I'm an auntie again!Little Sydney Capri made her debut yesterday afternoon and I was honored to be at her birth. My brother and his wife wanted me there to take pictures (tasteful ones, not scary ones) of the momentous occasion. I've done it twice, but watching someone else give birth made me reali e what hard work it is. Crazy hard. But Kate was great and my brother did his part well. He said he only dropped her foot once when he was particularly excited. I pointed out that he had one job. One. Keep your wife comfortable during the most uncomfortable moment in her life. Sheesh.
We are firm believers in b&w pics for those first few moments. I think the b&w shows the sweet baby skin better and if it were in color you'd see more um...yuck...if you know what I mean. So b&w is how we roll.
I gotta say that I was a little freaked out to be the one chosen to take pictures because I am an ok shot, but by no means a good photographer. And no one else, not even the mothers, were allowed in the room, so there couldn't be any back up shots if I messed it up. I think I did ok. I am going back tonight to show them the pics from last night and take some more of mommy and baby all cleaned up and (somewhat) rested.
I'm sure the new parent glow will cause them to love all the shots - good, bad and ugly.
Awwww...she's a beauty! You did great with the shot too!
Congrats Auntie!
Posted by: Tamie Snow | March 03, 2008 at 01:07 PM
My sister asked me to take pictures of her birth of my niece and I had to decline - it freaked me out too much. I don't want to give birth to a kid of my own, let alone watch one pop out of my sister lol.
Posted by: Candice | March 03, 2008 at 05:47 PM
My sister asked me to take pictures of her birth of my niece and I had to decline - it freaked me out too much. I don't want to give birth to a kid of my own, let alone watch one pop out of my sister lol.
Posted by: Candice | March 03, 2008 at 05:47 PM
Yay! I love new baby photos! Congratulations to you, Aunty :)
Posted by: lauren | March 03, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Congratulations! And I couldn't agree more - black and white is the way to go. Birth can be a very lurid affair, no need to be guessing what that yellow stuff is.
Posted by: Sonya | March 04, 2008 at 11:51 AM