Maternity in B&W

[PerezDesignGroup]

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[rutt]

Great beautiful subject! I love the compositions and the use of contrast. The first shot is makes a very powerful statement. I love the dark brown skin tones in the last shot. I understand the B&W decision; very logical. But I wonder if the same dark brown treatment from the third shot would work with the first shot. Perhaps the interplay of different skin tones would be interesting, but perhaps it would just be distracting.

Anyway, some of the best dgrin people shots ever, IMHO!

[ginger_55]

Those shots are so very awesome. And congratulations to the mother.

Really great photography there.

ginger

[doyle]

Great shots, nothing more beautiful than a pregnant woman. You captured it very nicely.

[PerezDesignGroup]

Thanks a lot guys. I truly value the comments. I would have loved giving the first photos the brown treatment, but unfortunately, they were shot on dedicated B&W film. The last shot was from color Fuji Superia film. I just wish I could convey the sense of pride when I saw the film shots developed. I was expecting horrific 35mm shots only to be surprised by these. They were sharper, cleaner and 'denser' than the digital pics. The film, overall, just seemed to capture more of the subtle values in the photo than the 300d did.

Once again, thanks for the comments. Soon I'll run out to take pics of the mother and child. ;)

[tmlphoto]

Beautiful pictues. Great job.

[pathfinder]

Excellent use of window light PDG. Soft, warm, caressing with crisp detail in the hairs on her arms. Lovely.

The old masters really were into something with that north window light weren't they?
:thumb

[Andy]

north light, beautiful subjects, fine photographer. a job well, well done.

congrats on some very fine work. i really enjoyed these.

[PerezDesignGroup]

Thanks TML, path and Andy. I specifically thought about (and researched) the use of northerly light before shooting these. I actually showed up with a whole bunch of lighting gear only to leave most of it aside for simple backlighting or hair-lights.

Thinking back, I was more nervous than the couple. I even lost some sleep. Then I slowly saw them relaxing and forgetting I was there. That's when the quality of the pics shifted dramatically. The experience rocked. Now I can't wait for my next vict -umm- model to shoot :D

I must say jumping to dslr/slr has been very, very fun. Hopefully I'll have more pics soon. I'm thinking hard about the Humor challenge but pulling blanks.

Thanks again.

[happysnapper]

really beautiful shots... I especially love the contrast in the first picture... the different skin tones, his head and her tummy.... stunning!:thumb :thumb :thumb