The Virtual Newborn Studio
Read the light in any newborn photo.
Open a finished frame and watch its lighting rebuild itself — where the light sits, which way it throws, the modifier that shaped it, the power, the full camera settings. Then walk to your beanbag and recreate it.
Free for members — Standard, Platinum & All-Access
Read the recipe
Five things every frame tells you.
Each photo carries its own lighting notes. The studio lays them right over the image, so you stop guessing and start matching.
Inside the studio
Different poses. Different recipes.
Swaddled, awake, props or bare beanbag — the light moves with the set. Here are three frames with their recipes read back.
How it works
From finished photo to your beanbag.
Open a frame
Pick a pose from the library — maternity, newborn, children, family or poser placement.
Read the light
The direction, modifier, power and camera settings sit right on the image, with the shadow shaped in.
Rebuild it
Match the recipe on your own set. Same light, same shaping — now it's muscle memory.
Free for every Ana Brandt Education member.
Standard, Platinum and All-Access members get the full studio free — it's already inside your membership. Not a member and don't want one? Buy the studio on its own, normally $199, on sale now for $49.