Professional Tips for Taking and Editing Baby Pictures

 Every photographer knows that old saying - never work with children or animals. They're impossible to manage and they'll always find new and creative ways to ruin your shot. So, taking a nice baby picture can take a lot of effort and time. What's more, post-processing is painstaking work and many photographers dislike it. However, baby photography doesn't have to be so difficult and time-consuming. To ease the whole process, here are some useful tips on how to take and edit great baby photos.

Tips for Taking Baby Pictures

First, let's talk about several ways in which you can take better photos of your baby.

  • Choose a Great Pose

By placing the baby in a cute or interesting pose, you can take a much better shot. Try to capture the baby in a natural and comfortable pose, such has when she's sleeping or laughing. Also, always make the baby's face the main point of interest of your composition. The face holds all her character and emotions so it makes your picture much more powerful.

  • Make Use of Props

Props are an exciting and creative way to take innovative and unique pictures. By placing the baby in a basket or by dressing it up in a fun costume, you can add freshness and interest to a picture. When it comes to props, you can try to think outside the box and come up with something that is both suitable for the situation and never seen before.

  • Pay Attention to Light

Lighting is everything in photography. The word "photography" itself means "writing with light". When taking baby pictures, soft light is very pleasing to the eye and appropriate in terms of composition. Babies are gentle and fragile, so the light should reflect that. Sharp contrast and strong shadows may work elsewhere, but for baby photos, the softer the light the better.

  • Location, Location, Location

Depending on the time of year and on the purpose, baby photos can be taken both indoors and outdoors. Indoors are better for making the most of your props and being creative with the pose. However, the outdoors offer variety in terms of the background and make the shot more aesthetically pleasing.

  • Include the Parents in the Shot

When including the parents, it is important to really show the parent-child connection. Again, the pose is here very important. Try to emphasize the contrast of size between the baby and the parent, or try to place them in a nurturing and protective pose.

Tips for Editing Baby Pictures

After you have come up with many great baby photo ideas and finished the shooting, it is now necessary to edit the pictures with Movavi to make the best of them.

  • Removing the Background

If, for some reason, you are unhappy with the background, you can easily remove it using a photo editor. A good editor is the photographer's best friend - it offers endless possibilities. After you have removed the unwanted background, you can replace it with something more appealing or suitable.

  • Captions and Filters

Professional Tips for Taking and Editing Baby Pictures -2Filters can add depth and interest to a photo. By selecting a filter that adds softness, you can emphasize the subject - the baby. What's more, when you add caption to image, you can easily tell the story behind the picture. Your captions it can be something as short as a single word or a complete sentence.

  • Retouch the Photos

Retouching is another important step in editing. By correcting the white balance and colors, you can make the photo even more striking. There is no need to spend hours retouching pictures - photo editing software usually comes with some built-in presets. So, if there is little time for editing, just select the best preset for the picture you are working on.

  • Cropping the Photo

When taking and editing a photo, we should try to keep to the rule of thirds. The rule tells us where we should place the subject to make the composition better. By following this rule, we make sure our subject shines. Cropping the photo in post-production to adhere to this rule is sometimes necessary, but do try not to crop too much.

  • Effects

Editing software often also comes with some effects that can be added to a photo. Effects can be used to bring attention to the subject, and they can also add some flair to the photo. However, choose the effects carefully and always follow the rule - less is more. Too many effects can affect the composition badly.

Photo Editing Apps That Make Your Pictures Look Amazing

 We all know Instagram pictures don't look the way they do without some behind-the-scenes work. I mean come on, when was the last time you took a picture and didn't at least use some sort of edit? However, there are two types of people out there making mistakes - those who overdo the edits and those who don't do enough. I am not the best or the greatest at editing photos who can turn an average image into a work of art, but I like to think I have figured out a happy medium. The key to making a photo look good, whether it's a landscape or a group of people (or really anything in between), is the photo editing apps you use. There are thousands of them out there and I have tried plenty, but not all of them have worked the way I have wanted them to. So, instead of making you search for the right app to make that Malibu sunset picture pop, I am going to save you some time and effort and tell you the best apps to download.

Camera+ 
This app lets you upload multiple photos at a time, so you don't have to deal with editing one picture and then saving it, adding another picture, and so forth. The filters (or what the app calls "Scenes") that it comes with are awesome - except the clarity one, that is just nuts and shows every single blemish possible. You can also do everything from brightening your photos to adding multiple filters to one image. The app gives you the option to reduce the filter you choose, so it doesn't come out so intense and make your image look like an overdone piece of garbage.

Facetune 
This app takes some practice to use, and if done badly you can end up looking like an alien. Basically, this photo editor is used to smooth blemishes from skin, make you look skinnier, and you can even completely remove unwanted items from the picture. I love this app simply because when you are in the mood to post a picture in your bikini but aren't feeling yourself, you are able to fake out your followers and edit yourself into looking like Bella Hadid.

VSCO 
This app rocks. VSCO has killer filters and similar to Camera+ you can reduce the effects so your edits don't look overdone. VSCO is different from other photo apps because you can basically make it into your portfolio in the sense that you can make a profile. You can then share the link to your profile so people can see the pictures you liked but didn't love enough for the gram.