Photographing a birth... Well, it's probably safer than crewing on a ship, but...
Have you seen one? If not, go watch one or two without a camera first. It might not be what you expect. Rick (who has been to scores of them) http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 2/15/11, Tim Øsleby <maritim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Some of you may remember that I'm > working on a calender girl project. > Getting used to photograph naked persons in cold > environment has been > very challenging. Naked skin is one thing, but giving the > models > directions while they are freezing is another. > But I'm making progress, and I'd like to think the > challenge makes me > a better photographer. Time will tell. > > Another thing that really challenges me is that me and two > fellow > photographers are setting up a studio. We have rented a > pretty large > room in the shopping area of our village. The basic idea is > to make > some extra money while we are having fun. We are thinking > portraiture, > product photography (mainly clothes for a local factory), > documentary > photography etc. The financial idea is to hold photo > classes to pay > the rent. The rest will be pure lust. > > You have already meet one of the guys, he is the painter I > helped > setting up a exhibition for > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/search/label/Tommy%20Bredesen > The other guy is a rather successful part time photo > journalist. They > are both parts of the calender project. > > But what's all this to do with photographing a birth? > > Not much really. I just felt like chatting a bit about my > favourite > subject, me and my life ;-) > There is a weak connection. The calender project may evolve > into a > spin of project. A collective photo book about the big > things in life; > birth and death, and between. The idea is to reflect about > how > precious and fragile life is. The book might never happen, > but now I'm > turned on the idea of photographing a birth. Another > chapter in the > endless story; "Tim does thing he can't" ;-) > So now I need some good advice from you, honourable crew (I > assume you > recognise shameless flatter when you see it). > How do I make good birth photographs of people I doesn't > know well? (I > don't have any candidates in my inner circle, but I have > good hopes > about find somebody willing to share the moment) > > Most thoughts are welcome. > Even the probably most sane advice: "Hey, don't do it Tim!" > But if you > think so, please tell me why. > I will most likely not follow that advice, but I could > learn something > from it :-) > > -- > MaritimTim > > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
