Bethany Haile Photography: Canon Rebel XTI

Wow, I can't believe a week has gone by already! I have been busily working on 3 invitations over the past week...so the time has been flying. I am planning a giveaway for next Weds. for a custom card or invitation!

My favorite time of the week over at I ♥ Faces! Its Fix It Friday!! This sweet little one hardly needed anything. (in my opinion) But I did boost the picture and tried to make the baby's eyes stand out a bit more. I did tone down the red in a birth mark (I think it is anyway) on the arm...but I didn't want to remove it completely since that is a part of baby! I also tried to add some pink highlights to the blanket because I am under the impression that this is a little girl and wanted that to be more evident.

And of course, I have more than one....as always!

The Original

Cropped Black and White

Boost with "eye pop" action

Same as above with some fun artsy accents.

My trusty "70's" Action...that I love on so many different pictures!
(free from The Pioneer Woman)

One trick I read about is to give the child something to do...then just start shooting away. Or have them climb onto something. This gives them a reason to stay where you want them! I really like "natural" or "unposed" pictures. They might not be exactly right all the time, and you definitely can use some posing here and there...but for the most part I really like the unposed look.

These pictures are taken of my own kids....to practice and try out some different settings on my camera.

Just a safetey note, NEVER spend time "hanging out" on the railroad tracks! I had to zoom out as far as I could to make it look like I was far way from the kiddos since I just didn't want to step too far away from them. (Though we could see forever in both directions that there was no train...)