A new born baby looks heavenly innocent and angelic, adorned with all glories of the world. Memories of his initial days when captured in form of photographs, become an everlasting token of love throughout the life. Moving aside from ordinary and conventional photography props, creative and experimental props gradually became the much sought after element of the day. Let’s have a look at some of the most adorable and attractive props, you can try out for new born photography.
Wings of Angel
Frame the sweet and evergreen belief of babies coming from heaven. Get some feathers of different colors, shapes and sizes and try snapping the baby along with those while he is asleep, sitting or is resting on white soft pillow. If the image is clicked from a correct angle, under appropriate light exposure, it would create an impression of your baby resting amidst clouds.
Props
Pillows, quilts, blankets and feathers.
Resting in a basket of joy
You can use a humble basket as a prop for getting your new born baby clicked. All you need is the injection of creativity, combined with colors. Put your baby on the basket and wrap the latter with designer ribbons and flowers. Take multiple shots from different angles and your prop image is all ready. Make sure the basket is spacious enough to ensure safety of your little one.
Props
Basket, flowers, ribbons
Hawt Hat on Head
Pick one colorful hat that symbolizes a bubbly cartoon character. These hats serve both ends of being bright, delightful and scores high on utility as well. Dress up the baby in colorful costumes or simply leave him bare and place the hat on his head. An equally beautiful background in tune with the baby’s dress and hat will add more fun. Once you are done with props, the shutterbug would do the rest.
Props
A bright colorful hat, clothes / no clothes
Blooming amid Nature
Just imagine how aesthetically pleasing an image would appear with a baby surrounded with flowers and grass. Make your baby sit in a rug and place flower vases and tubs around her. You can also place a miniature flower like cap on her head. To make it appear more natural, take her to the garden and let your camera provide the ‘clicking’ touch.
Prop
Garden, flower vases and flower cap
The ‘Bench’ Beauty
Use the bench as a classic stuff or treat it with the elegance of an ornament, it will always add a dash of creative spice to its accompanying element. Put your baby on the bench and for a striking appearance, you can place a few decorative stuffs like vases. A new born baby striking varied poses, becomes one of the most memorable, timeless and cherished snap ever.
Prop
Bench, decorative stuffs like flower tub
‘Boxed’ Baby
The idea does sound conventional, but again a lot depends on how creative you can get with a humble idea. Rest your baby inside a spacious box, place flowers and artificial cookies around him. The image of sleeping baby inside the box, appears attractive enough for a gleaming click.
Prop
Plastic cookies, box, flowers
Wrapped in Wool
If you are looking to provide a ‘warm’ and ‘soft’ touch to your little princess’s photo session, get some woolen stuffs and wrap her up. If you have got some woolen stuff imprinted in an animal stuff, it would lend in a subtle and ‘wild’ look. Flowers are always there to make the background appear closer to nature.
Prop
Woolen clothes, woolen blanket, flowers
Cloud, Cotton & Candies
Moving aside from woolen stuffs, you can also try to click the baby sleeping on a white bed, surrounded with white bed accessories to present an impression of baby floating on a fluffy cloud.
Prop
White bed sheet, white blanket, white pillows
Trendy and unconventional dresses
If you don’t look out for certain occasion to dress up your baby, then you can easily opt for those trendy and funky dresses. Even your little sweetheart deserves to flaunt his style quotient in chic and fashionable outfits. Capture an image in those dresses and show it up after he grows up to lightly remind him, how ‘spunky’ his sense of fashion used to be right from the beginning.
Prop
A funky and unconventional outfit
Swinging in Hammock
Babies love to relax in hammocks, in fact, most of us do. You can make it a bright subject for your camera. Babies usually don’t just sleep while hanging around in hammocks. Capture his various postures and frame them together in a series arranged in a synchronized manner.
Prop
Colorful hammocks
The Vacation/ Festive theme
You can incorporate the celebration’s theme while clicking the baby. If you have got a holiday cap, it would render the task considerably easier. Make him rest upon a white fluffy surface and let your camera produce a bright, beautiful and evergreen image worth cherishing for you.
Prop:
A white fluffy bed surface, colorful holiday cap
The Little Diva Posing
You know she looks like a princess. Take a beautiful shot of her equally charming babyish and innocent appearance. Capture the essence of the new born beauty and let it get frozen in the vast ocean of your child’s memories.
Prop
A charming colorful outfit
Baby in Bucket
Did you ever think of putting an oversized bucket into some useful application, especially for framing a photograph? Yes, you can try out buckets as well. Drape them in exciting colors and you can also sketch out your baby’s name on the surface of bucket. Place your baby clad in catchy clothes and your camera would beautifully capture the rest, making it a memorable portrait.
Prop
Bucket, woolen / cotton clothes
The ‘Nestled’ Baby
This photography prop is best suited for twins. Imagine how appealing your baby would look, resting in a nest. All you need is a basket stuffed with colored straws, a matching background, flowers and perfect camera angles, before the flash goes on.
Prop
Basket, colored straws, f
lowers
Baby in Car Seat
This may be one of the most common props yet it does come off as an attractive image to be captured. You can frame your baby’s childhood images of travelling together and can show it up during the later stage of his life to tag him as a ‘travel enthusiast’.
Prop
Car, baby seat belt
