Father and Baby Joy

Studio portrait at home of a Nigerian male father in his early 30s playing face-to-face with his baby; deep brown skin, warm undertone; short tight curls, neatly shaped; trimmed beard; simple dark green t-shirt, no logos. He holds his 6–8-month-old baby in a cream-colored onesie sitting sideways on one forearm at chest height, the baby turned toward him so their faces are close; only the baby’s upper body visible. Warm natural daylight from a window; shallow depth of field; background is a blurred living room with warm-toned walls and a potted plant, soft bokeh. The father looks at the baby with a broad, joyful smile; the baby looks back at him with an excited expression, mouth open in a tiny laugh, one hand resting on his chest. Portrait orientation, 3:4 ratio, mid-chest-up composition; subjects centered, camera at adult eye level; full head and hair of the father and baby’s head entirely inside the frame with a little space above; both shoulders and baby’s upper body clearly visible.