Get In The Way

Most of the time I try to keep out of people's way when I'm shooting candids. But with babies, it's a different ballgame. In these shots, including the one on the right, I stood behind my brother and used his shoulder as a quasi-tripod to shoot our nephew while my brother changed his diaper. Talk about intrusive! If only I had a photo of it! By perching myself on my brother I was able to: 1. Shoot from a stable platform. 2. Shoot from a perspective that nearly mimicked what my brother was seeing. 3. Focus only on shooting Jakey without having too much of my brother in the shot. This technique isn't something I'd employ all the time, but with babies, they don't know what's going on anyway, so as long as the other adult is fine with you perched on their shoulder, you're golden.