Baby Feet

Jon061

I was asked to take photos of a mother's baby mostly her feet in her hands. As Iv never done this before how do I go about this??
I currently own a Nikon D1x with a Nikkor 28-80 and a sigma 28-300 lens

helios

Check Flickr for some similar shots, might give you some inspiration...

PaulieC

I think you would definitely need a large aperture lens to get the shots in natural light and to blur the background - recommend a 50mm f1.8

magicbastarder

what's your fastest lens?
i'd have said go wide open for small depth of field, and shoot black and white. partly because babies often have rashes, and they show up less in b&w.

Merrion

There's one what I took here ... the EXIF data is there so if you like the effect use settings do similar, and if you don't do differently

challengemaster

magicbastarder wrote: »

what's your fastest lens?
i'd have said go wide open for small depth of field, and shoot black and white. partly because babies often have rashes, and they show up less in b&w.

maybe even high-key too.. might look nice

floydmoon1

i saw a beautiful shot couple years back of babys feet in parents hans.it was in black and white.it should the worn hands of the parent and the fresh skin of the babys feet very well.

Ricky91t

Few photos in this set on flickr

Jon061

Well the fastest lens i have is the nikkor 28-80 lens. Does the background have to be black?

magicbastarder

not at all; there's no set formula. take what looks best.