Do it yourself Easter baby photo shoot

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Easter fun baby photo shoot – why not get the whole family involved. Send them off to the Grandparents for a special personalised Easter present they will love.

Material

1 Sticky tape
2 Patterned or plain blankets
6 Easter eggs
1 Easter bunny plush toys
1 Happy Easter banner
1 Cute Easter outfit for baby or bunny ears

Method

Make a backdrop where there is great lighting in your home.
Make sure it covers the entire area from the wall to the floor so it fills the entire camera frame.
Stick the end of blanket with sticky tape to the back of the couch or near a window.
Light is the most important part of getting some great shots.
Make sure the room your using has a lot of natural light, the light should be coming from in front of the scene you have set up not behind.
Get all your props ready after you find your ideal light spot. Babies tend to get over things very quickly. When I did a Christmas shoot for my little one all he wanted to do was escape the scene and he would crawl away so if baby doesn't want to keep still like mine I ended up putting him in the Bumbo and just cut out the bottom so you couldn't notice in the photo.
If you have a little cute bunny outfit or ears you can put on your baby to set the mood and it makes the photos look so cute and themed. If you want to add a banner you just type into Google free printable Easter banners.
You can place a camera on the floor and shoot dozens of photos from a low angle, use a tripod if you have one. Or just click away in normal mode. Take some full lengths, close ups of face and hands and feet.

If you have enough lighting make sure flash is off as it will take much better photos.
I usually edit my shots afterwards. Not of the child but just basic fixes like the lighting and brightness. It does make a big difference when printing them.

Good luck I hope you get some great shots.

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69 Comments

- - mom465683 said
  - 28 Jun 2022
    2:40 pm
I always do a photo shoot for Christmas and send photo cards to all the family.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 17 Oct 2020
    8:17 pm
Would look great with a couple of kids and dog in it!

- - mom462038 said
  - 07 Apr 2020
    5:51 pm
My daughter in law had a few goes at photo shoots with my grandson. She does an awesome job

- - Mum2archer said
  - 21 Nov 2019
    10:19 pm
I do all my Easter and christmas pics at home using simple props from Kmart or a cheap shop. Its so much fun and you feel so proud doing it yourself!

- - mom81879 said
  - 16 Oct 2019
    8:54 am
I always took my own photos. That’s another thing that’s over the top now, photo shoots at the drop of a hat. Only professional photos my kids had done was the school ones

- - MrsA said
  - 13 Mar 2019
    3:46 pm
Very cool idea.

- - kjgarner said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    4:10 pm
This will be so much cheaper and fun too
- kjgarner replied
  
  20 Jun 2018 , 1:12 pm
  Imagine the different photo’s you could do
- - mom266216 said
  - 15 Nov 2017
    12:53 pm
How cute. Just love the idea. Beautiful

- - natct said
  - 20 Jul 2017
    8:41 am
Great ideas thankyou

- - mom112217 said
  - 14 Apr 2017
    8:07 pm
A wonderful idea for family for Easter!

- - Stef said
  - 30 Mar 2017
    11:08 pm
Creative and doesn’t cost a fortune, like some photo sittings we’ve had! Cool/fun idea!

- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2016
    12:58 pm
Yep, and it doesn’t cost the earth either!

- - mom111059 said
  - 29 Sep 2016
    6:50 pm
Great idea and can be themed for Easter, Christmas, Birthdays. Thanks

- - mom111059 said
  - 12 Aug 2016
    8:09 pm
Grandparents would absolutely love receiving a photo like this. lovely thought

- - mom183717 said
  - 30 Jun 2016
    4:35 pm
What a cute little Easter idea

- - mom160421 said
  - 26 Feb 2016
    9:39 pm
My daughter was an Easter baby but I never thought of such a wonderful idea for photos.

- - mom113055 said
  - 20 Oct 2015
    3:41 am
the easter present

- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Sep 2015
    10:11 am
This is a really great idea.

- - dannsbuild said
  - 29 Sep 2015
    10:02 pm
Very cute and really creative! Thanks

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Sep 2015
    9:04 am
I don’t know why parents don’t take their own pics. They’ll rather fork out $$$s for a pro shoot :/
- mom57665 replied
  
  30 Sep 2015 , 12:54 am
  The only reason I can think of is qaulity.
  - mom94125 replied
    
    07 Oct 2015 , 12:23 am
    
    yeah and p;ro knowledge of lighting etc