Saturday December 9th, 9am – 3pm
Hunt’s Photo, Melrose
Instructor: Paula Swift of Paula Swift Photography
Recommended prerequisite: Basic Knowledge of your Camera
All Skill Levels Welcome
Paula Swift, M.Photog.,Cr., CPP owner of Paula Swift Photography, Inc. in Sudbury, MA, will offer a hands on studio lighting newborn photography workshop. While most are teaching natural or constant light for newborns, Paula will show you how to use studio lighting effectively on new babies, keeping it simple and beautiful.
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will break down from start to finish how she prepares her clients before the session focusing on posing, lighting, set up of props, newborn safety, soothing techniques, posing parents/siblings and what lenses work best.
Paula owns a 1200 square foot boutique style studio in Sudbury, MA where a majority of her newborns are photographed. She does travel to homes throughout Metrowest and Boston to offer in home newborn sessions as well.
With Paula’s experience photographing over 600 babies, as of 2017 and a mom to three boys, she has learned a few tricks to help babies sleep naturally in the studio environment and keep parents relaxed throughout the session. The key to her lighting and posing is to keep it as simple as possible and to listen to key things babies, siblings and parents may express during the session so that she can capture beautiful newborn and family portraits that parents love.
Upon signing up for this workshop, you will receive a confirmation email. Another confirmation email will come 48-hours prior to the event and may include additional information regarding other specifications for the workshop.
Please read our Cancellation Policy before signing up.
Paula Swift, M. Photog.,Cr., CPP is celebrating 22 years as a professional photographer and has been photographing newborns for over 13 years. She is a Master Photographer, Photographic Craftsman, Certified Professional Photographer and a Photographer of the Year bronze medalist in 2014. Paula has won two Kodak gallery awards, Hallmark Gallery award and her newborn photography has been earned loan and general collection recognitions in the International Photographic Competition.
May 2017, Paula’s book “Storytelling Portrait Photography- How to Document the Lives of Children and Families” was published and is available at Hunts Photo & Video’s Melrose store.
You can find Paula’s work at www.paulaswift.com.