DANIEL....... whoa dude. I think I'd go back and pay big money to have a set like this from my son's birth. I did OK.... but this is outstanding. I'd definitely cover my 3rd child's birth different than my first 2 ... but I can't even imagine doing this admist everything that is going on.
my hats off to you, I'm bowing in respect... I'm blown away. Speechless !!
Favorites !!!!
#5 - great point of view - and a wonderful image of the "calm before the storm"
#9 - just love it
#11 - STELLAR - what a mood and what a moment
#18 - GREAT CAPTURE - so many things this photo is "saying"
#20 - THE "SWEETNESS"
#22 - Killing it buddy - about here I'm lost in it.... thinking wowzers !
thanks so much for sharing something so close to you.... I'm fortunate myself to have been thru this experience 2 times now and it's neat to see the "experience" so well told thru photographs.
I now know what Rod Stewart meant when he sang "every picture tells a story". This set will still be standing tall when the child is old enough to appreciate it. Congrats, Larry
As a father i say, "great visual depiction, the accuracy is dead on"
As a photographer i say, "really great expressions and exposures"
As a photojournalist I say, "you're getting there, but there is a small nit that i will pick. There has been a ton of praise (and all valid) so I will use that room to give any advice that I think will help."
**Now take note, I am really, really trying to be as strict and picky as possible.**
I see the documentation and the human element which is essential, but I am lacking a starting point- how did i get here, where am i. I find out too far in that i am at the hospital for the birth. the first 6 photos show someone arriving at a hospital, where it may seem a mystery or a pleasant surprise, the substance of the story has to develop in the initial photograph. So, in short i need a setting and a why. The photos on the couch, don't quite give me a measure of placement, how big is this room? what else is in there? Was there anything else compositional there that would have contributed to the immersion? I think yes, so I would like a scale of where we are. Give me a sense of detail, time, room #, which floor, the view.
overall very impressive.
Awesome, Daniel! thanks so much for sending me over here. I really love this stuff.
You know what makes it so great, though? It's the fact that you are emotionally connected to it. I get the feeling that I'm peaking through the vantage point of someone who is intimate - like I'm actually IN the room with them. Really great stuff.
I kind of wish I could do this if we ever have a child. But there may be some obstacles ;-) Can't wait to see more!
You were lucky to be able to shoot this series. During the birth of my second daughter I was almost removed from the hospital by security because an insensitive nurse refused to let me take pictures. I stressed the fact that I had taken pictures without a problem during the birth of my first child at that same hospital several years before, but she was being stubborn and insisted I could not take pictures.
The "papparazzi" in me took over and I shot anyway. She became very irate and was about to call security, but luckily my daughter came out just in the nick of time! I also reminded the nurse that I was paying about $10,000.00 for this brief hospital stay, so therefore, I felt that I should have the privilage of taking pics of my own daughter being brought into the world. I also told her to move out of the way so I could get a cropped shot...
Hello, absolutely fantastic shots. The more I see them the more am impressed. Am hoping to _try_ for similar effect and shots when my wife delivers our 2nd in a few weeks.
Am a long time lurker here, recently signed up @ FM a couple days back.. this is my first post. Had to comment.
It's peeerrrrffect.