Every experience a baby encounters may be new and exciting, but Anna Eftimie, a photographer based in San Jose, California, has taken that up a notch by exposing them to some creative blackboard adventures. Taking the art of baby photography, as set by the famed Anne Geddes, to the next level, Anna Eftimie turns her charges into mermaids, prisoners, skateboarders and more to the delight of their parents.
Interestingly, Anna Eftimie doesn't shoot the babies directly onto the hard, chalked up surfaces of the blackboards. Instead, they are initially captured on soft surfaces and then inserted into the scene through digital artistry. Working under the moniker Cute Moments Photography, Anna Eftimie is creatively assisted by her husband.
Baby Blackboard Adventures
Photographer Anna Eftimie Places Newborns in Creative Situations
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