B-Cookie takes a bath. She is very calm and never screams or cries in the bathtub. That’s good, because she spits up a lot and often smells like cheese.

More baby feet, and more of Grandpa’s hard working hands. I wish I had a fancy quote for baby feet, they make me feel closer to heaven. Although I had a friend and her baby girl kind of had stinky feet. I still don’t know how you get a baby to have stinky feet.

This is a one light set up. A SB600 1/8 power directly above and behind camera about 2 or 3 feet from subject shot through a shoot through umbrella. I am shooting about 2 feet from subject. Camera set at 1/80 f3.5 ISO 200 with a 50mm 1.4 lens on a Nikon D200. The baby’s legs were wrapped with a piece of black velvet that was spread out to make a light sucking black background.

B-Cookie holding Grandpa P’s hand. Newborn babies are great because they tend to sleep a lot and ignore the camera.

This one is a two light set up.
1. Key light SB600 1/4 power 3 feet from subject 45 degrees camera right through a shoot through umbrella.
2. Fill light LumoPro 120 1/8 power 3 feet from subject 45 degrees camera left through a shoot through umbrella.
3. There is a large North facing window behind the camera.
I am shooting about 2 feet away from subject with a lower shutter speed to capture ambient light, settings 1/30 f7.1 ISO 200. Shot with a 50mm 1.4 lens on a Nikon D200. I wanted very gentle soft even light. Baby is laying on a fuzzy/fleecy white blanket.

B-Cookie’s baby feet. Cute perfect baby feet. This one is a two light set up.

1. The key light SB600 1/4 power 2 feet away from subject 45 degrees camera right through a shoot through umbrella.
2. Background light (I don’t really remember what I did here. Oops. I think I either bounced the flash off of the ceiling onto the white sheet background, or I balanced the flash camera left with the window camera right on the white sheet background. The point is to have a nice even white background that is 1-2 stops darker than the subject.)
I am about two feet away from the subject shooting at 1/100 f4 ISO 200 with a 50mm 1.4 lens on a Nikon D200. I stuffed a white fuzzy/fleecy blanket into a white basket and laid the baby on top with her feet up to the edge. The hardest part can be positioning the feet. Try to get the baby fed and changed and keep the temperature in the room warm. A happy sleepy baby is easiest to work with.

More pictures of B-Cookie. I’ll try to pace myself with the baby posts. She’s just. so. cute!

Announcing the newest Baby Foss! On here we will call her B-Cookie. She was born at 6:51 pm on July 12, and was 6lbs 14oz. She has the cutest little face and some red hair too!

No baby yet. Just waiting. I hate waiting. I am very impatient and excited to meet my baby.