gah... why?

[ababysean]

it was not pitch black..... there was a glass door that allowed a tiny bit of outside light in, but still very dark, enough for me to be able to focus.

...Are you sure? A few of them look like they are slightly OOF to me. The first one stands out the most. The last one looks to have the best focus.
All of the ones between the first & last seem to also be somewhere between them as far as focus goes too...

I would have definitely done this with the lights on ... if only just for focusing.

Hum, if they look oof it is because I uploaded them via facebook, they are not oof at all. In the last one, I think I might have over done his eyes a tad bit but I just liked the look... Plus, he is all cropped funny like that because his sister is laying ontop of him crawling the other way (mom wanted baby sister/brother together, but it just was not happening)

 

[Josh66]

In that case, Facebook is a very bad place to host pictures, lol!

 

[kundalini]

Having the children sitting on the floor against the wall was not the best choice IMO. Surely there were chairs, stools or tables to elevate them. That would've completely eliminated that piece of floor molding that cuts through them and the hard transition. The last photo is a good example of camera positioning.

 

[ababysean]

???

You really have no idea the look I was going for, but that is fine, to each their own.

If you want to try and take pictures of kids under 2 in a chair with no molding or flooring, go for it! I had to put something over the ugly base chapel playroom peel and stick 70's tile.

 

[Robin Usagani]

pretty sure she brought the floor, background and the moulding.

 

[kundalini]

You really have no idea the look I was going for, but that is fine, to each their own.

You're abolutely correct, I have no idea of the look you were going for. Chiller had one of the best tag lines.... My Camera, My Vision. I, in no way, meant to offend, I am merely a viewer. I don't work with children either. I just felt that #6 & #2 were your strongest images of the lot because neither had the distracting floor moulding bisecting them in the background (which by the way, most viewers with any amount of tread worn off will agree with). The remaining images have a very domineering feel to them. They just don't shout Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy to me. I get the impression you are after sales. I would think (again.... do not work with children or any parents of small children) that Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy would sell. It's not the smiles on their faces, it's the mood set by the photographer. My last 2¢. Peace........