Baby portrait: the best tips for the perfect photo

Baby portraits often do not succeed immediately. With our tips, you can create the perfect baby photo without putting the little one's patience to the test.

Tips for the baby photographer

Unfortunately, the situation does not always allow an optimal orientation towards the baby. However, these tips can save you long editing sessions.

• Greater blur in the background can be achieved if you photograph the baby at a greater distance and with a slight telephoto focal length. Unfortunately, the admission situation does not always allow this.
• The larger the focal length, the longer the shutter speed usually has to be. If you do not want to flash the baby's eyes, you have to provide additional lighting for indoor shots. Depending on the situation, this unfortunately quickly destroys the daylight mood.

The important part: Optimize baby portraits on the PC with Adobe Photoshop

Choosing the background takes the most time in image editing. Especially when there are no hard edges due to the narrow sharpness area.

• You can make the basic selection with the magic wand, which you can then expand with the Lasso while holding the [Alt] key. Don't bother with individual hair, you can pull it out later with a layer mask.
• Choose “Selection | Soft selection edge ”and a radius of 3 to 5 pixels. Once the selection is made, make the background with “Filter | Blur filter ”blurred by applying“ soften depth of field ”several times. “Gaussian soft focus” also works well.
• Per “picture | Customize | Tone Correction ”optimize brightness, colors and contrast. It is best to make the correction in a setting level - this way you can adjust the values ​​later. You can now use the stamp tool to repair minor blemishes.
• You can simulate particularly clean skin as follows: Duplicate the background layer, select “Filter | Blur filter | Matter ”with values ​​around“ 5 ″. Save your eyes and mouth with a layer mask. You control the effect via the layer opacity.
• Finally, let the baby eyes shine properly. Select the eyes with the lasso and soft selection edge and raise the highlights and midtones with the “tone value correction”.

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