Miss Jianna

What a cutie.

My interest in photography babies has peaked over the last few months, for some reason I have really been interested in trying something new. Well, it always happens when you want to try something new, there are no subjects.

Then I remembered Miss Jianna.
Right at 2 months, she would be the perfect little one to shoot for my first official baby shoot.

Well, I would hardly call it official. My plan was to use natural light coming from windows (I've never been a fan of flashes). I should have known that the day would be a rainy, cloudy mess, and that I would have commit ed to this photo shoot in absence of my 50mm f/1.8 "lowlighter". I really had to be creative in lens selection. Available to me was my 105 Macro, a few ultra wide angles, my fisheye and the kit lens.

Nonetheless, I arrived over at Jianna's house and was greeted by a wonderful little girl. She was so relaxed the entire time, and rarely caused a fuss. And this little one like to be naked! Which caused a slip up on some of my fabric, but nothing that can't be washed.

I did a simple shoot by draping black fabric; most time Jianna was being held by her mother or laying on the ground. I tried using different colors for her to lay one, polka dots, pinks, but nothing turned out like I wanted. The black was the way to go.
I had brought my backdrop stand, but with the absence of light, I knew it would be a waste of time to try and set up a studio shot.

All in all it was a great experience, and a learning experience in that. Hopefully I get a few more subjects coming my way in the near future, because I am completely addicted!