Sunday, June 19, 2011

Adorableness







Back to the basics

When I started my photography business I had a vision.  No posing, no props - no fake anything.  To document childhood and family naturally, to tell a story.  But then I got caught up in the world of using backdrops, props and posing newborns like every other photographer - only I didn't go as far as most photographers do.  I just felt I had to do it because I needed to.  Not sure why I felt the need to follow - I never was one to follow other people, ever.  Never did something just because everyone else was doing it.  So why was I doing it now? Not quite sure.  It hit me when I was looking at my portfolio and saw a photo I did of a newborn molded into a cocoon/bowl shaped scarf and a photo of a newborn in her cradle, laying as she naturally did on her own - her personal gestures of her arms and feet, laying on the sheet her mom picked out and the cradle her Grampy made.  What does the photo of the newborn in the cocoon say about the baby? Not much, really.  We can see what he looked like at that age but does the cocoon have anything to do with him? No. Does the pose he is in tell anything about him? No, I molded him that way.  It just makes no sense to me!! So anyway... after all that time experimenting in the world of fake portraits I am back to my own creativity and vision.  No more props, no more backgrounds and no molding newborns!!  Time to get back on track! :)

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