A Handfull!!!

jeffreaux2

Well....nearly...:dunno






This is hardly my niche, but I enjoyed the shoot none the less.

RBrogen

BRAVO! I love #2 ... Great job Jeff!

Scott_Quier

RBrogen wrote:

BRAVO! I love #2 ... Great job Jeff!

- The lines just seem to work so very nicely!

Oh, and nice to see you around abit. Hope things are going OK.

jeffreaux2

RBrogen wrote:

BRAVO! I love #2 ... Great job Jeff!

Thanks Randy!
The second was my favorite from the two hour shoot.

jeffreaux2

Scott_Quier wrote:

- The lines just seem to work so very nicely!

Oh, and nice to see you around abit. Hope things are going OK.

Thanks
And all is well. I'm on roughly six weeks working seven twelve hour shifts per week...nightshirts... And ought to be sleeping but all is well. No end in sight though. I liked those lines as well.

Halite

#2 is really beautiful. The gentle side lighting brings out some wonderful textures in the mature vs newborn skin. I really like how the limbs intertwine and form all kinds of soft repeated triangles. Thanks for sharing your work.

kdspencer

Hi Jeff, nice to have you back! Great photos of a cute baby.

I may be the only one, but it feels strange to have the father's nipple in photo #2. It seems distracting... but that's just my opinion.

However, I do like the lighting.

~Kathleen

Agnieszka

Adorable. And I agree, #2 is my favorite too. What a shot!!

Nice to see you around!

angevin1

Tiny cool awesomeness!

sweet caroline

Love them!

ivar

Ooooh, love them! Especially #2!

kidzmom

SO SO beautiful! Those are absolutely stunning. GREAT WORK, I'm very impressed! My kids were NEVER that small...wow, what a very TINY baby, or what a huge hands Dad has! I love those

Dave Clee

These are both great photos.

Cheers

Dave

Elaine

Hi Jeff! Nice to see you posting! Hope you're getting some chances to breathe these days!
Love the conversions, as usual. Baby looks so tiny and comfy in daddy's arms. I really like #2, but I agree with Kathleen that the nipple is a bit odd somehow. Maybe it's just that I've not seen many baby shots with that particular composition? It is always nice to see something different. And that is one cute baby, for sure!

Dancer72

jeffreaux2 wrote:

Well....nearly...

This is hardly my niche, but I enjoyed the shoot none the less.

For not being your niche, I think you did a wonderful job on these shots. I love the contrast between the smallness of the baby and dad's grown-up hands. Also love the contrast and levels in the b&w (one of the areas I've been working on recently). Must admit I wasn't a big fan of the nipple in #2; it drew my attention away from the baby...but after looking at the shots together with my husband (also a Dgrinner) his humble opinion was I was getting distracted cause I was checkin' out the dad's chest!

Great captures...thanks for sharing them!

jeffreaux2

Halite wrote:

#2 is really beautiful. The gentle side lighting brings out some wonderful textures in the mature vs newborn skin. I really like how the limbs intertwine and form all kinds of soft repeated triangles. Thanks for sharing your work.

Thank you for the kind comments.:D

The lighting was a single 580EX speedlight bounced out of a 45 inch white convertable umbrella.

jeffreaux2

Agnieszka wrote:

Adorable. And I agree, #2 is my favorite too. What a shot!!

Nice to see you around!

Hey Ag

Thanks for looking......I am seeing now how everyone felt when I changed my avitar!

Can't quite get used to yours yet.....but it looks great.

jeffreaux2

kidzmom wrote:

SO SO beautiful! Those are absolutely stunning. GREAT WORK, I'm very impressed! My kids were NEVER that small...wow, what a very TINY baby, or what a huge hands Dad has! I love those

I think she said 5-ish pounds.....and we were about 5 days old when I shot these.

I was scared to death everytime I moved her around. She felt so fragile....and light as a feather.

Thanks for looking!

jeffreaux2

Elaine wrote:

Hi Jeff! Nice to see you posting! Hope you're getting some chances to breathe these days!
Love the conversions, as usual. Baby looks so tiny and comfy in daddy's arms. I really like #2, but I agree with Kathleen that the nipple is a bit odd somehow. Maybe it's just that I've not seen many baby shots with that particular composition? It is always nice to see something different. And that is one cute baby, for sure!

Well...I am off today....and tommorrow.....but then it's back to the grind for a couple weeks straight.

I have been turning away a good bit of camera work, but I am definately gonna try to squezze in a high school senior next week. Im scouting the location tommorrow. I also have a bridal set I need to get shot.

...and of course...I wanna get back to finishing up my daughter's senior portfolio!


As for these photos....

She was definately tiny. I was a little concerned about you gals fretting over Dad's chest, but really...it is what it is. It would be more distracting if it were cloned out... ......and honestly.....if you take into account my client's (MOm'S) point of view....well...there is much here that she loves about the photograph. Think about that maybe......?

In any event, when the opportunity again arises, I may try a slightly different framing to allow for different crop options that would eliminate that issue. It can be done!

I nearly got it done here with the square crop for the announcment cards....




You take care Elaine. Sure do miss hangin out with you guys!

jeffreaux2

Dancer72 wrote:

For not being your niche, I think you did a wonderful job on these shots. I love the contrast between the smallness of the baby and dad's grown-up hands. Also love the contrast and levels in the b&w (one of the areas I've been working on recently). Must admit I wasn't a big fan of the nipple in #2; it drew my attention away from the baby...but after looking at the shots together with my husband (also a Dgrinner) his humble opinion was I was getting distracted cause I was checkin' out the dad's chest!

Great captures...thanks for sharing them!

I was thinking all along that it could well be a majority of female viewers found it distracting and that the guys would just sorta write it off. Either way.....it's a done deal. Read my replay to Elaine for an even different perspective.

...and...

WELCOME to Dgrin!!!:D

divamum

Jeff, it's so nice to see you around. I kind of worried when you vanished and hoped that you weren't gone forever (even though Heather did spread the word you were simply swamped!)

Can't really add to anything that's been said so far except to say.... love the 2nd one. The contrasts are just beautiful.

jeffreaux2

divamum wrote:

Jeff, it's so nice to see you around. I kind of worried when you vanished and hoped that you weren't gone forever (even though Heather did spread the word you were simply swamped!)

Can't really add to anything that's been said so far except to say.... love the 2nd one. The contrasts are just beautiful.

I suppose Im a lucky guy to have some of the most creative photographers on the planet to worry about me.


I'm fine really.....really only a little run down.....groggy.....frazzled....but none the worse for wear. The long stretches of 7 day shift work.....well night shift work....can grind on a guy. Especially if the guy is my age!....but....really....in this economy....who can complain about THAT problem?

I did sorta hate to have to give back the wicked pimped-out "moderator's" keyboard. Felt as if I were letting folks down.....but the real truth is that it woulda been a let down to not give things the attention they deserve. It was just a REALLY bad coincidence of timing.....and I sure didn't see it coming!


Thanks for the compliments on #2.

It was one of those shots where ya know it's gonna be sweet even before you pull the trigger. There were other keepers.....but that one pretty much shamed them all!


...and boy ol boy did I want something fierce to have had my macro lens back for this shoot!


Might have to get the new 100mmIS Macro....eh?

DavidS

Awesome! I love the second one.