I got volunteered by my wife to take some baby photos. She is a volunteer with the Breastfeeding Network & was holding a fund-raising day. I got tasked to set up a studio & photograph babies.

By way of practise we arranged for a neighbour’s daughter to bring her 8-month old round to the house where I set up my studio equipment in the front room.

My system consists of a background setup which includes a stand set which holds a 3 metre pole from which you can hang backgrounds. It came with 3M x 6M sheets in black & white. I have two 150 watt studio lights & they were rigged with softboxes. Exposure measurements were taken with my Sekonic Flash Meter.

Baby Lara was a star performer & managed to pose for 45 minutes before getting fed up, which gave me a great opportunity to practice. I was quite pleased with the results.