Newborn Pictures

After Sheppard was born I contemplated having some professional newborn pictures taken. However, my mom convinced me that I could probably take some myself. So, when Little Man was a couple weeks old we had a little white trash style photo shoot on Mom and Dad's bed. My impromptu studio may not have the perfect lighting, beautiful blankets, hats, and picturesque backdrops all flat and blurry behind baby that a professional studio has, but I was able to take as long as I needed to get pictures of him awake and asleep and in a good mood.

I have been editing a few pictures here and there over the last few weeks, exploring with Photoshop (levels, curves, retouching, actions, filters, etc.). Now that he is two months old, I'm finally finished. Here are the final results! Originals on the left and edited ones on the right. Next task, editing the next batch that I took and then working on his one and two month posts. Now that I'm escaping the newborn blur, I'm determined to document his life!