Last Newborn Session of 2013 C&C Welcome

CorrieMichael · Jan 5, 2014

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ronlane · Jan 5, 2014

I love #2. #1 makes me nervous. They all look cute.

NedM · Jan 5, 2014

Oh! These look so fun!
Great job!
You captured these photos very beautifully!

I'd have to agree with Ron!
I hope there is millions of soft feathered pillows beneath the baby!

Anyways, nice job!

wyogirl · Jan 5, 2014

I love them all, but especially #2.

Rosy · Jan 5, 2014

wyogirl said:
I love them all, but especially #2.

Very nice. I like them all

CorrieMichael · Jan 5, 2014

ronlane said:
I love #2. #1 makes me nervous. They all look cute.

Yes #1 is a lot of post work baby IS NOT hanging I would have said that first. Safety is first in Newborn photography!
#5 is even a composite.....mom is actually holding up his head

vintagesnaps · Jan 5, 2014

Glad to know that, I wondered if someone or something had been edited out. The type work I've done has been as an EI Specialist w/babies w/delays. I don't think those slings are the best thing to use with an infant. (I knew of a situation where a family lost a child because the baby couldn't breathe while in some sort of sling type carrier.) If you use it as a prop people that see it on your site may think it's a good piece of equipment to use when there are better safer options.

Propping a newborn infant up on the elbows even with an adult nearby or helping support the head doesn't seem to be the best position either; I've seen pictures of photos being done with an adult poking their finger into the side of the baby's head to support it which does not appear to be an appropriate way to support a baby's head.

It would be better to be using positioning that is appropriate for a newborn such as always supporting the head, neck and back - people might imitate what they've seen you do so I think it's necessary to think about what you're portraying.

pjaye · Jan 6, 2014

I love the skin tone and colors on these. #4 is my favorite (and I knew they were composites). Nice pictures.

paigew · Jan 6, 2014

I think these are really nice except #1. It isn't quite there yet. I feel the angle is odd..she is sloping down, almost as if falling out of the wrap. Can you rotate it a little? Do you have another shot with all the blanket so it isn't cropped at the side?

CorrieMichael · Jan 6, 2014

vintagesnaps said:
Glad to know that, I wondered if someone or something had been edited out. The type work I've done has been as an EI Specialist w/babies w/delays. I don't think those slings are the best thing to use with an infant. (I knew of a situation where a family lost a child because the baby couldn't breathe while in some sort of sling type carrier.) If you use it as a prop people that see it on your site may think it's a good piece of equipment to use when there are better safer options.

Propping a newborn infant up on the elbows even with an adult nearby or helping support the head doesn't seem to be the best position either; I've seen pictures of photos being done with an adult poking their finger into the side of the baby's head to support it which does not appear to be an appropriate way to support a baby's head.

It would be better to be using positioning that is appropriate for a newborn such as always supporting the head, neck and back - people might imitate what they've seen you do so I think it's necessary to think about what you're portraying.

Yes again, I appreciate your concerns....as you have expressed many times on my newborn images. All things are identified and noted that these are not things that people should be trained at doing. I don't feel like I need to justify my training or how long (which is literally seconds) that baby is in these poses. I appreciate your concerns and they are noted. However I believe I have also addressed this a time before. I am well aware of what I am doing. Thank you!

CorrieMichael · Jan 6, 2014

paigew said:
I think these are really nice except #1. It isn't quite there yet. I feel the angle is odd..she is sloping down, almost as if falling out of the wrap. Can you rotate it a little? Do you have another shot with all the blanket so it isn't cropped at the side?

I completely agree with this and unfortunately with the shots that I took this is the best that I could come up with by the time I was done all my post work......perhaps next time i might nail it

Thanks so much!

CorrieMichael · Jan 6, 2014

symplybarb said:
I love the skin tone and colors on these. #4 is my favorite (and I knew they were composites). Nice pictures.

Yes anyone that has done any type of newborn work (suggesting they have also taken classes) would know all of this

pjaye · Jan 6, 2014

CorrieMichael said:
symplybarb said:

I love the skin tone and colors on these. #4 is my favorite (and I knew they were composites). Nice pictures.

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Yes anyone that has done any type of newborn work (suggesting they have also taken classes) would know all of this

Actually, I have never photographed a newborn. I've just seen a lot of newborn pictures and set ups. It's kind of obvious there are safety precautions taken.

paigew · Jan 6, 2014

corrie....what about something like this.

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Sorry this is an awful edit. Just trying to show you what I mean by rotate

CorrieMichael · Jan 6, 2014

paigew said:
corrie....what about something like this.

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Looking, I would actually crop even more off the top. Sorry this is an awful edit. Just trying to show you what I mean by rotate

Yes no i totally know what you mean....i have tried a few times and am just getting no where except back to the final original edit....which obviously needs some work still.....this was my first sling shot......so i know i have a long way to go to perfect it

I know this is silly but that stupid wood grain is freakin crooked now.....next time until i get better at it i am going to use seamless lol