tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post8092594075178628100..comments2023-11-02T07:53:45.876-07:00Comments on Girl's Gone Child: Candid Camera: Kids (sponsored)GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-14749965291099876002011-05-13T09:53:29.710-07:002011-05-13T09:53:29.710-07:00Test.Test.GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-69609157193176349532011-05-09T14:09:50.845-07:002011-05-09T14:09:50.845-07:00Love that shot of Fable. And the old studio shots ...Love that shot of Fable. And the old studio shots are hilarious. Your expression. Your mom and her love of Coming to America! <br /><br />Thank you for the candid photo tips. I so need to take more pics!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14222856619886484288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-22460958854335292582011-05-09T08:42:04.323-07:002011-05-09T08:42:04.323-07:00Everytime my in-laws come down, they make the kids...Everytime my in-laws come down, they make the kids go to Wal-mart! i hate the pics. <br />I guess they will have the pictures to scorn later in life.Wendihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17900104794549007691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-43567696701279036032011-05-09T07:56:47.262-07:002011-05-09T07:56:47.262-07:00I know I'm not one of the first six, but I jus...I know I'm not one of the first six, but I just wanted to post to say that I completely agree... I can't stand the posed family photos. They all look the same and they all look silly.Spumonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139536271148391877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-14445257873021984232011-05-09T07:14:45.015-07:002011-05-09T07:14:45.015-07:00yeah, my mom had that same hairdo. I think it was...yeah, my mom had that same hairdo. I think it was in style...sadly.jdavissquaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01911942484823419064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-50111139490142148282011-05-08T21:49:54.259-07:002011-05-08T21:49:54.259-07:00Love your blog, love your post with your 1970s mom...Love your blog, love your post with your 1970s mom picture. Ha!<br /><br />Here's mine: www.scrumpybumpy.blogspot.com<br /><br />My Mom looks hilarious!Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04640617377570814909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-88688715800151083422011-05-08T20:19:18.534-07:002011-05-08T20:19:18.534-07:00I fully agree with your preference for candids. M...I fully agree with your preference for candids. My parents would always have my brother and me sit together for each picture and look off to the left without turning our heads to avoid red eye. <br /><br />We look like we're expecting the Mafia to bust into the picture and blow our asses up in front of, say, the fish pond at Fashion Valley. We're never doing ANYTHING spontaneous. Those pics got thrown away, and we were admonished for "wasting film." <br /><br />I snuck some of them off and made a book of them when I was 12. It was a huge hit, not least because it showed we actually had personalities. Shocker. I still have some of those rejected photos framed in my apartment; it helps me remember who we really were, and who I really am now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-11062262511200948842011-05-08T10:39:00.303-07:002011-05-08T10:39:00.303-07:00Your last post inspired some names. Since I'm ...Your last post inspired some names. Since I'm sitting on pins and needles waiting for your name list here are a few. <br />I loved Marigold. Azalea. Petunia. Daisy. Lily. Ivy. Bell. Maybe not petuniavery anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-5604435733395309442011-05-08T07:46:09.746-07:002011-05-08T07:46:09.746-07:00Olan Mills! I also used a 1980's Olan Mills sh...Olan Mills! I also used a 1980's Olan Mills shot on my blog today. (You can see it <a href="http://margaretlafleur.com/blog/2011/5/8/on-mothers-day-part-three.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a>)<br /><br />I think the only staged photos are almost somewhat casual or candid. A friend's parents always pose her and her siblings on the stairs on Christmas morning, for example. And because they know it's coming each year they do silly things, or imitate poses from years past. It's a cute record of their childhood (and now early adulthood, as they've continued into the kids twenties, with sometimes hilarious results...)margositahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432497140892679276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-81630766346033747232011-05-07T08:07:58.267-07:002011-05-07T08:07:58.267-07:00Any tips on organizing these thousands of photos?
...Any tips on organizing these thousands of photos?<br /><br />I share your photo philosophy 100%. The only way I ever get a good picture (of anything!) is by taking 12-45 photos of said thing. But I have so much trouble editing/deleting/selecting the best shots, and my iPhoto is a mess of chaos right now!<br /><br />~ NoelleNOELLE ALOUDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084772004964983968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-459147360299407932011-05-07T07:35:56.206-07:002011-05-07T07:35:56.206-07:00I work as a preschool teacher and we make a daily ...I work as a preschool teacher and we make a daily journal for parents to see what's happening in class. Every morning I take approx 50 photos and have trouble choosing which to put in the journal. People compliment my skills but really it's the same as your tip, I take a lot so I can get a few great shots. I also echo getting down on the child's level. No more pictures of the top of heads!<br />Very quickly the children forget the camera's there and I'm now surprised when my adult friends freak out when I take candid shots of them.Claranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-30309050609880748492011-05-06T16:59:32.648-07:002011-05-06T16:59:32.648-07:00Preach it!!
my boyfriend is the biggest fan of &qu...Preach it!!<br />my boyfriend is the biggest fan of "look over hear! smile!" uggh, i always look awkward and terrible. i will be showing him this page.NodToStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13637963969510868866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-54636833416240487092011-05-06T16:26:46.401-07:002011-05-06T16:26:46.401-07:00I hate posed photos too. I still ask them to say c...I hate posed photos too. I still ask them to say cheese or smile because the faces they make are too cute and hilarious but most of the time, I love catching the random smile. I take a gigantic amount of pictures for that same reason. <br /><br />Another tip I give people is to get down on their level. I lay down on the grass, concrete or sand or just kneel or sit. Then take my 20-30 photos. =) And my camera is my iphone. I still desperately want a DSLR but I adore my iphone camera.Cave Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446689918377947144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-102745758469014782011-05-06T16:15:32.524-07:002011-05-06T16:15:32.524-07:00@thisgirlblogs: your MIL and my MIL need to hang ...@thisgirlblogs: your MIL and my MIL need to hang out. I love her to pieces, but oh my word, the posed photos drive me nuts! At family gatherings my MIL, her sisters, and cousins all want the same exact shot. Of course they have extensive photo albums, but in my family, we have uninterrupted memories. I prefer the latter. :)Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712911573307343283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-38569825513187762452011-05-06T16:12:17.942-07:002011-05-06T16:12:17.942-07:00I've already started taking photos of my son e...I've already started taking photos of my son every day - and he's a whopping eight weeks old! I post one photo online each day (mostly for the benefit of his grandparents, but also because having one photo from each day of his babyhood will be totally awesome for him later on), which means that to get one good one, I very often have to take a whole mess of *bad* ones. (I don't take quite twenty a day, more like ten, but I've been messing about with cameras for years, so I had some practice before.)<br /><br />And your mom's right about the hair. My mom had the VERY SAME hairdo and man, that's some big hair.Sonjahttp://whuffling.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-59143355634580055692011-05-06T15:36:45.245-07:002011-05-06T15:36:45.245-07:00my son and I were just saying how much we DREAD mo...my son and I were just saying how much we DREAD mother's day w/e because my MIL will definitely make us pose in a style much like Olan Mills. Except outside. Where the allergies live.thatgirlblogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10099875745851363649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-72706295717362775972011-05-06T15:34:37.675-07:002011-05-06T15:34:37.675-07:00Love the advice, how true it is! ILove the advice, how true it is! ISarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05900639159727835488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-40124704048043880032011-05-06T15:27:54.013-07:002011-05-06T15:27:54.013-07:00i think i had the same exact floral number you hav...i think i had the same exact floral number you have on in that first photo circa 1985. sweet.oh, jenny maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11154909908002950355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-18753161289595965462011-05-06T15:10:51.126-07:002011-05-06T15:10:51.126-07:00Do you use a flash indoors? I have a Canon PowerSh...Do you use a flash indoors? I have a Canon PowerShot and struggle with poor lighting in my house as well as a camera that takes forever to react. It drives me nuts and I don't know if my camera sucks or not. Outdoor shots can be great.stehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371040443070224482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-50725497089686673942011-05-06T15:10:44.884-07:002011-05-06T15:10:44.884-07:00Oh Olan Mills. Those were the days.Oh Olan Mills. Those were the days.Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16000855909928637073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-68604521370540892132011-05-06T14:52:35.175-07:002011-05-06T14:52:35.175-07:00oh thank god they finally have this option. shutt...oh thank god they finally have this option. shutterfly before was hell for me but maybe now I'll give them another try. they do have great prices! thanks for letting us know!SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321318983482678281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-34059420388892622722011-05-06T14:46:54.680-07:002011-05-06T14:46:54.680-07:00what about when you repeatedly BEG your children t...what about when you repeatedly BEG your children to ignore the camera and still get creepy smiles and faces shoved right in the lens? I prefer candid shots as well, and whenever the light hits my children just right and they look so gorgeous I grab my camera. but unless they are zoned out in front of the tv, or eating (which you can imagine make for VERY attrctive photos, ugh) they are completely obsessed with "look at me!" "take my picture!" and I can't get anything even resembling candid. Boo. I guess I'll just have to pick up the camera more often and snap away until they FINALLY ignore me!lonek8https://www.blogger.com/profile/09217503506508289374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-42004427146153170292011-05-06T14:45:09.140-07:002011-05-06T14:45:09.140-07:00Hot damn those are some fine photos.Hot damn those are some fine photos.The818https://www.blogger.com/profile/09833763020679995718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-45496456810541938742011-05-06T14:41:16.399-07:002011-05-06T14:41:16.399-07:00Have no idea if |I am one of the six or not, but y...Have no idea if |I am one of the six or not, but you have just summarized my theory on child photography, more more more. <br />Heres contact info just in case-a<br />duck_jb@yahoo.comduckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551392923684816740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-66001712999019210432011-05-06T14:23:41.612-07:002011-05-06T14:23:41.612-07:00You're exactly right, lady. I never ask my ki...You're exactly right, lady. I never ask my kids to pose... sometimes I might ask them to freeze for second, but they'll only ever do that if they're in the mood. I need to remember to carry my camera more often though... <br /><br />I've never sat for a Sears-portrait-style photo before - EVERYONE looks a little "axe-murderer" around the eyes on those. (Loved your Eric LaSalle crack - hee!!)Grumble Girlhttp://www.grumblegirl.com/noreply@blogger.com