ChristopheH

First Portrait

First portrait of newborn, seconds old.

First portrait of newborn, seconds old.
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NIKON D7000

settings

Aperture 4/1 ISO 800 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 500/10

upload_date

Oct, 2016

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323

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+16

Awards

Contender in the Photography Awards

Zenith Award

Creative Winter Award

Curator's Selection

Top Shot Award 21

Hero Award

Superb Composition

+12

Outstanding Creativity

+12

Absolute Masterpiece

Top Choice

Peer Award

All Star

PRO+

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This little guy had to be a part of the action during this maternity session :)

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Staring in the snow globe, dreaming about Christmas.

Tiny newborn holding his Mother's fingers.

Sarah didn't really want to sit for this photo but I got it anyways!

From a quick shoot of the kids for the Christmas card this year.

First time on this drop ride, lots of fun!

Portrait taken during a walk at a nearby nature park.

Behind The Lens

Location

This is one of my favorite photos I've ever taken. I took it at the hospital during the birth of my second child, Samantha, merely seconds after she was born when they were first showing her to her mother.

Time

This was around 5PM.

Lighting

The lighting was terrible in that room, a mix of neon from the ceiling, a spotlight and sunlight from the window behind me.

Equipment

Camera was a Nikon D7000, 50mm lens @ f4. No flash used.

Inspiration

I got some good shots during my fist child's birth, but this time I wanted to capture everything as it happened. At the time, my wife wasn't too pleased to hear the camera clicking away. Now she's really happy that I did that and that we have this memory captured!

Editing

I think I did a few normal tweaks on lighting, curves, contrast and black and white processing, in Lightroom.

In my camera bag

Most of the time one camera, a 85mm and 17-55mm lens. For this situation I brought my 50mm with me, that's it.

Feedback

If you are able to capture it, you won't regret it. Be ready, it happens so fast. Probably better to wait until the second time around since the situation will be more familiar.

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First Portrait

First portrait of newborn, seconds old.

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