The greatest gift of all

I know many of you do not like the selective coloring effect --- but

as you can tell from my portfolio I do. This one happens to be one of

my favorites with the pink ribbon emphasizing the gift of a

baby "girl". Thanks for your feedback.

I like it when it's done well. Love the shot! I think my mom would too ;)

Emily- This is spectacular! I love your creativity. I'm not really fond of selective color images, but this one is an exception! You've made me a believer!

 

I can see this being a hit with new parents for birth announcements! In pink & blue!

 

Compositionally, I'd like to see either a little more room on the left or a little less on the right. I still give it a 7/7! I'm going to try to rate this thru the request queue so it counts, but no promises! (awe, I love success) Nice job!

very Anne Geddes !!! - you gotta be happy with this one - who knows, with this sort of skill you too could be a squillionaire like Ms Geddes

very cute. good baby shower kind of card. 6/5

very cute. good baby shower kind of card. 6/5

Thanks critiquers... I just took this yesterday along with numerous others. Some yet to come. She is one month old and I find it so challenging to pose such little ones - especially when the parents don't want to be in the shot.

 

Jayme - funny you should mention the announcement idea because that is what the mom wanted me to create - ideas for her announcement. I thought about this one on the outside of card and a small one of her face in the corner of the inside along with all the stats....

 

Thanks again - Emily

very cute. good baby shower kind of card. 6/5

very cute. good baby shower kind of card. 6/5

very cute. good baby shower kind of card. 6/5

Obviously Toby has a problem! :) Just kidding!

 

Emily- I love soft background. What did you use?

I recently order a white backdrop off of ebay - I only paid $14.00 for it so I was excited....until I received it. It turned out to be a poly paper-canvas like substance that wrinkles extremely easy. But after I used it - in this shot and in the one of the "glowing baby" I think it works ok - can't be picky when dealing with $14.00. I'm still looking for a reasonable high key muslin though...

Hey to the viewers that gave me 1/1 and 2/2 - I'd appreciate some feedback with your ratings. I don't think I've ever given a 1/1... You must see something that I have missed and I'd love to hear from you.

Emily, you do seem to very talented. A great photo here as are your others.

 

The only thing I think is I would like to see is Her face. Other than that it is a beatifull photo...

 

Cheers Brent:)

This is lovely. It should be a greeting card. Nice work... I too would like to see the face...

Excellent stuff!

Emily- I bought a 9ft x12ft latex primed canvas floor cloth from DickBlick art supplies. It was fairly inexpensive. Really heavy though. It came rolled up on a cardboard roller. My plans for it in the future are to try painting it myself. I have not decided exactly what I want to do with it. I thought of black & white checks or maybe just using pastel colors & one of those natural sponge rollers. I haven't hit upon the right idea yet. I keep looking & looking. I have some ideas for some props I want to build &/or find. I'm always looking. Garage sales, antique stores, flea markets.

 

I have a brown & tan mottled canvas muslin backdrop 9x20, I am not fond of it's reddish casting. I think I want it to be more grayish. I like the softness of this background. How big is it? Not that it has to be that big :) Such a sweet baby!

 

 

Jayme - this backdrop is only 6'x9' but then like you said when dealing with one child, especially infants that don't move it doesn't have to be that big. I bought it really cheap from a lady on ebay. I could email her user name to you if you'd like. She was selling two at the time I purchase so I am sure she'll be selling more. Let me know. I am taking a set of three older children this Tuesday so I am trying to think of something different and fun for them. I just bought three new backdrops....pink/yellow mottled, gray mottled and brown/light blue mottled. Good luck painting. Let me know how it turns out and maybe someday I'll give it a shot. There is also a person on ebay selling natural muslin really cheap just for the purpose of painting...an idea for you.

this is completely precious. I wish I had thought of this when my friend had her baby girl last year.

I just noticed that I critiqued this about six times. I am really sorry about that... I only clicked once!

I just thought you REALLY liked it:-) Thanks for your words.

i have said this before but you do beautiful work and you have a way with capturing such wonderful pictures of children. i have loved all your photos and this one is one of my favorites. great job well done. = )

Very nice photo.! Your work's unique!Thanks for sharing...!

Emily,

 

Awesome work! This piece of work will be an inspiration when our little one arrives. Interestingly, we plan on naming her Emily =).

I look forward to seeing more of your photographs. Keep up the awesome work.

Regards,

Al

Wonderful sentiment. I'm not sure if it's my monitor but the tops of the towels seem to be blasted out. All the same, it's a beautiful image.