Newborn and delivery

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My wife is due soon and this time I will have my DSLR ready.

I won't be taking any shots of the delivery process itself but want to take some nice ones of the baby after that.

Searched here for ideas of shots and angles but nothing much came up. Can anybody give me some pointers or links for some examples?



As for cutting the cord, I think it's going to be beyond the madwife's ability to take a picture of me doing that.:)

I have a 30D and I think my most useful lenses are 35/1.4, 50/1.4. Probably will be shooting at ISO1600 :( as lighting conditions in the delivery room are very low.

I have toyed with upgrading the camera (always lusted for the 1D series) but it's a lot of money.

[JeffreyG]

I have four kids and I've shot a bunch of deliveries. Fast primes are your friend, as nobody wants a bunch of flash going off in the LDR room.

[sunnygirl]

Nice shots Jeffrey.

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jeffrey, looks good! Looks like they gave baby to mum straight away without even having the cord cut.

I don't think my 30D is going to match your 5D.

[JeffreyG]

jeffrey, looks good! Looks like they gave baby to mum straight away without even having the cord cut.

I don't think my 30D is going to match your 5D.

I think at the time of this child's birth I had a 30D, so you are all set.;)

You will be busy and supportive during the delivery (and there isn't much good to shoot before anyway). Afterwards, shoot away. The two primes you have are going to be perfect. Remember that you will be stuck with very shallow depth of field given the low light and fast aperture and compose shots that work with it.

[KatiaShermanPhotography]

awwwwwwwwww the baby is so stressed out in the first one :) thats how its done though hahah :) LOVE IT! makes me want to have another one.. aghh :)

[Tittelba]

Some of my 2nd son. Shot with a 20D at the time. 3am. 28-70mm f2.8
http://tittelbach.smugmug.com/photos/90876027_stQcg-L-1.jpg
http://tittelbach.smugmug.com/photos/90876629_yG73t-L-1.jpg
http://tittelbach.smugmug.com/photos/90876462_XBPdj-L-1.jpg

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The shadows really make it look good. I'm surprised you were able to use f2.8. The colours look good. What ISO were you at?

[Tittelba]

Thanks. The 1st image was taken at iso 1600 and the last two at 800. The exam light helped out a lot in this situation. The room was dark otherwise.

[potn_momma2]

Not much advice here but the moments that you definitely should capture are the shot within the first few minutes of baby's life, the weighing, parents holding for the first time, feeding for first time

[Leonard Wong]

I would suggest that when you go to your hospital tour, you see how big the rooms are. 35 should be good enough. I had my 50 on my 40D and it was just a bit too long. I kept my 17-55 on most of the time. My wife delivered at noon, so there was plenty of daylight.

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Not much advice here but the moments that you definitely should capture are the shot within the first few minutes of baby's life, the weighing, parents holding for the first time, feeding for first timeThanks.
Just on the bolded part, it will be impossible to capture both parents...I am one of them!:)

The 35mm should be OK on my 1.6x crop. I do have a 17-55/2.8 as well. Might as well bring that and the 50/1.4 as well.

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Thanks. The 1st image was taken at iso 1600 and the last two at 800. The exam light helped out a lot in this situation. The room was dark otherwise.
How did you postprocess the 1st image? I don't seem to get the same colours out from my camera at iso1600. Is it partly due to the lens? I don't have the 24-70mm/2.8.

I would suggest that when you go to your hospital tour, you see how big the rooms are. 35 should be good enough. I had my 50 on my 40D and it was just a bit too long. I kept my 17-55 on most of the time. My wife delivered at noon, so there was plenty of daylight.Yup, been there already many times, but not for my deliveries!!:D

[Tittelba]

I only cleaned them up with some Noise Ninja using the 20D camera profile. The colors are untouched. I have all Canon (L) lenses and haven't noticed differences in color between them. I used to own a Sigma lens (for a Nikon camera) and I did notice a color shift between the Nikon and Sigma.

How did you postprocess the 1st image? I don't seem to get the same colours out from my camera at iso1600. Is it partly due to the lens? I don't have the 24-70mm/2.8.

Yup, been there already many times, but not for my deliveries!!:D

[potn_momma2]

Thanks.
Just on the bolded part, it will be impossible to capture both parents...I am one of them!:)

The 35mm should be OK on my 1.6x crop. I do have a 17-55/2.8 as well. Might as well bring that and the 50/1.4 as well.

Yup a little! My husband set up the shot and the anesthesiologist took the picture

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It's not going to be a daytime delivery:(