A and I recently went home for a weekend at my parent’s house.  My sister, Gretchen, also an avid photographer soon to start her own photography business, was coming home from her home in NYC for her bridal shower.  She’s getting married in August and we are all SO excited for her!

Anyway, she hasn’t seen A since she first met her when she was just 7 days old!  She loved seeing her so much older (she was 3 1/2 months at the time!) and in such a fun stage!

We decided to do a little photo shoot, so that Gretchen could get some great shots of A!

It’s surprisingly easy to set up a little photo shoot-you can do it too!

All you need is a place that gets nice light-you don’t need to have direct sunlight, just somewhere that is close to a window or a glass door that is nice and bright. For a backdrop, any dark blanket will do.  You can prop you baby up on a Boppy covered with another blanket, dark or with some nice texture or color is fun!

Then just shoot away!  If if you only have your baby in this one position, you can get some amazing shots!  You’ll be surprised at all the different expressions you get!

What fun!

See the blanket in the background draped over the edge of the bed?  It looks blue, but when you change it to black and white, it doesn’t matter.

What a cutie!

If you edit your photos afterwards, you can change it to b&w and make it look more like a studio shot like this! (Try to make sure that the blanket doesn’t have lint on it like ours!  What can I say-we had a lot to do that weekend and didn’t realize til it was too late!)

See?  You don’t need an expensive backdrop to take great shots of your baby or child!

Of course, nothing will compare with having an artist take photographs of your baby or child, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t get great shots at home too!  This is a great way to spend a half hour with your baby and you’ll have some great shots to remember the day by!

Have you ever done a photo shoot with your baby?  How did your photos come out?