We have a digital camera so I can't help you with the camera/film questions but I was looking at a "taking pics of your baby" book at Borders this weekend and read about lighting. Like someone else mentioned, natural lighting is by far the best. They showed examples of both natural lighting and flash and it makes a huge difference. The best is to have the light coming in on one side of the baby, then you get a really neat shadow on the other side. This works really well in front of a big window or open door. (They even showed examples in the garage, but that probably won't work this time of year unless you are somewhere warm. Apparently, the light bounces off the driveway and reflects in). If you don't have natural light, you can use a light with a 100 watt bulb that the shade is tilted so the light is angled at one side of the baby - did that make sense...not sure how to explain it well.

HTH


Jera
Mom to Carter ~ 05.13.03