Best baby of 2014 so far!

[pixmedic]

Also I am not actually sure I have ever really had good feedback on here. The best I've gotten is "meh....not bad" lol Which I am fine with. If you look through my posts you will see I can take my fair share of critique....mean, nice and otherwise!

you just got good feedback on these pictures.
(don't feel bad, i have the same problem)

if its a matter of pointing out what we think is right with the photos as well....
framing is good. (#3 and #4 I would have shot portrait)
color is good.
focus is good.
WB is good.
DOF is good except for #6 where i would personally prefer that all of the baby is in focus. (my thoughts on DOF are well established on these types of photos...strictly a personal preference) also, the brown fabric that trails away from the baby is distracting. i would tuck that behind the baby so only the blue is visible in the background.
focal length choice is good.
lighting is good, assuming just natural light is used. there's a few where the lighting is a bit uneven. i would say fill flash but...i know how "flash" suggestions are amongst baby photographers.
I don't usually care for vignetting, but I think it works well where you applied it.

overall, this is a great set. I would be pleased to give these to clients. I would be pleased to have these in my portfolio.
if the only nitpic I got on MY photos were some posing concerns, I would be like "yup, ill keep an eye on that next time" and then go dance in the street.

 

[BrickHouse]

Im curious as to how many seminars the Doctor took on pediatric airway alignment.
I only have 16 hours of pediatric advanced life support, and 24 hours of CCT pediatric airway support as a Medic. (on top of my vent training)
Just from a pediatric airway standpoint, I would never let an infant patients head lay like #2 and #3.
Granted, MY training is just with Doctors, CCT medics and CCRN's....not photographers...so...your mileage may vary.

I'm a Family Medicine physician in the Navy so we are basically the jack of all trades people. Because of that, the Navy uses us as such. They send us out as ER docs, obstetricians, clinic docs, sports med docs, and hospitalists. We run ICUs, NICUs and about every other non-specialist facet of medicine so they spend a considerate amount of time training us in adult, pediatric, and neonatal airway and intensive care. The respiratory techs and pulmonary/critical care/intensivists still blow me out of the water with knowledge but in most places around the world, I can hang. In addition to getting to practice this incredibly wide scope of practice, I get the pleasure of taking care of Marines, Sailors, and their family every single day.

 

[charlie76]

Id be more careful...I agree with the comments above. But nice shots of course

 

[pixmedic]

Im curious as to how many seminars the Doctor took on pediatric airway alignment.
I only have 16 hours of pediatric advanced life support, and 24 hours of CCT pediatric airway support as a Medic. (on top of my vent training)
Just from a pediatric airway standpoint, I would never let an infant patients head lay like #2 and #3.
Granted, MY training is just with Doctors, CCT medics and CCRN's....not photographers...so...your mileage may vary.

I'm a Family Medicine physician in the Navy so we are basically the jack of all trades people. Because of that, the Navy uses us as such. They send us out as ER docs, obstetricians, clinic docs, sports med docs, and hospitalists. We run ICUs, NICUs and about every other non-specialist facet of medicine so they spend a considerate amount of time training us in adult, pediatric, and neonatal airway and intensive care. The respiratory techs and pulmonary/critical care/intensivists still blow me out of the water with knowledge but in most places around the world, I can hang. In addition to getting to practice this incredibly wide scope of practice, I get the pleasure of taking care of Marines, Sailors, and their family every single day.

dont want to derail the thread but...
i would never make it through the schooling it takes to be a doctor.
im getting ready to do the PMD to RN bridge program, and aside from maybe a BSN and some nurse specializations, thats about it for me moving up the medical ladder.
you guys have to put in more clinical hours and CEU's than i even want to think about.
all I have to do is get the PT to you guys alive...real definitive care and diagnostics happen in the hospital.

 

[runnah]

dont want to derail the thread but... i would never make it through the schooling it takes to be a doctor. im getting ready to do the PMD to RN bridge program, and aside from maybe a BSN and some nurse specializations, thats about it for me moving up the medical ladder. you guys have to put in more clinical hours and CEU's than i even want to think about. all I have to do is get the PT to you guys alive...real definitive care and diagnostics happen in the hospital.

Also doctors don't get a big truck with flashing lights.

 

[robbins.photo]

Also I am not actually sure I have ever really had good feedback on here. The best I've gotten is "meh....not bad" lol Which I am fine with. If you look through my posts you will see I can take my fair share of critique....mean, nice and otherwise!

Well depends on the individual of course, as for me I don't give C&C. If I can't honestly say I really like/love a picture I don't comment on it at all.

 

[BrickHouse]

dont want to derail the thread but...
i would never make it through the schooling it takes to be a doctor.
im getting ready to do the PMD to RN bridge program, and aside from maybe a BSN and some nurse specializations, thats about it for me moving up the medical ladder.
you guys have to put in more clinical hours and CEU's than i even want to think about.
all I have to do is get the PT to you guys alive...real definitive care and diagnostics happen in the hospital.

You should consider PA school! If you made through paramedic school you would make it through PA or med school. The thing to think about is what part of the team do you want to fulfill. Do you want to be hands-on, with the patient, at the bedside, actually doing things, then nursing. Do you want to be in the field running and gunning where the action is, stay paramedic. Do you want to spend 80 hours a week (yes, I work 80 hours a week, not paycheck) typing at a computer, then doctor. Do you want to do everything a doctor does but only work 40 hours a week, then PA/NP. There's nothing special about the people who get to the doctor level, we're just really good at putting off real life for a long time and we seem to be gluttons for punishment.

 

[BrickHouse]

dont want to derail the thread but... i would never make it through the schooling it takes to be a doctor. im getting ready to do the PMD to RN bridge program, and aside from maybe a BSN and some nurse specializations, thats about it for me moving up the medical ladder. you guys have to put in more clinical hours and CEU's than i even want to think about. all I have to do is get the PT to you guys alive...real definitive care and diagnostics happen in the hospital.

Also doctors don't get a big truck with flashing lights.

No, unfortunately we don't. I can still remember the rush of running code to some place when I was an EMT. I will say though, I traded that in for jets and giant boats with guns and bombs and that can be kind of cool.

 

[manaheim]

#1 rule in getting critique... don't argue with those providing it, and don't explain or defend your work.

If you feel strongly enough that you work is good, then it should be able to defend itself.

 

[The_Traveler]

If I were the OP, I'd be checking my liability insurance right this moment.
She has just received, on the Internet where information never goes away, advice that some of her posing positions were potentially dangerous for newborns.
And her reply was that she took a 5 day course in posing infants.

She had better hope that none of the infants posed in this way ever shows up with a developmental defect that can be linked, however tenuously, to oxygen deprivation during early stages because she will be in front of a lawsuit faster than she can think.

For the future, when a qualified health professional gives you advice, the answer is not that you took a 5 day course and so you know better.

 

[manaheim]

If I were the OP, I'd be checking my liability insurance right this moment.
She has just received, on the Internet where information never goes away, advice that some of her posing positions were potentially dangerous for newborns.

...from a trained paramedic.

 

[paigew]

Corrie I think these are really beautiful. I know you would never put a baby in a dangerous position :heart:. And anyone who has ever had a baby knows they really aren't all that fragile

As for the poses in question, the baby is laying flat on his back, I would assume it is more the angle of the shot that makes the neck appear to be squished down. Lying flat on your back it would be hard to cut off airways. And no, these are not natural poses. But obviously no one would hire you to do natural type poses since you do, ummm....POSED NEWBORNS!

Great work lady :hugs:

 

[paigew]

Also I am not actually sure I have ever really had good feedback on here. The best I've gotten is "meh....not bad" lol Which I am fine with. If you look through my posts you will see I can take my fair share of critique....mean, nice and otherwise!

you just got good feedback on these pictures.
(don't feel bad, i have the same problem)

if its a matter of pointing out what we think is right with the photos as well....
framing is good. (#3 and #4 I would have shot portrait)
color is good.
focus is good.
WB is good.
DOF is good except for #6 where i would personally prefer that all of the baby is in focus. (my thoughts on DOF are well established on these types of photos...strictly a personal preference) also, the brown fabric that trails away from the baby is distracting. i would tuck that behind the baby so only the blue is visible in the background.
focal length choice is good.
lighting is good, assuming just natural light is used. there's a few where the lighting is a bit uneven. i would say fill flash but...i know how "flash" suggestions are amongst baby photographers.
I don't usually care for vignetting, but I think it works well where you applied it.

overall, this is a great set. I would be pleased to give these to clients. I would be pleased to have these in my portfolio.
if the only nitpic I got on MY photos were some posing concerns, I would be like "yup, ill keep an eye on that next time" and then go dance in the street.

But the point is this is a GREAT set. And no one said that, only negative comments were given. I would say Corrie is probably the best pro newborn photog on this forum.

Corrie. Stop asking for critique. Post your images, own your images

 

[BrickHouse]

Lying flat on your back it would be hard to cut off airways.

False.

 

[paigew]

Lying flat on your back it would be hard to cut off airways.

False.

Pediatricians recommend back sleeping for infants to reduce sids. Anyway this thread is really horrible. It proves just how hard it is for a woman photographer to get respect. These are good, damn good photos. Better photos than most people who commented produce IMO. Leave this girl alone. You all are being mean, bullies. Truth.