Sleep

• photomc

• Nov 14, 2004

Nice couple of prints Cheryl...but you have got to stop sneaking into the house and taking pics of me while I\'m asleep... . Never mind, don\'t think I was ever that small or that cute.

 

• Kathy Harcom

• Nov 14, 2004

Cheryl ~ This is truly a truly beautiful moment you have captured. I was looking at your website the other day and I adore your work.

 

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  fred

• Nov 14, 2004

A tender peaceful moment, Cheryl.
Nothing to add.
A beauty!

which Tr-x? Which devel. time? Only by curiousity!

Fred

 

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  Kevin Caulfield

• Nov 14, 2004

This is a wonderful image. I love the position of the baby's hands against its face, like Rodin's "The Thinker", and the interlocked legs are great.

 

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  wfe

• Nov 15, 2004

Your clients are extremely fortunate to have you. Great pictures as usual!!!!

 

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  Nicole

• Nov 16, 2004

Hi Cheryl, this is my favourite of you last 3 postings. Gorgeous 'pose' composition and lighting. May I ask you what lighting you used and film speed/settings?
Thanks matie.

 

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  Cheryl Jacobs

• Nov 16, 2004

Thanks, all. Nicole, this is natural window light from a south-facing window. He is on the floor in a baby pillow covered with a fleece blanket, facing the window. I always use Tri-X, and I'm thinking this was somewhere around 1/250th @ f/4. Fred, it's the "new" Tri-X 400, rated at 400, and processed in Tmax dev -- my standard operating procedure.

 

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  David Ruby

• Nov 16, 2004

Amazing once again Cheryl. I'm assuming you had the heat up a bit for this one eh? Did you need to do anything to diffuse the light? It sure doesn't seem to harsh from one particular side (something I struggle with while using windows for light). Pictures of newborns are a particular favorite of mine, probably because I know firsthand how difficult they are to get (all that sleeping and eating going on), and how fleeting those few precious days of infanthood are.

 

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  SuzanneR

• Nov 16, 2004

Yes...and at eight days old, how long did you have before he (or she) soiled that fleece blanket Beautiful image, BTW.

 

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  Cheryl Jacobs

• Nov 16, 2004

David, the closer the subject is to the window, the softer the light will be; in this case, the windows were really large letting in soft indirect light, and the subject very small, so no diffusion / reflection was needed. Since the baby was on the floor and the window was about 18" higher, the light was feathering softly across the baby.

Suzanne, between the two babies, I believe we had four "incidents" in an hour. LOL. You just have to expect that.