Those who have kids.

<p>Is it all you photograph now?</p>

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<p>When they were young, yes! It's like my photography had a 'before kids' and 'after kids' life of its own. Now I'm in 'empty nest' photography life, and I'm loving every minute of it!<br>

Not that I didn't love every minute of my other lives; its just that this one seems to have the most freedom, probably because of my age, and where I'm at career wise, I can pretty much do what I want.....lucky me!</p>

<p>Yep my photography changed alot why I got kids. Nowadays I mostly photograph them.</p>

<p>Same with me... Before it was mostly landscapes - mountains, now it is exclusively my kid. Next stage I guess will be my kid in mountains :-)</p>

<p>My kids are quickly growing into adolescents, but are still adorable. I shoot them whenever possible (which means, a lot) but have always managed to maintain diversity.</p>

<p>I mostly photograph my 4 year old daughter. I try and do other stuff from time to time, but struggle to find anyone or anything as interesting as her.</p>

<p>Cheers</p>

<p>Alan</p>

<p>Wait 'til you get grandkids; then you'll have near terabyte issues!</p>

<p>:o)</p>

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<p>My kids are on the big side, spend more time photographing our 1 year old grandson. When he was here the other day I couldn't believe I took 142 shots of him! Love digital!</p>

<p>I do have prints made of some of them, we're already on our second photo album.</p>

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<p>I took thousands of (film) pictures of my kids when they were younger. By the time they hit 7 years old they were sick of the camera....so I had to slow down a bit. Now, I have grandkids.....same scenario, except mostly digital....and it's slowing down now that they are going on 6 yrs old because they too are sick of the camera in their faces all the time....heh.</p>

<p>But never, did I just shoot them. I always did my other stuff at the same time. </p>

<p>Not often now.</p>

<p>But I shoot horses that much.</p>

<p>I'm glad I'm not the only one with this issue. A couple of weeks ago, my 7 yr old had Field Day at school. I took over 700 shots that day (a new record for me). I think I'm in the 15,000 range now that we have 2 kids. I used to ONLY shoot landscapes and inanimate objects, now I've almost forgotten how to do those. I'm trying to get back in with macros and flowers now, but it's tough when I look over and see them, all ready to be photographed yet again!</p>

<p>I have 6 kids myself. The youngest is 17y/o now. I took a lot of pictures of them of course with various 35mm camera's over the years. Once they started hitting the teen years it was more difficult for me to get a snap of them as they would say "no" sometimes. But I am still taking pictures of them and other things also and I still use a 35mm camera but I added a digi snapper (D200) 3 yrs ago. The family pictures are what's important to me. The landscape and other shots were and are just for fun. I guess I just like to take a snap whenever I can. </p>

I shoot them a lot. My wife thinks my shots of them suck which takes some of the pressure off. Shooting your own kids is great training because they're one of the hardest things to photograph. Fast moving, unpredictable, uncooperative, usually at close distances. It does not hurt my ego when my wife hires a pro to shoot the kids because they are more cooperative with a stranger.

<p>I have a 4 month old. I can't easily get out to the woods to do my usual photography, so my son is almost all I shoot. Granted, he's the cutest baby ever so it's not that bad. </p>

<p>Yes.</p>

<p>My daughter is 5 months old now and I have well over 3000 pictures in addition to video and more is being added daily.</p><div></div>

<p>No, but I probably spend 50% of my pictures on my kids, 25% on my wife and 25% on landscape, architecture, wildlife, etc.<br>

Some days it does seem like all I take pictures of.<br>

In some ways it is harder than wildlife photography. Toddlers can move FAST! I have an almost 2 1/2yr old and a 2 month old. The 2 1/2yr old is getting pretty good at posing for pictures though, unless he is distracted.</p>

<p>I admit that with a baby there's little time to get out to do other photographic stuff, but it's all good.</p>

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<p>I'm lucky enough to be able to get out during my lunch hour for photography. So that allows me to shift the percentage to about 90% of my kids and 10% other. :)</p>

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<p>About 60% to 70% of my pictures in the last few years are my little ones</p>

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<p>They are the best thing that happens to us. And a great excuse to buy more lenses.</p>

<p>Over the years a lot of my pic's were of the kids, and now the grandkids, but, especially with our kids, I tried in a lot of shots to make them part of the bigger picture:</p><div></div>

I always looked foward to tacking picures of my kids, such great production value. I bought my first dslr a d80 3 mo. after

my son was born. 14mo later I upgraded to a d700 which is what I always hoped a dslr would be. A year later we had a

girl. Almost all I shoot is them with the exception of a few small jobs and the occasional random subject matter that peaks

my interest. I'm about to return to my rangefinder roots with a m8 and I imagine my family will continue to be my favorite

subject. One upside of taking so many pictures of my kids is it really forced me to develop a strong work flow. The only

negative I can come up with is being too generous with my editing. With my kids as subjects I get alot of "keepers".

 

Brian

 

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<p>The single best roll of 35mm film that I've ever taken was one I took of my son at a local park when he was about 9 months old. Truly, every single photo was unique and every single one elicited a "wow" when I looked at them on a light table. It's a photographic experience that I'll never forget, and he's nearly 35 now. To put that in perspective, however, I've had rolls of landscape photos in which I discarded every single photo with a "what was I thinking?" and "expletive deleted" comment. </p>

<p>Absolutely. My daughter is the finest photographic subject anyone could hope for.</p>

<p>Mendel, I didn't realize till just now that you're from (or at least reside in) Vancouver, which is also where I live. And I love your Vanier Park/English Bay shot!</p>

<p>Pretty much. I do get to use the pictures of the kids to justify some camera purchases to the wife, so I view it as semi-paid work. </p>