Free baby photography diagrams

These ten diagrams were drawn for the guides on this site. Nothing here is stock art, and nothing is behind an email form. Take them, use them, put them in your own blog post or class handout. The only condition is a credit line linking back.

They cover the things parents get wrong most often: where to stand relative to the window, which newborn poses are actually two photos merged in editing, what colors do to newborn skin, and how big a phone photo really prints.

Download all ten (SVG, 10 KB)

Where to place a baby relative to a window. Why a baby photographed at 45 degrees to the window looks shaped, and at 90 degrees looks flat.

Where to place a baby relative to a window

Why a baby photographed at 45 degrees to the window looks shaped, and at 90 degrees looks flat.

Safe newborn poses vs composite-only poses. Three poses safe to try at home, and the one that is always two photos merged in editing.

Safe newborn poses vs composite-only poses

Three poses safe to try at home, and the one that is always two photos merged in editing.

Colors that flatter newborn skin. Warm neutrals, cool grays and muted pinks work. Saturated primaries and hard black or white fight the skin.

Colors that flatter newborn skin

Warm neutrals, cool grays and muted pinks work. Saturated primaries and hard black or white fight the skin.

Baby photo timeline for the first year. Newborn to twelve months, marking the developmental milestones worth photographing.

Baby photo timeline for the first year

Newborn to twelve months, marking the developmental milestones worth photographing.

What a 2048 x 2560 file prints at. The 300 DPI arithmetic, shown against 4x6 through 11x14 prints.

What a 2048 x 2560 file prints at

The 300 DPI arithmetic, shown against 4x6 through 11x14 prints.

How window light changes through the day. Soft mid-morning, harsh midday, warm late afternoon, and why overcast days are free diffusion.

How window light changes through the day

Soft mid-morning, harsh midday, warm late afternoon, and why overcast days are free diffusion.

Three ways to hang a first-year series. Grid, salon and picture ledge, and which suits which family.

Three ways to hang a first-year series

Grid, salon and picture ledge, and which suits which family.

Posed portraits vs documentary photos. What each approach captures, and why most families want both.

Posed portraits vs documentary photos

What each approach captures, and why most families want both.

Choosing an audience before you post. Family, friends and public, with the sharing method that matches each.

Choosing an audience before you post

Family, friends and public, with the sharing method that matches each.

Safe and unsafe newborn props. What is safe on the floor, and what only works as a professional composite.

Safe and unsafe newborn props

What is safe on the floor, and what only works as a professional composite.

License

All ten diagrams are released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. You can share and adapt them, including commercially, as long as you credit the source.

Suggested credit line:

Diagram by Totti — babyaigenerator.com

They are SVG, so they scale to any size without going soft, and they can be recolored in any vector editor. If you need a different format or a variant for a specific use, email akhandafm17@gmail.com and I will make one.

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The app these diagrams came from

Totti turns a phone photo of your baby into a studio-style portrait. Free to download, iOS 17 and later.

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