Natural Light

I love using natural light--I use it whenever I can.  I almost always shoot at f2.8 or larger when I am not using strobes as a light source because I am a huge fan of the subject-isolating effects of a shallow depth of field.  The images below were shot with the setup shown and then converted to black and white with a gradient map layer.  I flattened the b&w layer and duplicated it and set the blending mode to 'multiply', added a white mask and then used a circle gradient to reveal the baby.  I adjusted the opacity of the multiply layer to suit my taste.  As always, I retouched the image to remove blemishes, stray hairs, etc.  I recommend you click on the images for a larger view.