Baby Models

How many times have we looked at pretty pictures of baby models and sighed with overwhelming emotion? Each time I see a greeting card or poster that features baby models, my heart literally melts with joy. Especially when it comes to baby models photographed by renowned baby model photographer, Anne Geddes. Anne Geddes is probably the best known photographer of baby models in the world today. At least she is the most prolific, judging by the number of books, journals and greeting cards that her baby models have been featured on.

A good baby model photographer must make your baby stay still for the shots, which is not an easy task.

What surprises me most about her work is how on earth she manages to keep her baby models still enough to compose her shots! I mean, I too have an infant of my own and he is devilishly cute. But each time my wife and I are inspired by Anne Geddes and attempt to capture his antics a la baby models, he turns into an absolute devil. For one thing, we can’t manage to keep him still. For another, the best of his expressions are reserved for the times when we are fiddling with the camera or the flash. And when we urge him to mimic the baby models we have grown so fond of, he just gives up and begins bawling.

I seriously wonder how Anne Geddes manages to get baby models to look so peaceful. My wife and I have had several discussions on this topic and have come to one conclusion. We believe that she is a magician. After all, it is very well impossible to get one single, otherwise happy kid to pose for a single photograph. Wonder how she manages to get so many of those baby models to pose for her with angelic smiles. Not only that, how she manages to get those baby models in feathered outfits, damaging them is completely beyond me.

There is another theory that my wife has. She believes that there are specialized training academies for baby models where they are trained (I would say it is impossible!) to be angelic beauties who are willing to pose and beautifully at that. Now, considering that nearly all her baby models have perfect expressions with perfect poise, one would be tempted to take this with a pinch of credibility. But then again, my contention is that nobody, except for an unadulterated stickler for punishment will ever envisage setting up a training academy for baby models.