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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Endeavour on March 07, 2018, 07:29:59 am
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That even though I adore my family, and like most parents think their little kids are the cutest things ever - I never photograph them?
Other than with my smartphone, I've never felt the urge to setup a home shoot with them and capture those adorable shots of babies or toddlers which so many other photographers love to take
am I weird?
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That even though I adore my family, and like most parents think their little kids are the cutest things ever - I never photograph them?
Other than with my smartphone, I've never felt the urge to setup a home shoot with them and capture those adorable shots of babies or toddlers which so many other photographers love to take
am I weird?
No. Same here. I dislike posed photos of people. I enjoy candid photos and I have a ton of my family looking and behaving like themselves.
My son at 12 in 2006. Very him...
Peter
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That even though I adore my family, and like most parents think their little kids are the cutest things ever - I never photograph them?
Other than with my smartphone, I've never felt the urge to setup a home shoot with them and capture those adorable shots of babies or toddlers which so many other photographers love to take
am I weird?
If you are, then so am I.
FWIW: change your mind. I always thought there was no point; I always felt that it was good enough having the people. Have you stopped to consider what happens if you lose those people?
All I have of my wife is a honeymoon portrait which is a huge crop from a small tranny; a shot with her and our son on a movie set and a print cut from her old International Driving Licence. I have no negatives.
Take not life for granted.
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I beg to differ.
I used to hardly ever take portraits until my daughter was born.
But that has changed dramatically in the past 5 years. I don't take many images in the studio, but I use the top equipment and attention to photograph her throughout her various activities.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/11750875164_1d2805ed09_h.jpg)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2807/32725456703_7a216a05d7_h.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4730/25432537278_cb891f518b_h.jpg)
The link below shows some of these:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardlanguillier/albums/72157647863351635
Cheers,
Bernard
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With one exception I agree with the OP, Peter, and Rob. There were several-years in the sixties where once a year I'd get my four sons actually dressed more or less properly, get 'em into the living room (at that time in a lovely house we rented from Colorado College), get out the 4 x 5 view camera and shoot this picture. Here's a member of the series. I can look at these pictures and see my sons grow. I also can see the plant in the background grow until it reached the ceiling and we had to move it out. A couple years ago my youngest (the one camera right) shot the four of them using green screen, then dubbed in the background from one of these old shots. It's a hoot.
Of course, like most people I have some tourist pictures that include some of the family, and I also do some tight head shots for groups here in my retirement community, but in general I steer away from any kind of posed picture. I much prefer real street.