For those who don’t follow me on facebook, you may not have seen these photos.
These were taken on Wednesday morning :)
To view entire series from the birth go to my photo blog.
To all the tech camera peeps :)
For these photos I used:
- Canon 5D Classic
- 50mm 1.4 (majority of the time)
- 85mm 1.8 (for some of the closer shots)
I shot at 1600-3200 ISO – and my Aperture was around 1.8
On a rare occasion I went to 1.4 if it was really dark.
I find with photographing a birth light can be so tricky. One minute the light is incredibly dim – usually when mom is laboring… the next there are key spot lights coming from the ceiling, the side or even from behind. Because of that my settings often times changed. That is why shooting in manual is so important. Helps with all the crazy lights :) – but aren’t hospital lights dramatic? I think they add some cool drama to the pictures. So yay for weird spot lights. :-D
I got a txt at 3am this morning.
My client Melissa was in labor! So I was off to the hospital.
Her labor slowed down a bit but she had him rather quick for it being her 1st.
Being able to capture a birth really is amazing. I love being able to do it. Sure brings back memories too… they grow way to fast!
I mean seriously, wasn’t Owen just that small?
and now hes ready to ride a bike? ;-) – well maybe not unassisted just yet, but he so wants to.
He is just a sweetie. They sure grow up way to fast.
Congrats to Melissa and Rick! I look forward to posting labor pictures.
AFTER I get a nap ;-)
Between the resting up – getting over the colds we’ve all had :( – minus Travis. He remained well to take care of ALL of us.
Once the fevers broke I had a maternity session to shoot – had dinner with our neighbors – always a treat – and then today a family session. We also hung out with the family I photographed, riding bikes, eating amazing chicken Alfredo, and go-cart riding.
Its felt really busy!
Besides the sickness though a good and beautiful weekend.
I got a lot to catch up on with blog work, reviews and processing sessions from last week and this week… I hope to catch up tomorrow. Then the rest of the week will be reserved for a friends daughters 1 year old portraits, schooling, church and then on Saturday… Owen’s 2nd Birthday Party! Hard to believe that is already upon us…
March is flying by…
Just got to say.
I love maternity sessions.
Had a great one yesterday afternoon…. So todays blog post is over on my photo blog ;-)
This week I’ve been finishing up Boba Work.
So instead of being out on the field photographing, im in the house, processing A LOT of pictures :)
Coleen attended a session last week with me and got more behind the scene photos. She just posted them this week on her facebook… so I thought id share them here :) – they are always fun to see.
The model btw was a blog reader of mine! :) – who was traveling through town.
