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Location
This photograph was taken at baby's home and the stork was created at my home.Time
Since the photograph was taken indoor the time of day is irrelevant. I waited patiently until baby fell fully asleep to take this photograph.Lighting
I used 2 ttl's. One set on my camera facing the wall while the other was at camera right and far enough to light the baby's face.Equipment
I used my Canon 70d, and 2 ttl's.Inspiration
I googled for ideas to photograph my new grand-daughter and wanted to somehow incorporate a stork. I came across an image that had the scene drawn with chalk, like this one, and had baby bundled in receiving blanket. I feel that I came up with a better image than the one that I was mimicking with the use of post processing and the baby is laying the way she should be in order for this to be more believable. The lighting that I used is more pleasing, as well.Editing
I did perform some post production on this image. After photographing the stork and clouds chalk drawing I changed the overall color from black to this blue to give the idea that they are in the blue sky. I then had to remove some faulty marks from the background. I masked the baby and removed a portion of the blanky for the stork's beak. In the original image that I am copying you can tell that the photographer didn't use post processing and that the baby was just laying on top of a chalkboard drawing and left at that. Nothing wrong with that, at all. I wanted to take it a few steps further.In my camera bag
I always carry my Canon 70d, 2 ttl's, filters, extra sd cards and carry my light weight tripod just in case.Feedback
My advice is to do what I do and research some ideas. I see nothing wrong with trying to do what has been done before and possibly improve upon it. This is how we learn. Some people think that you should never copy other people's work and come up with our own stuff. How do you find something that has never been done before? It is difficult for me. I do what I can to be original, but how can we always be? Play with post processing tools and keep it real. This is how we learn.
