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5 Min Portrait - Baby Billy Candid Photos

I know this is not exactly like the other 5 min portraits but I felt it was worthy of the title 5 Min Portrait.

I went over to my friend Bill and Casey’s house to see their 10 week old newborn Billy. I did shoot video of the entire thing but felt that it was not strong enough to cut together this time around.

You will hear me explain the situaiton in the video below how Billy fell asleep right when we started which made it pretty hard to get interesting pictures. Following getting some ok pictures I sat down with Bill to discuss what we learned form the session and how it did not go exactly as we had hoped. You will see that at the very end of the video.

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What saved the day after I packed up, was when Billy got fed he came alive which made for some great photos. There is a nice mix between baby pictures, family pictures and my favorite type of photos, candid images. I love the interaction between Bill photographing his son and how you can see the joy in little Billy’s face and eyes.

Below you will find all the edited images from the photo shoot. I hope you like the new split angles that I tried in this video. If you have any questions feel free to leave them below in the Facebook comment box.