First Family / Baby shoot

[PeteStewardson]

Did my first baby shoot over the weekend. ( In preparation for my own arriving in the next week or two )

Thought I'd get some critique here.

More here...

http://www.stewardsonphotography.co.uk/2009/06/17/phoebe-family/

 

[adamjt7]

In my opinion the arm on no 2 spoils it just draws you to it.Other than that good dof and nice and sharp..

 

[artona]

Hi Pete

Hope all goes well with the birth, are you taking the camera in.......?

You could always turn the second one into a bit of abstract portraiture, I know many on here will not like it but venture would sell it for ohhhhhh....... about a grand

stew

 

[jolsterj]

I like the first one.

When I saw the second I went ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I love that pic.


She is thinking ''oh whats that then? hey it belongs to me''

A real discovery photo.


just goes to show we all see something different in a pic and none of us is wrong.....

good luck with the new baby.

 

[nks]

I prefer the one on your web site (where she has her hand away from her face) to the second one.

Good luck with your imminent arrival

 

[V8burble]

I sort of hold with both opinions really LOL. Both are very nice shots, but as this is for crit then I would say:

#1 Lovely shot and dad's head is doing a great job of stopping baby's eyes from squinting in the sun. If I could change anything it would be to just get the second eye visible or not, it's sort of half and half at the moment.
#2 If you were a step to the right (well a few steps as I see this is at 200mm) it would have been perfect, as it is... it's good

About 2 weeks to go hey! Get some sleep while you can :baby:

 

[PeteStewardson]

Thanks for the comments.

As for #2, there are versions of this without the arm ( there's one on the linked page on my site. ) but I like this one mainly as the baby was playing hide and seek with me a bit by hiding behind her arm. I guess that isn't something you can see from a photo.

Pete