Last week my wife joined us when we went swimming. So I had my hand free to aim while I was taking the pictures.
And yes I got lucky, here you see a photo of my 6 months old daughter underwater.
[Canon IXUS 75, underwaterhousing]
Not long ago I came to the idea to make a Christmas-card which involved our little baby girl. But before I would end up with the standard card, like a portrait with Christmas hat, or baby wrapped up as a present. I decided to try something else. I have been playing around with scale models. You know the little figures that are used on the model train tracks. And I came to the idea to create a Christmas cartoon. A little story that involves our little girl, Santa Claus, and little fairies.
How was it done? I set up a product table and my studio lights. Did some test shoots with just the scale models. And then we placed Nicki (our daughter) on a sheep skin on the table. By now she is getting used to the lights and starts smiling as soon as she sees the camera.
The little fairy was hanging on elastic invisible magic thread. This is something you can buy at any magic supply shop. And it is better than nylon fishing thread because it is elastic. So when something (or some little baby) pulls it, it won’t break.
Light was one single soft box and for the background I used a piece of black background paper which was taped to the table and the wall.
No photoshops edits or any other manipulations were needed. What you see is what you get….
Here are the first shots that involved the fairies. I thought the title was a perfect match.
[shot with Canon 5D, 24-70mm f22, studio light (softbox)]
Did some studio work with my baby daughter Nicki. Most was done with natural light from the left and a white paper background. When these shots were taken she was 6 weeks old.
If you click on the thumbnail you will be taken to the gallery where you will find the other photo’s of this shoot.
Luckely it was a warm day so it was not a problem to let the little one out in the open for a while, so she was calm and relaxed during the whole shoot. Actually the whole shoot did not take more then 10 minutes. It is important to make sure that you work fast. When you loose the baby’s attention it’s better to stop and try an other time
[shot with Canon 5D, 24-70, f/2.8, 100 iso, daylight, mixed with softbox]
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