Saturday, The Mr and I went over to his co-worker's house to snap some photos of their 2 week old son. I was super peeved that he offered this because we have zero experience with babies and taking their pictures.
Anywho - I don't need to go into why I was pissed because I already blogged about it. Sooooo... we took pictures of my nephew-in-law Friday and thought, "Well that was easy, tomorrow won't be so bad."
Yeah... so not true.
I have to say that the hour we spent at co-worker's house may have been one of the most uncomfortable times of my life. They didn't know what to do, we didn't know what to tell them to do nor were we comfortable giving real direction. I was sweating a lot (seriously - what's up with me and sweating so much lately? I feel like I'm going through withdrawal or something).
We were just snapping away (we both had our own camera) and probably took about 550 pictures in total. We snapped photos of the parents interacting with their baby and while some of the photos turned out okay, a lot of them were blurry because they kept moving! Shouldn't adults know better? I was too polite to tell them to STOP MOVING. It is so much easier to tell your friends to do something or stop doing something.
When we uploaded all of the pictures at home, we immediately were able to reduce the pics down to 330 because of all the blurriness. Between the parents rocking their baby, or the baby just squirming around - it was tough to get a good clear shot. Although I kind of enjoyed the pics where the baby looked like he had a misshaped hands from moving around so much. It made the photo interesting and a little freakshow-esque... but I imagine a parent doesn't want pictures like that of their own child.
Our goal is to deliver roughly 50 pictures to them but this is turning out to be a bigger pain in my ass than I expected because we need to go through and pick the 50 best, edit them, upload them to an online album AND burn them to a cd. Did I mention we are doing this for free?
Taking an hour to snap photos isn't a big deal, really... except for the immense amount of pressure to deliver Annie Lebowitz type photos but the real effort comes AFTER taking pictures. Sorting, editing, OY! We are never voluntarily doing this again.
So, here are 2 samples of some decent pics we managed to capture:
Unfortunately, we promised we'd deliver the pictures asap so it looks like this weekend is going to be shot for us.
Have I mentioned we're not doing this ever again?
I feel like I'm in Good Fellas...
You want us to take pictures for you?
Fuck you, pay me.
You want us to edit pictures for you?
Fuck you, pay me.
You want us to upload AND burn them to a cd?
Fuck you, pay me.
8 comments:
They are wonderful pictures though! I love the wittle baby feet :)
nice pics!
and goodfellas references are always appreciated.
I like them! Pretty good for the first time!
The pics look nice :)
I think you have done a lovely job thus far and have not given yourself enough credit. Those feet are precious. And the little handgrip? Adorable. Keep taking pictures that reflect your style, those will be the best!
i think you're under-estimating your ability. i'm sure out of all those pictures you took -- the amount that you think are bad, really aren't. the two you posted are really good.
these pics are so sweet. you can't go wrong with cute little baby feet and quiet moments like the b&w you posted... lovely lovely lovely. post more!
Can I nibble on those tasty little toes? Sooooo cute!
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