I didn’t always love shooting babies
Catchy title I know, but its true. I for one didn’t always like “shooting” taking pictures of babies. They are so unpredictable and when they get upset they just start crying. Not to mention getting peed on is the grossest thing every (well almost) See the picture below of one of my clients being graced with just that.
But as my wife Rachel is due in about a month, slowly but surely my mindset has change dramatically. I never thought I could love something I’ve never seen so much. At one point in time if someone contacted me to take pictures of children, newborn’s or infants I quickly diverted the project to someone else. But as I found out I was going to be a dad for the first time I realized it was a fear I had of something I was simply not used to.
What this has translated into for me is a new passion for capturing a moment in life that goes by so fast. Every woman I work with at school always say’s “The time goes by so fast” Heck the last nine months have raced by, I can’t wait to see this little bugger in about a month but I know it will be bitter sweet as the time will go by fast.
That is why photographs are so great, they freeze that moment in time, I’m excited to continue to stretch my photographic and artistic boundaries. I have tons of great ideas and if my little one is a willing subject (I’m pretty sure she will be) You will be seeing many of those ideas come to fruition. It is my way to not only become a better photographer for my clients but it will be a way for me to freeze my own experience being a dad and having something priceless to me to cherish.
Enjoy a couple of pictures
Dave
