How did fatherhood/motherhood change your photography? - Page 4

Bhupinder2002 · #31 June 30th, 2012, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ean10775

I'll let you know in 4 weeks or less. My wife is expecting our first. I anticipate frustration in learning to focus on a moving subject.

Hi mate
your wife is expecting in four weeks and u will get frustrated in focusing on moving subject??

Lol
Do you expect ur baby t start running just after birth?

Cheers

ean10775 · #32 June 30th, 2012, 03:59 PM

Well obviously it will be a little while before I need to worry about it.

Blotzphoto · #33 June 30th, 2012, 06:09 PM

My story is a little bass ackwards from most of you fine folks. I graduated with an associates degree in commercial photography in 2003, but with no firm career plans I spent my time doing a lot of independent art projects, shooting my friends bands, driving out into the middle of nowhere for hours and hours.

Then in 2005 my #1 Hellion arrived. As a stay at home Dad I soon found my range of subjects contracted to friends and family. My Nikon D1x finally gave up the ghost in 2006 (i beat the living **** out of that camera) and I still clung to dslr's so I switched to Pentax, a K10 then a K7 (proud holder of the worlds worst autofocus).
2 more kids later, I'll soon have all three in school in the mornings and I was looking for a better walk around town camera. So I ended up here... owner of an ep1 with an epl1 on the way. Still have my k7, I think its gonna go live on a tripod and become a still life studio camera.

Dan Ka · #34 June 30th, 2012, 08:25 PM

My story doesn't start w/ me becoming a parent, but, with my parents. At age 7, they gave me an Argoflex 75 with flash attachment, 1 roll of film and 1 package of flashbulbs. I still have the camera and flash (after 60 years - ouch that hurt!). I worked hard at paper routes, lawn mowing, and snow shoveling to try to buy film and development. But, my parents thought I should save that money, so all my hard work turned into 2 sometimes 3 rolls of film per year.

I used that camera all through college until my girlfriend (now wife) was taking a photography class and she had a Yashica D (6x6) and light meter. Once we were married and the camera became community property, I traded her camera in for a Yashica 124G. She hasn't ever formally forgiven me for that. Then the kids came and GAS set in, Konica T, Konica FT-1, a bunch of 6x6 rangefinders, lenses, filters, hoods, tripods, monopods, complete darkroom, camcorders.

I finally had it w/ photography in the mid 90's - for about a year. Then it was Olympus digitals until grandchild #1 came along. Jumped to the Panny G2 never looked back except I bought more gear, lenses, tripods, monopods, photo friendly TV's, computers - instead of the darkroom.

Dave Jenkins · #35 June 30th, 2012, 08:52 PM

In 1968 I was a teacher in a private high school in Miami, Florida. We had a new baby, and of course I wanted to take pictures. So I got a camera, just a basic Kodak 126 Instamatic. Then a few days later, I bought a photo magazine, the August, 1968 issue of Popular Photography. Soon there were more photo magazines and a better camera. And then a still better camera. And more photo magazines. A year later I had a Nikon F and a couple of lenses and was taking pictures of school activities and selling prints to the students. That was the beginnning.

The baby is 44 years old now, and I have been a full-time working photographer since 1978. I got an E-PL1 two years ago, and have been slowly building up that system for travel and my book projects.

tuanies · #36 June 30th, 2012, 11:45 PM

I bought a 30D back in '06 because all the cool kids had them and used it for trade shows (I was a journalist at the time. Became more interested in photography after a year and picked up the 50mm F/1.8 and took a photojournalism class and was more fascinated. Picked up Tamron 17-50mm F/2.8 shortly afterwards. Graduated in '08, bought a fun car, sold gear to pay for mods.

Missed having a DSLR so I bought a 50D and used it for a year, bought a Honda Ruckus scooter so I sold the 50D knowing I'd get something smaller down the road. Had a Panasonic PnS as my soul camera for a while. Got married and wanted a nicer camera in 2010 for our honeymoon in Maui so picked up a GF1 w/20mm 3 months before the honeymoon.

Was happy with it until we had our first child in June 2011, found the GF1 lacking in low light so I bought a GH2 and slapped the 20mm on it. Found the 20mm slow auto focusing annoying so I sold the GF1 and 20mm in January to pickup the PL25 F/1.4. Then added the 14mm F/2.5, 12.5mm 3D, and 45mm F/1.8.

My photo library has grown substantially since my daughter was born :)

Conrad · #37 July 3rd, 2012, 01:29 PM

Also in my case, photography began with my parents. My father gave me his old Minolta at age 12, which quickly developed into having my own darkroom with everything in it when I was 14.
My first son was born 14 years later, when my darkroom was gone for at least a year since my parents had sold the house in which it was in. I did take color photos, but without darkroom, I felt a lot less passion for photography. But it was family life and the wish to document it that brought me back. I first went digital with an LX2, and once I discovered that shooting raw and Photoshop gave me even more creative possibilities than chemistry, I was sold again.
Now, 14 years after the birth of my first son, I am the proud father of a second son. This has only enforced my wish to document life, and through the photos live it more intensively. Something like this (shamelessly taking the opportunity to post baby pictures):

(tech stuff: taken with a GX1 with PL45@f/4, custom color profile and some pp in Photoshop)

woof · #38 July 3rd, 2012, 03:58 PM

I got better. 40-50K photos? Wow. Too many. I am happy with one good one or two per year, and I work towards that precise goal.

woof

Bhupinder2002 · #39 July 30th, 2012, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Conrad

Also in my case, photography began with my parents. My father gave me his old Minolta at age 12, which quickly developed into having my own darkroom with everything in it when I was 14.
My first son was born 14 years later, when my darkroom was gone for at least a year since my parents had sold the house in which it was in. I did take color photos, but without darkroom, I felt a lot less passion for photography. But it was family life and the wish to document it that brought me back. I first went digital with an LX2, and once I discovered that shooting raw and Photoshop gave me even more creative possibilities than chemistry, I was sold again.
Now, 14 years after the birth of my first son, I am the proud father of a second son. This has only enforced my wish to document life, and through the photos live it more intensively. Something like this (shamelessly taking the opportunity to post baby pictures):

(tech stuff: taken with a GX1 with PL45@f/4, custom color profile and some pp in Photoshop)

THis is so beautiful
Cheers

scottychop · #40 August 12th, 2012, 09:07 PM

Photography has become more intense since we had our son. I just finished up a 365 shoot today that was an absolute joy to do. I probably took 20 pictures a day of him, then posted one. 7300 pics in a year just of my son?!! Wow that's the first time I did that calculation.