“A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there — even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity.” – Robert Doisneau
I really subscribe to the idea that in photography “light is everything”. After all, photography is derived from the Greek “photos” (light) and “graphos” (drawing). It literally means drawing with light.
However, I believe there is an important exception to this rule. If you manage to capture a special moment in time, you can get away with less than ideal light.
I kept that in mind when I was asked to photograph a newborn. One week olds don’t respond well to direction, so there would obviously be no way I could fine tune my lighting. I would have to focus on capturing special moments. Such as the bond between mother and child in the photograph below.
The baby was woken up by the activities surrounding the shoot and was a little cranky as a result of this. But I was nevertheless fortunate enough to capture some wonderful expressions.
These pictures will undoubtedly be looked at very fondly many years from now. Less than a second snatched from eternity.
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