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Are children people?

from Christel Green (look.no@film.dk)
Oh boy, this forum is busy - I hope I4m not breaking some unwritten law of conduct by posting here? ;) What I wanted to say - I participate in a number of online critique forums and I seem to have noticed that while the critics are absolutely merciless in their demands for photographic perfection in every other genre, they go all soft and blubbery as soon as there4s a kid in the picture. You can post a badly focused, badly exposed and badly composed snapshot and still have everyones admiration as long as your subject is a cute child - why is this? Do childrens portraits adhere to standards of their own that I haven4t been informed about, or would it actually be within the scope of good judgment to ask that they possess a minumum of artistic and technical merit? Just wondering...

I have a 3-year old son and I take dozens of pictures of him every week. So far I have reserved them for the family album, but I would like to explore the possibility of creating "kiddie shots" which would be of interest to somebody outside the circle of family and friends. How does a good childrens image look? If you know any good examples or have any thoughts on this subject, I would like to know about it. Personally I would like to convey a mood or atmosphere, presented in a way which is pleasing as well as a challenge to the eye and mind (which is what I aim for in all my pictures anyway)

(posted 8626 days ago)

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