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PSA: Re Baby portraits

PurpleK26PurpleK26 member
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When you take your LO to get portraits done, let the photographer work! If your LO is smiling at the photographer, please don't feel the need to jump in and start making goofy faces at your LO to make them smile bigger. Poor baby won't know where to look!

Please, wait for the photographer to ask for help, or if they aren't having any luck, ask if it's ok for you to try.

Ok, done... just had a rough photography session today and really wished the parents would have backed off!!! This is why some photographers don't allow parents in the room at all! 

 

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Re: PSA: Re Baby portraits

  • hterry85hterry85 member
    AMEN! The worst is when they complain...."They're not looking at the camera in any of the pictures!" Well duh, if you don't shut up, they're not going to stop looking at you!
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  • PurpleK26PurpleK26 member
    Yeah, or wonder why this picture is darker than that picture... get out from in front of the lights as you jump up and down for your kid and the lighting would match in all of them!
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  • hterry85hterry85 member

    imagePurpleK26:
    Yeah, or wonder why this picture is darker than that picture... get out from in front of the lights as you jump up and down for your kid and the lighting would match in all of them!

    Haha You mean those lights serve a PURPOSE? And here I thought that parents getting the kid to smile was the only important thing in the process...I guess I've been doing it wrong all along! Wink

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  • PurpleK26PurpleK26 member
    If only we'd have known.... could have saved so much $$ on equipment and backdrops!
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  • Mrs.Keith2BMrs.Keith2B member
    Photography is an art -- you wouldn't mess with the subject of someone who was painting or drawing, why do people think they need to mess with the subject of photographs?
     
    There is an exception to this rule though -- when your photographer has never worked with a particular subject. The guy who did my senior pics back in the day didn't have a clue how to work with horses. I told him to get a mirror and turn it so sun flashed on it and bingo -- my horse pricked her ears forward.
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  • getnmarried910getnmarried910 member
    I understand what your saying, and we stay out of the way unless the photographer asks us to do something.  BUT I would not go somewhere that I couldn't be in the room.  There are too many crazies out there these days, and I won't leave my kids alone with a stranger at all.  I'm sure most are trustworthy, but I wouldn't want to find the one that isn't.
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  • PurpleK26PurpleK26 member

    imagegetnmarried910:
    I understand what your saying, and we stay out of the way unless the photographer asks us to do something.  BUT I would not go somewhere that I couldn't be in the room.  There are too many crazies out there these days, and I won't leave my kids alone with a stranger at all.  I'm sure most are trustworthy, but I wouldn't want to find the one that isn't.

    I should have clarified that one... the photographers (at least all that I know) who have that policy, also have a room with a one way mirror/window for parents to be able to watch everything that's going on, without being distracting. 

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  • nv2009nv2009

    I have a random question...when u do newborn photos...how long after they ar born do you get them done?  Mine says she does them 8-14 days after birth...but given how cold it is i'm nervous to travel an hour in the car (although baby will be warm in the car)

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  • Breezie17Breezie17

    Yeah, I am an on-location, natural light, lifestyle photographer....so when parents use me, they usually understand that I capture real life, not posed, looking at the camera anyway (unless we are having direct interaction).  I rarely have parents overstep boundaries with me.  However, I am often out chasing children around outdoors or following a family along to an outing for icecream, etc.  And they WANT natural and real life type stuff. 

    I would have such a hard time dealing with your situation...I can see how frustrating that would be!  You are never gonna get the eye contact & smiles they want if they are off to the side grabbing their attention, ugh!

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  • Breezie17Breezie17
    imagenv2009:

    I have a random question...when u do newborn photos...how long after they ar born do you get them done?  Mine says she does them 8-14 days after birth...but given how cold it is i'm nervous to travel an hour in the car (although baby will be warm in the car)

    hijacking....sorry.  I require the first 2 weeks of life...will do later, but tell them not to expect sleeping, curled up babies.  I think that is fairly standard.  And you might want to try an on-location photographer if you are worried about taking them out.  I go client homes for every newborn session...they are warm, cozy and parents can relax. 

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  • nv2009nv2009
    imageBreezie17:
    imagenv2009:

    I have a random question...when u do newborn photos...how long after they ar born do you get them done?  Mine says she does them 8-14 days after birth...but given how cold it is i'm nervous to travel an hour in the car (although baby will be warm in the car)

    hijacking....sorry.  I require the first 2 weeks of life...will do later, but tell them not to expect sleeping, curled up babies.  I think that is fairly standard.  And you might want to try an on-location photographer if you are worried about taking them out.  I go client homes for every newborn session...they are warm, cozy and parents can relax. 

    Thanks for your response!  The photographer I booked will come to the house for a slightly higher fee, but I'm always afraid the location would be better at the studio (we live in a small apartment in nyc).  Also, where do people get those cute knitted hats! I'm having a boy so I can't do anything girlie, but I'd like some cute ones.

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  • PurpleK26PurpleK26 member
    imagenv2009:

    I have a random question...when u do newborn photos...how long after they ar born do you get them done?  Mine says she does them 8-14 days after birth...but given how cold it is i'm nervous to travel an hour in the car (although baby will be warm in the car)

    I would go to a client's house if they asked me to, but I've never been asked! I like to get them at a max of 2 weeks, but still attempt all the newborn sleeping curled up pics till about a month. After that, they are much more used to being stretched out and don't want to be curled up in a ball. Also, try to schedule a time when baby will be sleeping for sure. Newborns that are awake are almost always cross eyed, and their eyes are still so dark they don't look right in pics.

    You can ask your photographer if it's ok if you come 30 minutes before your session and sit in a dressing room and feed baby. Then they'll be good and sleepy! Also, when you take them, even if you plan to do disposable diapers, put them in a loose cloth one for a few hours before hand... those don't leave marks on the baby if you want to do naked photos!

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  • nv2009nv2009
    Thanks for the advice, I can't wait to see the pictures!
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