Here are some of the photos I wanted to do for July 4th, unfortunately we had to do them a week and a half later since I had covid. You see all those USA things in Walmart and the Dollar Store? Yeah, those make great props for photos for the 4th of July. They also make for an easy low budget photo session. So, I grabbed those and went, after recovering, I went to work.
As always, when working with babies, you are at their mercy. Work with their parents to figure out what tricks might get the responses you need but keep it simple. For example, looking in a direction and maybe smiling but settle for just getting the proper direction. Also be open to other behaviors their parents may be aware of like how this one-year-old likes standing up and holding the back of the chair. That works so we went with it. But the point is, and I know I sound like a broken record at this point, but the point is that information is key and the best source of information for a baby are the people the baby has spent pretty much all their existence with up to this point.
Also keep in mind that if you use sunglasses, they will reflect the light. If you set your lights at a 45-degree angle to the sunglasses but good luck keeping that direction perfect with a baby.
We then moved into something more but that’s next post.