When shooting newborns what is your favorite aperture? If you shoot around 1.8 or pretty wide open, how far away are you from the baby to ensure the baby is in focus?
I am usually right at 2.8 for newborns. But I also like to open up wide to 1.4 or 1.8 (or 2 on the 35) and just get the eyes and nose in focus and let everything else fall off. Often I will be about a foot away from them for those shots. I will also take a shot, scoot back about six inches, take a shot and then scoot back six more just so that I can make sure I covered it.
