Infant Valentine’s Day Photoshoot

For Quincy’s Valentine’s Day photos, I choose to put her in a “Daddy is my Valentine” onesie with red sequined shorts that I bought on Amazon (https://amzn.to/2ZZGjhj). I got the red headband in a pack of 4 Christmas headbands on sale for less than $2 at Marshall’s.

For this photo, my daughter is lying on my bed which has a navy comforter. I placed artificial red flower petals I bought from Party City behind her head. I used a red lipstick I got from a Halloween store, and I re-applied the lipstick before every kiss. To take the photo, I stood over her and made silly noises to get her to smile.

This image took a little longer to achieve. My daughter was 7 months at the time. She could sit up but loved to fall backwards, so there was a lot of repositioning. Also, she wanted to constantly grab the artificial petals and mess up the heart. Be patient if you are trying to get this shot. I chose to do this photo on the bed so that when she fell she would fall on a fluffy mattress. I put the artificial rose petals in a heart shape and gave Quincy artificial roses to hold.

The last image I took was this image of Quincy lying down in the heart. This was much easier to achieve. I used the same artificial rose and rose petals as the previous photo, and I just positioned her on her back. I used the same technique of almost standing over her on the bed and making silly noises to get her to smile.

For Quincy’s 7 month (February 11th) photos, I chose to do a Valentine’s Day theme as well. Her pink heart outfit was purchased at Marshalls. For this photo, I put a pink muslin blanket down and conversation hearts. I then placed Quincy on her back on top of them. I kneeled over her to get this close up shot. My trick to get her to smile in these was to sing her favorite song “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana.

This photo was a two person job. I had a glass bowl given to me by my grandma that was used in this photo. You can probably easily find one similar to it at Home Goods. I got the conversation hearts from Target. We place the bowl close to the wall so that Quincy could lean against the wall a bit for balance. However, she also like to lean forward and to the sides and put her hands on the ground. My mom made sure that Quincy would not fall over or hurt herself while I took the photos while sitting on the floor.

For this photo, I put the pink muslin blanket on the floor in a heart shape. I then placed her on her back on the blanket. She loved to kick the blanket and grab it, so I spent a lot of time fixing the prop. To get the photo, I stood over her like in the previous photos being careful not to get my feet in the picture.

This is the final photo I took of Quincy for her 7 month (February) photos. I got the milestone fleece blanket off of Etsy. I made the the ring that’s around the 7 with a wooden sewing hoop, artificial eucalyptus, and plant wire. These were taken by standing over her, and I made her smile with high pitch trilling noises (like a vocal warm-up).

Overall, I was extremely happy with how these photos turned out. Tune in next month for her 8 month and Saint Patrick’s Day Photos!