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photographing newborn babies

By Cori Derksen | Feb 19, 2013

  I love photographing little newborn babies. I wanted to share a few of my favorite baby photographs from this month. I’ll even share a few of my manual settings to help you out. :) If you want to learn even more about photographing newborn babies you can check out my newborn e-book and posing…

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photo a day: day 31

By Cori Derksen | Dec 31, 2012

Day 31:  My three favorite boys at the beach…collecting, throwing, and exploring …Ok, I’ll admit this one is a little bit cheater because this is from earlier in the month. But I just found it and didn’t have a great shot from new years eve. So I wanted to share this one edited in black…

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photo a day: day 30

By Cori Derksen | Dec 30, 2012

Day 30:  Snow day!  :) (I only have a few pics from my legit camera. I asked the boys to look my direction for a shot or two with my big camera and then put it away and my action shots were taken with my iphone so we could play) Manual camera settings: ISO –…

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photo a day: day 29

By Cori Derksen | Dec 29, 2012

Day 29:  Hot cocoa time Manual camera settings: ISO – 1000 aperture – F 2.8 shutter speed – 1/160 lens – 50mm 1.2L camera body – canon’s 5D mark II

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photo a day: day 28

By Cori Derksen | Dec 28, 2012

Day 28:  My little gamer Manual camera settings: ISO – 2000 aperture – F 2 shutter speed – 1/125 lens – 50mm 1.2L camera body – canon’s 5D mark II

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photo a day: day 27

By Cori Derksen | Dec 27, 2012

Day 27:  Jumping on the chair with half of your jammies and a beanie  :) Manual camera settings: ISO – 3200 aperture – F 2.5 shutter speed – 1/250 lens – 35mm 1.4L camera body – canon’s 5D mark II

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photo a day: day 26

By Cori Derksen | Dec 26, 2012

Day 26:  Santa Kyle playing piano Manual camera settings: ISO – 4000 aperture – F 2.5 shutter speed – 1/100 lens – 35mm 1.4L camera body – canon’s 5D mark II

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photo a day: day 25

By Cori Derksen | Dec 25, 2012

Day 25:  Christmas morning at home Manual camera settings: ISO – 3200 aperture – F 2.5 shutter speed – 1/100 lens – 35mm 1.4L camera body – canon’s 5D mark II

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photo a day: day 24

By Cori Derksen | Dec 24, 2012

Day 24:  Christmas eve with family Manual camera settings: ISO – 4000 aperture – F 2 shutter speed – 1/100 lens – 35mm 1.4L camera body – canon’s 5D mark II

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