A happy baby makes for photos that look naturally beautiful, candid and full of life. Try to get your baby to smile or chuckle while you click away, using funny faces, toys, a rattle – whatever grabs her attention. If you’ve got an assistant (your partner, an older child, a devoted granny), then get them to stand behind you and grab your baby’s attention. By engaging your baby like this, they’ll look more animated in your photos. But don’t let her get too over-stimulated, advises Nichole. “If there’s too much going on, your baby can end up feeling stressed and overwhelmed, and that will show in your photos – so try to keep things calm and low-key,” she says.