First Newborn Session

[pixmedic]

not bad overall runnah. not bad at all.

My biggest issue is (and I say My because this is apparently an artistic/personal choice/taste thing) (also, my view on this is well documented here so i dont mean it in any offense way...its just my opinion) DOF on horizontal baby shots. or in your case, a lack thereof. babys face is in focus, aaaand, thats about it. its especially noticable to me on the blue blanket. To me, (and I do NOT photograph babies) if the baby was in a more vertical position where the face or head is almost all that is facing the camera, then a shallow DOF is fine....however, on a vertical shot, where all of the baby is prominently visible, I prefer to see most or all of the baby in focus, as apposed to seeing the face in focus, then an OOF body.

but.... I don't photograph babies so...take my opinion on them with a grain of salt.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Frightening as it may be Runnah has reproduced... just not a kid with knit antlers. That we know of.

I have to say, even though it wouldn't necessarily be my thing, the hat picture is really sweet and nicely done. I might have tried either arranging the white blanket over the legs somehow, or maybe tried to get more of the leg and foot showing (seems a little cut off by the diaper and blanket), but it's a beautiful shot of the baby. I agree that it's necessary to respect what the parents prefer; I think either way, diaper or not, can work, I just in general think in this day and age it's necessary for people to think about where photos go online (the non-diaper particularly that is).

I like the next B&W too, that one's lovely. Actually the one w/the eyes just barely open made me go aww, looks like just waking up or falling asleep and I don't know, I'd think the parents might like it. But I'd do some cropping and see what you could do with it to minimize the blanket and background and bring the viewer's attention more to the baby.

I think a couple of these needed the blanket arranged differently for the photos, to not look so scrunched up. But thank you for not wrapping the kid up in that gauzy stuff being marketed for baby photography... not the gauze so much, the wrapping part. Mostly from my perspective I'm glad to see baby poses that are done in ways that a newborn should be positioned (but I figured you'd do that), when I saw it was your thread, for a change it was one that said 'newborn' that didn't make me cringe thinking what I might see.

 

[mmaria]

I think a couple of these needed the blanket arranged differently for the photos, to not look so scrunched up. But thank you for not wrapping the kid up in that gauzy stuff being marketed for baby photography... not the gauze so much, the wrapping part. Mostly from my perspective I'm glad to see baby poses that are done in ways that a newborn should be positioned (but I figured you'd do that), when I saw it was your thread, for a change it was one that said 'newborn' that didn't make me cringe thinking what I might see.

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