My daughter is pretty lucky that she gets her "photo genes" from her mother's side. I took these about an hour ago as we bought her a summer hat the other day and it went perfectly with what she was already wearing and I couldn't resist snapping a few pictures off :)
One of the benefits of having white walls and ceiling is that it is pretty easy with a flash to get a clean image with natural colours without having to do a great deal of work in post. I cleaned these up a little though because I take pictures as if one leg is a foot longer than the other, meaning that most are crooked.
I am shooting with an Olympus EM-1, an off-camera flash and a 12-40 2.8 lens. The camera is a few years old now but does a good job for these kinds of things. Good enough for me as an amateur photography enthusiast anyway.
I know people who have the latest and greatest but as I see it, it is quite a lot about having an eye for the image, as well as having the ability to capture the moment. I remember reading an article about 10 years ago where they gave point-and-click type digitals to amateurs and some National Geographic photographers to see what each could do. Even with a low-grade camera, the difference was enormous as the training of the eye to capture the scene was so different.
While I was looking through some folders, I found some older pictures of my daughter from around 2 years ago and while she is consistent in my memory, she is almost unrecognizable in appearance. One thing that has not changed very much is her humor and cheekiness, as well as many of her goofy expressions.
The future of childhood portraiture is changing rapidly as I have only a handful of pictures of myself as a kid and most of them are not close to being a portrait. These days where most people have a decent phone camera and many also have quality digital rigs, there are going to be a lot of high quality images floating about. I think that this summer I am going to have to put some together and print a book or two though, because one problem with digital is storage.
I wonder if it is ever going to be a thing where families have their own blockchains to add images and notes to and family members run witnesses to make sure that the memories of a family are saved for future generations. It would be pretty amazing network of family trees as not only would it be the who, but lots of the data of the person's experience and growth. Everyone would have a biography being written for them as they live their lives.
I might write about that later. :)
Taraz
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