Vindauga

I just finished a newborn photo session, which is a bit unusual for a Sunday.  I normally don’t shoot on Sundays, but I didn’t have any Saturdays available for about a month, and the father couldn’t be there during the week.  The session went well, great couple and cute baby.

While we were shooting the father was laying the child down and the mother commented on that she would like a photo of the father holding the baby in the same way he was setting him down.  This pose happened to be similar to a shot that Jan Saudek did of his child (the mother has a good eye).  But the thing I got to thinking about was why I hadn’t suggested a pose that I was very familiar with, and personally like.  I have this habit (not sure if it is good or bad) of planning out my shoots, to a pretty detailed level, sometimes I will even sketch the poses out in advance so I can think about the design easier.  Occasionally though I realize it limits my “on-the-spot” creativity, because I already have this plan in my head.  Anyway, something for me to work on in the future (for when I don’t have a mother with a good eye).