C&C please? Newborn session

[dallasimagery]

photos were alright but i think the way you pose the baby is not very appealing to me.

+1. I'd add that the white balance is off, the composition is poor, and the poses look like copies of other posts on this forum - cliche, static, amateurish and uninventive.

 

[Aayria]

Thank you all! The mom requested I try this "unnatural " pose from one of my past sessions:

It's always a hit or a miss trying this pose!


But between the third pic in the OP and this pic (unfinished edit):

I think the third pic in the OP is better.

Sorry for digging this up..But I was going through posts today after all the recent drama..lol. Sabrina, I pulled this up because I wanted to ask something very important when I came across this. When you say the "pose is really hit or miss" do you mean that you're actually balancing the newborn's head on his little wrists???? Please say no...This is a huge and common mistake with new photographers, and I want to avoid you the upcoming lawsuits for injuring a newborn baby if that is indeed the way you are setting up this shot!

*never never never never* put the baby's head on his little wrists! Newborns are very weak and "bendy, " and their heads are the most disproportionately large/heavy parts of their entire bodies. You run the risk of seriously injuring a newborn if you pose this way.

Now, that disclaimer aside..the SAFE way to achieve the shot you're going for is to take TWO SEPARATE pictures and do a composite with layers in photoshop. You take one picture with mom holding babies head from the top, and one with mom supporting baby's chin. Then you merge them together so you don't see the hands in either image. That is the only way to safely do this pose.

If you knew that already and your first shot was indeed a composite, I apologize..but for ANYONE OUT THERE who may be wanting to copy this popular pose it's sooo vital to make sure people are educated about what is safe and what is not.

I worry just as much when I see the "hanging baby" poses, that somebody will actually try to hang a baby from a tree branch. Most of the time, baby is actually laying flat on an ottoman with the cloth positioned, or else baby is supspended less than 2 inches off the ground, with the canvas resized/cloned in photo shop to make it look higher.

 

[dallasimagery]

Thank you all! The mom requested I try this "unnatural " pose from one of my past sessions:


It's always a hit or a miss trying this pose!


But between the third pic in the OP and this pic (unfinished edit):


I think the third pic in the OP is better.

Sorry for digging this up..But I was going through posts today after all the recent drama..lol. Sabrina, I pulled this up because I wanted to ask something very important when I came across this. When you say the "pose is really hit or miss" do you mean that you're actually balancing the newborn's head on his little wrists???? Please say no...This is a huge and common mistake with new photographers, and I want to avoid you the upcoming lawsuits for injuring a newborn baby if that is indeed the way you are setting up this shot!

*never never never never* put the baby's head on his little wrists! Newborns are very weak and "bendy, " and their heads are the most disproportionately large/heavy parts of their entire bodies. You run the risk of seriously injuring a newborn if you pose this way.

Now, that disclaimer aside..the SAFE way to achieve the shot you're going for is to take TWO SEPARATE pictures and do a composite with layers in photoshop. You take one picture with mom holding babies head from the top, and one with mom supporting baby's chin. Then you merge them together so you don't see the hands in either image. That is the only way to safely do this pose.

If you knew that already and your first shot was indeed a composite, I apologize..but for ANYONE OUT THERE who may be wanting to copy this popular pose it's sooo vital to make sure people are educated about what is safe and what is not.

I worry just as much when I see the "hanging baby" poses, that somebody will actually try to hang a baby from a tree branch. Most of the time, baby is actually laying flat on an ottoman with the cloth positioned, or else baby is supspended less than 2 inches off the ground, with the canvas resized/cloned in photo shop to make it look higher.

+1!!!

You bring up some good points I hadn't thought of before... and very true. This is one of the dangers when a RANK amateur sets out to be come a "photographer".

 

[SabrinaO]

hahahaha you're banned.

 

[MWG]

thankyajesus

 

[gsgary]

What happened to freedom of speech

 

[camz]

Resurrected! :lmao:

 

[Robin Usagani]

 

[gsgary]

Resurrected! :lmao:

Back with vengeance

 

[JWellman]

Not that I take newborn photos but I was curious as to how the poses could injure a baby. I did a Google search but didn't find any articles. Do does anyone have any documentation that these type of poses can indeed hurt a child? (Other than the obvious dropping) Have you ever seen how the nurses handle babies in the hospital?

 

[camz]

Resurrected! :lmao:

Back with vengeance

That was quick!

Looks like the mods deleted his post and banned him twice today.

 

[JWellman]

Found one on The Today Show but the sound is not working on my computer at the moment. It looks like it's just a simple interview with a photographer but I'm not sure. ---> Click here

 

[pgriz]

What kind of mind do you have to have to go back in after being banned, and "liking" all your previous posts?

 

[gsgary]

What kind of mind do you have to have to go back in after being banned, and "liking" all your previous posts?

He's a stalker, he will be boiling Sabrina's bunny next

 

[JWellman]

He's a stalker, he will be boiling Sabrina's bunny next