Tuesday 9 May 2017

Behind the Scenes at Victoria J Photography

Behind the scenes- post production


During a newborn session, nothing is more important that your new precious bundle of joy and keeping them safe at all times. I pride myself on making all my photography sessions as relaxed as possible, leaving plenty of time for cuddles and feeding. It is important that baby is nice and warm throughout the session and that they are comfortable and safe in every pose. I felt it was important to write this blog and share with you all just how I create images in a way that is as safe as possible.

A number of images that are created during my sessions are composites, meaning they are created from multiple images in post production. The first one I will share with you is the head on hands pose. I love this pose, but as a newborn baby is unable to support their head the only way to safely get this image is to have a parent support the baby throughout the pose. This image is created by putting these two images (for example) together in post production.




They are then combined to create the final image.....


The 'potato sack' pose is completed in a similar way, but for this image I combined 3 images rather than 2.





                            

Finally, my favourite images...




All of these images take place on a bean bag. Never do I ask parents to actually lift the baby. The middle image has been edited in this way from the original:



Before I embarked on a photography career I made sure I had training with one of the best newborn photographers and I believe training is the most important thing to look for when choosing a newborn photographer. Taking images like this without compositing is putting the child at risk and I would not recommend trying to create them without adequate training.

I hope you've enjoyed a bit of a behind the scenes of post processing at Victoria J Photography. To book a session or to find out more information about what I offer please visit www.victoriajphotography,co.uk or email victoriajphotos@gmail.com.