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two more from when my girls were in hospital, and one awake one from today. I played a bit with setting up my flash on a tripod and pointing it at the cieling, with the flash head zoomed back as far as it would go (104mm or something) so that it would make a smaller reflection on the roof, to make pretty reflections in her eyes.







p.s. she's not a ranga, my white balance must be off a bit.

My favourite is the first image. I think the b&w really suits the shot. Nice captures all round. Congratulations

Nice work Dad! Lil babies are actually very difficult to photograph despite the fact they don't move around much. It can be tricky getting good skin tones. I always think window light works best....it just has a quality about it that is difficult to recreate with a flashgun. But you got a good result and you have no idea how valuable these images will be in 30 years time!

if only I wasn't too lazy to PP out the dried out breastmilk around her left eye...

Matt. K wrote:I always think window light works best....it just has a quality about it that is difficult to recreate with a flashgun.

I'll have a play with that on my next day off. She's got a nice big window in her room ... the only forseeable problem is that the sunlight bounces off a red brick wall into her room. I'll see how we go.

edit: damn, dry breastmilk is a bugger to clean off her face! bath time took a bit longer tonight!

and one more from today. we've found yet another use for cloth nappies! spew rags, breastmilk wiper-offerers, and now, backdrops!