great time for family and friends to come together and have some fun.  Here are 8 simple tips to help with taking the party shots that last.

 

Image by Dustin Diaz

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How to inscribe your baby photo book

Once you've got your baby photo book you might want to inscribe it with something personal - here's a short article on how to get it right.

Books are a perfect gift for new babies. Classic bedtime stories, fairytales andlearning books will be read to the baby for years to come. Giving a baby a book can foster a love of reading and learning at an early age. Books can be made even more personal if you choose a book that was one of your childhood favorites and inscribe it with a message for the baby, your name and the date.

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More resources for developing technique

Found this photography book today and it looks pretty cool

The book is aimed at photographers who already understand the fundamentals of exposure and focusing, but have never given much consideration to nature photography. For the most part, the ideas presented are at the most general level without much specific advice.

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How Would You Photograph a Birth Scene?

This is a little edgy - but if it's something that you BOTH want to do - you may as well do it properly and make it page 1 of your baby photo book

How Would You Photograph a Birth Scene?

via Digital Photography School by Darren Rowse on 9/6/10

Image by Andrew®

Our last community workshop gave one of our readers some great tips on how to approach photographing a model so I’ve decided to post another reader question. This one is a question I get quite a bit – how do I photograph the birth of a baby?

Here’s the latest question from one of our readers – Drew.

“My wife and I are expecting the birth of our new baby daughter in two weeks time and I’m wondering if you might have any advice on how to photograph the birth?

It’s such a special time for us as family that we want to capture it somehow but I’m a little nervous about how to do it tastefully, meaningfully and without my camera dominating the event.”

I know not everyone will have experience in this one and that there are probably different opinions on whether people would take a camera into this situation – but if you’ve got some advice or tips we’d love to hear them.

What advice do you have for Drew?

PS: As a dad of two and an avid photographer I’ve found myself asking the same question. I know some families choose to make a birth a camera free event and can respect that – while others take an ‘access all areas’ approach. In our situation we did take and use the camera but were certainly not using it during the seconds babies arrived.

One piece of advice that I did share a while back here on dPS that came from a friend who took a lot of photos through the birth of his kids was – sometimes images in black and white can be good for this type of situation where color images can be be quite overpowering and graphic. My friend took a lot of photos during the birth of his babies but they were so vivid in color that it was very confronting. He experimented with converting some to black and white and found that the images were still very powerful but not quite as confronting.

The other piece of advice I’d give is to talk about it before labor starts! You probably want both of you on the same page before you start pointing cameras on a day like that!

Looking forward to hearing your tips on photographing the birth of a baby!

Post from: Digital Photography School - Photography Tips.

How Would You Photograph a Birth Scene?

Talking maternity photos using infared

In this article Stan Trampe talks about techniques on talking maternity photographs, which got me thinking that it might be nice to have a couple of "pre-baby" photos in the baby photo book, so as to show a more complete picture.  One of idea he mentions of one that I had never thought of which is to shoot in infra-red! It produces a very different result - very interesting - check it out!

One technique that I like to use in my maternity photo shoots is infrared. Infrared produces a soft grain that is flattering to both face and figure, and should you be shooting outdoors it gives your model an almost otherworldly appearance, with vegetation taking on a white glow, and any clothing or fabrics that you're using can turn out looking completely different in print form than expected. Is it often seen in traditional maternity shots? Not really, but it's exciting and different, and many of my mom-to-be models have been genuinely enthused when they see these shots.

Here's a couple of tutorial videos from Gavin Hoey who's awesome

How to take Infrared photos with a digital camera

And

How to process your digital images on photoshop 

Ways to "get creative"

I'm always looking for new ideas and ways to get my creative juices flowing and this article just made me smile :-)  It's not about taking pictures of babies but it may give you some ideas about how to crate an environment where you can get some great snaps for your baby photo book

It’s perhaps a little cliche – but we’ve all done it. A camera, a photographer in front of a mirror. Here’s 10 shots that caught our eye today with photographers, their cameras in front of mirrors (PS: this is the theme of the next weekly photography challenge – so get your thinking caps on and polish up those mirrros).

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Make your own photo book - step by step instructions

This is by far the best "make your own photo book" that I have seen.  If you prefer the personal touch you should check out this site and create your own baby photo book,  it's lots of fun and the owners do a really nice job of breaking each step down into manageable pieces

This is where you'll go to find all kinds of news and reviews of photo books and photo book creation services, including:

Any new web pages that may appear on Make Your Own Photo Book.

Additional tips and information for creating photo books online.

Updated photo book coupons and coupon codes.

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There's also this video on how to use your Iphone to put the photos togther