Baby Photographer Leicester - Editing A Composite Image

HOW TO COMPOSITE NEWBORN IMAGES AND KEEP BABIES SAFE

As a newborn photographer in Leicester, my number one priority in a session is safety!  “Compositing” is a very popular technique used by responsible newborn photographers. A composite image involves taking two or more images, and using Photoshop to combine them into one. ​There are a number of reasons for me composting images and im going to list a few below:

1) Young Siblings 
We have a number of returning customers last year, bringing with them a toddler and newborn. With this brings a number of safety issues and ones we are very careful with, those beautiful images of toddler next to baby is actually two separate images. With Bumps Baby Beyond we capture your toddler happily gazing down at their teddy/toy in the basket next to them; once we have finished with sibling we capture your newborn safely snuggled in the prop and put the two images together. 

2) Certain Poses
Sleeping newborns, with such precious little faces, make amazing photographs.  Who doesn’t love a pair of chubby cheeks squished strategically between two tiny hands? All poses we carry out during your newborn session are 100% safe, your little one is so used to being curled up in your womb that they may have already been in these positions throughout your pregnancy. When re creating these images I want to insure no weight or pressure is put on your baby. This is why I have an assistant for EVERY session. She is fully trained in newborn safety and I believe this is crucial to running a safe session.  The pose below is called the 'Froggy', when done correctly, it really is an adorable image. The entire face is visible, cute little feet are doing out, 10 little fingers and 10 tiny toes. 

3) Digital Images 
Digital images are a brilliant way of adding variety into a gallery or creating stunning pieces of art without your studio bursting at the seems. With these images we capture your baby on a prop we have in the studio and then edit them into an image we already have. 

4) Props
If a prop is not stable for baby to be left alone in my assistant will always be sat at the side with either her hand just above baby or holding onto baby, here is a full edit of the pose, putting the images together, and then editing the final image

I love how each photographer has their own style of editing that makes us all so unique! Amanda Haddow Photography​, Newborn Photographer in Victoria, BC. images are crisp and beautiful, and I love her use of colour!