it should be fairly easy to photograph a birth. You'll want to shoot without any supplemental lighting of course, but that shouldn't be difficult. Birthing rooms are well lit. You'll also have to stay out of the way of the doctor and nurses. Use a zoom, so you don't have to move much. The 16-50/2.8 should be perfect. Fast enough and with the right range. You should probably work from at least wo positions. Maybe more if possible. First near the mother's head and to one side, while she's still in labor. Then move to a spot about two to four meters "south" of her feet when the birth is imminent. I assume you want to capture the real deal. You will probably be able to find a volunteer, if you promise the family a set of prints. Good luck!
Paul On Feb 15, 2011, at 7:13 PM, Tim Øsleby 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
