Baby Face: Celebrating your Pregnancy and Baby with Beautiful Photo Crafts [Paperback]

Barbara Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2008

Capture life’s most cherished moments



Life moves so fast. Everyone longs to capture special moments as they fly by—pregnancies and new babies, children suddenly transformed into big brothers and sisters, parents looking at their little ones for the first time. Now Baby Face shows photographers and crafters exactly how to turn those wonderful moments into beautiful memories that can be shared with friends and family for a lifetime. This title focuses on taking great photos of expectant mothers and newborns, then enhancing the pictures in Photoshop for use in countless craft projects—baby shower invitations, albums and guest books, birth announcements, thank-you notes, holiday cards, gift tags, and much more, all beautifully personalized. Everyone has a story to tell, and Baby Face lets readers everywhere tell that story in uniquely loving and lovely ways.



• Combines photography and crafts for unique appeal


• Create unique invitations, albums, announcements, thank-you cards, much more

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About the Author

Barbara Smith specialises in creating photography-based stationery products through her business, Ladysmith. Her clients include the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. She lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill (April 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817441166
• ISBN-13: 978-0817441166
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,722,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Photography & Digital Tips That Aren't Just For Babies, September 1, 2008

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Nancy A. Nally "ScrapNancy & TrueTechLife Nancy" (Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Face: Celebrating your Pregnancy and Baby with Beautiful Photo Crafts (Paperback)

As you might expect from a book whose author is foremost a photographer, the pages of Baby Face are full of inspiring eye candy: beautiful photographs, and photo-based projects. (Disclaimer: This book makes use of artistic nudity in its photography of pregnant women. If you were offended by Demi Moore's famous Vanity Fair cover while she was pregnant, you will probably not like this book.) If you are pregnant, have friends who are pregnant, or are a photographer who regularly takes pictures of mothers-to-be, this book will almost certainly stretch your creative boundaries. The photography techniques include both ideas for during a photo session and for in the "digital darkroom" of photo editing afterward. (The photography tips aren't only limited to pregnant women, either - there are also tips for taking beautiful portraits of babies and older children.)

In fact, there is a lot of digital hybrid content in this book. Most of the suggested projects rely at least somewhat on digital techniques and provide step-by-step instructions on how to complete them. The projects include ideas on how to use photos in everything from baby announcements and gift thank yous to baby shower accessories and photo albums. And while the project ideas are illustrated with newborn pictures and baby shower examples, it is easy to imagine the techniques being applied to other events and topics.

If you like to get "artsy" with your photography and your papercrafting, and you like to use your photos for more than just for scrapbook pages, you will love Baby Face. It inspires and teaches at the same time...a wonderful combination.