4 Tips for Taking Great Baby Pictures - Even If You're Not a Professional

Written by Alexis Dawes


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3) Make bath time picture time.

While there are some babies who don't like water, most love it. They often become very expressive inrepparttar bath tub - laughing, cooing and splashing. So bath time often becomes a great opportunity to capture a few precious shots of your little one.

I've personally usedrepparttar 110746 bathtub to document how Layla has changed over her 2+ years. Every couple of months I take a few close-up pictures of her inrepparttar 110747 bathtub. Then I takerepparttar 110748 best one and place it in a special section inrepparttar 110749 photo album.

It's truly amazing to see how her face changes so dramatically with each new picture.

4) If you use a disposable camera, choose a good one.

I purchased 3 dirt cheap disposable cameras before I had Layla. When we brought her home these wererepparttar 110750 ones we used forrepparttar 110751 first week of photo taking.

Boy was I disappointed! The pictures developed horribly. And as a new mommy with hormones still raging, you know how sad this made me. Those cuddly little moments can never be relived again.

I learned a good lesson though. You get what you pay for.

Now my disposable camera of choice isrepparttar 110752 Kodak Max HQ. It's one ofrepparttar 110753 more pricey disposable cameras. Howeverrepparttar 110754 quality is fantastic in comparison to other disposables I've used.

You can usually buy them inexpensively on eBay. Popular retailers like Target and Wal-Mart also run sales on them quite frequently.

Alexis Dawes is a real mom (not a professional photographer) who runs the Photograph-Your-Baby.com web site. Check out her free 20+ page tutorial that teaches parents how to take better pictures of their little one (http://www.Photograph-Your-Baby.com).


Decorating For Real People

Written by © LaJoyce Kerns of www.decorate-bedrooms-for-less.com


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I want to know whatrepparttar rooms inrepparttar 110745 photographs look like a week later. Arerepparttar 110746 same three Granny Smith apples still in perfect position onrepparttar 110747 glass-topped table? Isrepparttar 110748 fringe onrepparttar 110749 cashmere afghan still draped just so overrepparttar 110750 arm ofrepparttar 110751 rocking chair inrepparttar 110752 baby's room? Doesrepparttar 110753 kitchen counter look bare withoutrepparttar 110754 tureen of soup andrepparttar 110755 matching soup bowls? I mean,repparttar 110756 soup was eaten, wasn't it? Am I losing my perspective here?

Show me a playroom afterrepparttar 110757 children have been forced to put awayrepparttar 110758 toys. I'll bet there are no cunning arrangements of stuffed animals having tea, andrepparttar 110759 blocks aren't stacked into just-right pyramids with one block placed in front and a little torepparttar 110760 side. The pillows are all overrepparttar 110761 room andrepparttar 110762 bedspread is trailing ontorepparttar 110763 floor. That's real.

I realize thatrepparttar 110764 decorating magazines present rooms and arrangements that are idealized and stylized. They are intended to give our imaginations a jumping-off point; we are meant to adapt their ideas to our own needs. They do a wonderful job and I will continue to peruserepparttar 110765 glossy pages of each publication. Occasionally, however, I'd appreciate a view of a real room, spiffed up for company, perhaps, but real. I want to be able to imagine waking up torepparttar 110766 clock radio, to see myself sitting atrepparttar 110767 computer and actually getting some work done, to know where I would storerepparttar 110768 supply of makeup without which I cannot facerepparttar 110769 world. I want to think that I could actually live inrepparttar 110770 room. Isn't thatrepparttar 110771 point ofrepparttar 110772 whole exercise? Don't we all want comfortable homes that suit our life styles, organized and better looking, maybe, but still us?

Go take a look atrepparttar 110773 pictures in a decorating magazine. See if you agree with me. I think I'm going to go clean out a couple of drawers and straighten a bookcase shelf or two. It won't end up picture perfect, but it will be real.

LaJoyce Kerns is the creator of the website: www.decorate-bedrooms-for-less.com. She provides tips, ideas and techniques on decorating bedrooms for real people. LaJoyce believes that you can achieve beautiful results without breaking the budget.


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