#babymoments + Canon Giveaway

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Today and tomorrow I’m focusing in on Liam in front of the camera. One of my most commonly asked questions are : “How do you get your photos so white and airy?”, “How do you capture Liam, smiling, looking into the camera?”, “What camera do you us?”, “What filter do you use?”, “What editing programs do you use?”. Well today with the help of Canon I will be answering all these questions using their EOS Rebel SL1 camera and their new “Plan your Baby Moments” app.

As a mom I’m addicted to capturing Liam and his monthly developments. From turning over, to sitting, to standing and to running around and making it impossibly to snap a photo!! Most of the photos that you see my post of Liam are taken on my SLR (Canon 70D) and a EF 50mm 1.2 lens or EF 70-200mm lens. As much as I adore this camera it is a bit pricey and big to carry around. When Canon sent me their new Canon EOS Rebel SL1 camera to try I right away noticed a huge difference of how much smaller, light weight, and convenient it was to capture a little one. I loved the ease shooting with the camera. All the above photos were taken with SL1.

If you are a mom, dad, auntie, sister, grandam and want an extra little app to help you document and inspire your children’s photos, canon’s new app “Baby Moments” is a great app which will help you capture milestones, with ideas on how and where to take your photos. The app also highlights some great photography tips. You’ll find a menu where you can pick a season or age and with lots of photo tips! Such as my favourite: white surface/bed backgrounds, with lots of light shining in through a near by window. The app also gives you lens suggestions and some great tricks for your babe to be camera ready!

The app has great suggestions on what setting to shoot on but I like to shoot all my photos on the manual setting. If you would like to learn a bit further in addition to the great idea the apps offers check back tomorrow for a part two!

Download the “Baby Moments” app here.

And if you’re in the mood for a little GIVEAWAY leave a comment below for a chance to win a Canon SELPHY printer! A wireless compact photo printer to quickly print out your memories! I need to start printing more photos, this is such an easy and smart way to get those prints started right at home! Let me know what photos you’ll be printing off! Winner accounted Monday December 1st! Have a closer look at it here.

This post was created in partnership with Canon. All opinions are my own. 

59 thoughts on "#babymoments + Canon Giveaway"

  1. Hi there – the link to this app doesn’t work nor can I find it in the app store? Is it for Iphones or android?

    1. I would love to print & sent photos of my two littles to my family living on the west coast. What a great way to send little surprises all years long. They are the only two little ones in the family & it’s a great way to stay connected with their family!!

  2. I was just looking through my childhood albums, and I realized that I never print any pictures. The Canon Selphy printer would be awesome to have. I could make my son his own childhood album!

  7. Great post! I love shooting my niece and nephew with my Canon Rebel T2i and the 50mm lens. Will have to download the app in time for holiday photos!

  10. Love my Canon camera(s) and printer. Although due to many kerplunks thanks to my daughter I could use a new one by now!

  11. I use my rebel t1 with my newborn and the timing of this post and giveaway couldn’t be any more perfect!

  12. Having the ability to print amazing photos at home would make it so much easier to replace photos in all our frames. Now with Ellie, who is two, and ryland who is three months in December all the special moments of them playing, cuddling and joyful moments need to start to put up on the wall! Plus making my baby memory books. I have zero time to go print photos these days but i would be able to print a photo and make a page!

  16. I have 2 children, one is just 5 months old and I am obsessed with taking pictures of them! This printer would come in handy!!

  17. Love the idea of a wireless printer! I’d definitely print some family photos. My mom used to scrapbook everything but since so much has gone digital she rarely prints photos. I know she’d love some 🙂

  18. How fun! Would love to use the Canon printer with my Canon Rebel xsi. I would print photos of my boys and of course a few product shots 😉 Thank you for the app tips.

  19. I’m a first time mommy, and i love taking photos of my baby. Winning this contest will be ggood way to print all the m

    1. I’m a first time mommy, and I love taking photos of my baby. Winning this contest will be good way to print all the memorable photos of my baby Christel. It is also a nice gift for me & my growing family. Thank you Monika for sharing the tips of taking a beautiful photos and for having this contest. God speed and advance Merry Christmas. 🙂

  20. Your photos are always so beautiful! I would print many photos of my kids and family! I look forward to reading tomorrow’s post 🙂

  24. I love all your pictures! They totally inspire me with my little boy who is just about a year behind Liam. My son is 11 months! And I can’t believe how fast the time goes. It’s crazy!! I would love to win this awesome giveaway and capture my son Boston’s first birthday that coming up in December. (Party inspiration came from your beautifully done New York bistro theme last year!) The time goes fast but pictures help freeze time!

  25. I would LOVE to win a SELPHY printer! My baby boy is due in 3 weeks and this would be perfect to capture all his first moments and print them!

  26. Would love to win this! I’ve been dragging my feet when it come to getting photos up on my walls. This would help fix that!

  29. Looking forward to the shooting in manual tips! Would love this printer to print out my baby’s first Christmas!

  30. I am inspired by you and your photos of Liam! I have an 11 month old boy who is turning 1 on December 18th. His birthday theme was also inspired by your awesome New York Bistro theme last year. I would love this printer to print picture of his cute party coming up next month. Thank you for sharing all your great ideas on pictures. I think it is so important to capture all the moments when they are little and changing so fast. It helps freeze time. Cause sadly they grow way too fast!

  33. I would LOVE a photo printer. I take tons and tons of photos, time goes by and I forget about them because they’re never printed. Love this post!

  35. I will be buying a canon tomorrow on Black Friday and would love to win a printer!!!!! Loved this post!

  37. I’ve always been a Canon girl too! Since my first 35 mm SLR in high school. Thanks for the great tips! Can’t wait to read your your next post.

  40. Yay! I was so excited when you announced on Instagram that you would be doing this post because I always have serious envy of your pictures!!! My little guy will be 7 months soon and I will be using these tips to capture his first Christmas! The printer would be so perfect because I have been putting off printing pictures to put in his mushybooks baby book and now I would have no excuse

  45. I would use this printer to finally get some nice 8×10’s of our wedding photos printed off. I would love to surprise my husband with them for our anniversary coming up!

  46. I own a Canon and would love to take better pictures of my 2 year old (thanks to your helpful tips and hints) and need a photo printer! Would love this! Fingers crossed.

  48. I just bought my first dslr camera but used my dad’s for years. His quit working about 3 years ago so I have hardly no photos of my youngest daughter, who is now 4. I am ready to get my daughter’s photo album started!

  49. Other country can be part of it too? I would love to win this printer! Monika, your posts are amazing! Kisses from Brazil!

  50. Canon always has the best products for photos! Would love to print pictures of my family from my own phone. What a wonderful way to cherish memories.

  53. Your pics are always gorg! I’m not quite the expert in picture taking but I’d love to get better. I like to take photos of my two children. They are grown but still some of my favorite people!

  54. Thank you for the post! I’ve been researching SLR cameras and was considering the Canon model you feature. It would be great to win your printer contest too. I would be printing pictures of my two sons – my four year old and my newborn son born on November 13 🙂 Thanks!

  55. That’s a great camera. Points for its lightweight feature. I’m going to look more into that. I’ve been taking a lot of pictures lately and it goes through lots of editing using my IPhone.

  56. I love Canon, and this would come in very handy in our house. I’d print out our Winter pictures, like the one’s we took in the snow today!

  57. What a wonderful giveaway. We just moved into a new home and the walls are BARE. I would love a printer to have some of our favorite family pictures up in my son’s nursery. I have wanted to make a photo garland but haven’t had the time. What a wonderful giveaway!

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