How do you make an infant sleep on her stomach with her hands on her chin?
Have a look at the photo below. Is it a photoshop trick or is it actually possible to make an infant sleep like this?
If it is possible, how to go about this pose?
[This isn't about the camera, this is about the technique of handling the kid]
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This pose is actually 100% photo-edited. You take a sleeping kid, prop them in two different ways with your hands supporting them, then merge the two different pictures. In the first shot, the photographer or an assistant holds the baby's head. In the second the arms are held. The two shots are merged so that it looks as if no one was holding the baby. But no, it is not really possible to - at least safely - acheive this pose with just a baby. You can find an example of how it is done here. You will find that some newborn photographers hate this pose and those like it because it does not really capture how newborns actually are (and can be dangerous if not done right). An example of reasoning why not to pose infants like this is here.
Answering the question at the top. You don't. Let them sleep in the most comfortable safe position.
If it is just for taking pictures of your little puppet, follow Chrys's instruction.
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