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05/30/2007 11:17:32 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by skylercall:
Originally posted by kawesttex:
You might want to go pick up a 50mm/1.8 around $80us. It will help even though it's fixed focal length. |
Almost all the pictures I took during the birth of my daughter were with this lens and it worked out very well. |
I have a 28-200 lens. Wouldn't that give me more flexibility than a fixed length? |
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05/30/2007 11:20:30 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by cloudsme:
I brought a softbox into the operating room for this shot. |
No way! That is an amazing shot! So do you think most doctors are that open to photographers being present? Not that I have a softbox... |
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05/30/2007 11:20:33 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by BakerBug:
Originally posted by skylercall:
Originally posted by kawesttex:
You might want to go pick up a 50mm/1.8 around $80us. It will help even though it's fixed focal length. |
Almost all the pictures I took during the birth of my daughter were with this lens and it worked out very well. |
I have a 28-200 lens. Wouldn't that give me more flexibility than a fixed length? |
Yes but the 1.8 may come in handy if the room is not well lit. I was shooting at 1.8 the entire time we were in the delivery room. |
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05/30/2007 11:30:20 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by dudephil:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by dudephil:
Work safe, hell. That ain't stomach safe. |
Just be glad you don't have to go through it yourself! |
Oh yeah. Definitely glad for that. However, that page isn't quite the way mine went. You know, a picture of a blonde headed cute little girl who's mother (I swear to God I thought it was a man in drag until I saw her with a....well..... you know) is delivering the placenta behind her. |
My SO is still not quite convinced of the gender. |
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05/31/2007 12:39:43 AM · #30 |
Having been to probably 400 births I've got a few words of advice.
1) Get in good with the nurse. You get on her bad side, you aren't going to get any decent pictures.
2) Be polite.
3) Don't touch anything blue. That's sterile. Don't go near anything blue. The nurse will be your personal proximity alarm and her voice will get louder the closer you get to anything blue.
4) I wouldn't worry too much about the flash. I don't think I'd find it super distracting.
5) If everything appears to be progressing normally, you probably have more freedom to "get in there" and shoot (remember don't go near anything blue! The doctor will likely be blue). If things suddenly seem to be going wrong, back off. Just get what you can at that point from a distance. If things go right, there will be lots of time for cutting the cord and flopping the cute and cheesy baby on mom's tummy for some love time and pictures. If things go wrong, the doctor will likely care very little about daddy cutting the cord and getting the baby anywhere near a "posable" position. It will be straight onto the pediatrician or whomever is in charge of resusitating the baby.
6) When the baby is on the warmer, give them two minutes to wipe the baby dry and make sure its breathing fine. After everything seems to have slowed down and is ok, ask the nurse or whomever to turn the light (but not the heater) off. This light is very likely making poor old baby scrunch her eyes tightly shut. They will often open when the light goes off.
7) Did I mention not touching anything blue?
8) Get a good shot of the placenta. That's gold right there.
Message edited by author 2007-05-31 00:40:53.
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05/31/2007 01:06:23 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
4) I wouldn't worry too much about the flash. I don't think I'd find it super distracting.
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8) Get a good shot of the placenta. That's gold right there. |
Ok, this can't all be serious! =) |
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05/31/2007 01:49:54 AM · #32 |
I'm actually serious about the flash. I had people taking pictures with their P&S cameras all the time.
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05/31/2007 02:26:22 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I'm actually serious about the flash. I had people taking pictures with their P&S cameras all the time. |
Good to know -- is that the general feeling among most delivery personnel, or is there a lot of variation?
I suppose the flash could take the place of the "traditional" slap on the bottom ... : ) |
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05/31/2007 07:46:11 AM · #34 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
...Keep in mind if the child sees his/her shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. |
Alan, its NOT February! Thank Goodness... |
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05/31/2007 09:03:37 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
4) I wouldn't worry too much about the flash. I don't think I'd find it super distracting. |
Speaking as a mother, who has gone through 3 labours and deliveries in the last 5 years - if the DOCTOR would find the flash distracting is 100% irrelevant. As a mother - I'd have about shot anyone who thought a flash was a good idea.
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05/31/2007 09:04:05 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
Not like this.. man I regret trying to help you with this, heh
Birth (Not work safe) |
I didn't need that breakfast anyway
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05/31/2007 09:10:45 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by dudephil:
[quote=aliqui] Not like this.. man I regret trying to help you with this, heh
Birth (Not work safe) |
My favorite was this one:
Clara hams for the camera while mom delivers the placenta in the background. Papa is holding Niel |
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05/31/2007 09:11:09 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
You might want to use a UV filter -- fluids can fly around the room sometimes ... |
The perfect capper to this thread, IMO. What do you do for birth photography, macros??
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05/31/2007 09:11:56 AM · #39 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I didn't need that breakfast anyway |
I was waiting for the oldest daughter in the last picture to start nursing too! And I agree that 'he...looka like a man' |
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05/31/2007 09:16:33 AM · #40 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
Not like this.. man I regret trying to help you with this, heh
Birth (Not work safe) |
I'm never having kids!
And if I do I might have to be away on business during the birth :P
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05/31/2007 09:30:45 AM · #41 |
I got this one of my boy at 10 seconds old, with flash (harshed in some areas). Made into looking like chalk art..
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05/31/2007 09:33:24 AM · #42 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
Not like this.. man I regret trying to help you with this, heh
Birth (Not work safe) |
Agh, I really wish I hadn't seen that! *shudder* |
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05/31/2007 09:41:07 AM · #43 |
| Try to avoid saying certain photography terms in the delivery room, things like: aperture, overexposed, RAW, wide open, tripod head, sync cord, and push/pull. Also, be sure to pronounce the "u" in shutter if you're shooting her backside, and don't complain about "noise". Did I miss anything? |
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05/31/2007 09:52:38 AM · #44 |
Originally posted by Telehubbie:
Try to avoid saying certain photography terms in the delivery room, things like: aperture, overexposed, RAW, wide open, tripod head, sync cord, and push/pull. Also, be sure to pronounce the "u" in shutter if you're shooting her backside, and don't complain about "noise". Did I miss anything? |
"lets do this again real soon dear!!!"
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05/31/2007 09:55:09 AM · #45 |
moments after birth  five years later
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05/31/2007 10:25:13 AM · #46 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
Not like this.. man I regret trying to help you with this, heh
Birth (Not work safe) |
ohh...my....wish I would not have clicked on that one.
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05/31/2007 10:52:32 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by kolasi:
Originally posted by dudephil:
[quote=aliqui] Not like this.. man I regret trying to help you with this, heh
Birth (Not work safe) |
My favorite was this one:
Clara hams for the camera while mom delivers the placenta in the background. Papa is holding Niel |
I think that's the photo that turned the whole thing weird for me. |
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05/31/2007 11:02:21 AM · #48 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
I think that's the photo that turned the whole thing weird for me. |
Definitely a WTF moment :-)
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05/31/2007 11:12:49 AM · #49 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
Not like this.. man I regret trying to help you with this, heh
Birth (Not work safe) |
Oh my.. I have had 3 kids all naturally and now I am pleased I saw none it.. UGH...
I helped my daughter with both of her kids and dont remember it being like that... |
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05/31/2007 11:36:11 AM · #50 |
Personally I loved the photos of the homebirth, and wish someone had taken them of my own!
I'm a volunteer doula, and take a lot of photos. I agree with the no flash theory and the 50mm 1.8 is invaluable. I actually spent the $$ to get the 1.4 for the extra half a stop and have been glad for it several times.
Listen to the Doc.  DrAchoo is SERIOULSY not kidding about the birth fluids and no touchie! the blue stuff. I got a face full of amniotic fluid once trying to help Mom get on her hands and knees (and had to smell that scrambled egg smell all the rest of the night). LOL There is nothing that is going to get you tossed from a birthing room faster than crossing the blue sterile field. Though, being a doula I differ on the flash thing... I say if it distracts Mom into thinking "Oh no! I had a funny expression! What did they take a picture of NOW!?" thats only a distraction. The more focus she can gain, the better. But... thats just my doula training - talk to mom, and be prepared that in the middle she may tell you to knock it off with the flash and you will have to go without.
The nureses DO need to be your best friends, the doc is only there for the very ending. Shoot all the stuff that mom spent a lot of time looking at, her holding the nurses (or friends) hand. Let the nurses know moms requests too - if she wants you to catch the cord being cut, make sure everyone knows AHEAD of time.
Oh, and dont be afraid to cry at the end. Nearly everyone does. I've attended over 50 births and I still cry at every single one of them. :) It is one of the most incredible things you will ever witness, and you wont care about the goo and the mess when the moment happens. You can FEEL the universe shifting to make room for a new person. Its incredible.
Message edited by author 2007-05-31 11:40:44. |
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