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To hate newborn photoshoot pictures?

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Toofondofcake · 05/07/2016 16:04

So I don't know if it's just me but a lot of people on my FB feed have been posting their newborn photoshoot pics recently and I bloody hate them.

The babies are always squished into an elaborate outfit or stark naked on a rug and rolled into a little ball and then photoshopped so they look like dolls with terrifyingly googly eyes or creepy porcelain skin.
I can't abide them. Is this just me being a bit of a misery guts or does it irritate everyone else too?

Give me a cheeky home snap of a snuggly baby in a onsie any day.

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DerelictMyBalls · 05/07/2016 18:44

YANBU. I hate studio portraits, 'glamour shots' and all that malarkey. Tacky.

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MsWorthington · 05/07/2016 18:50

Reminds me of this...

To hate newborn photoshoot pictures?
UmbongoUnchained · 05/07/2016 18:50

I didn't have newborn ones but had ones done just before my daughters 1st birthday as she won a competition. I love them.

user7755 · 05/07/2016 18:51

See, I like the close enough one better.

redexpat · 05/07/2016 19:08

m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/7212220.html?edition=uk I like the ones that went wrong Grin

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Toofondofcake · 05/07/2016 19:14

The ones that go wrong are hysterical.

I saw one where the naked newborn did a poo-explosion all over the daddy. Best one I've seen.

On my FB feed a girl I know posted some of her twin girls - who are gorgeous on the home made pics- and they have been so horrendously airbrushed they look plastic. It's disturbing and sad since I bet they cost a fortune and don't do them justice.

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selfcontrolofatoddler · 05/07/2016 19:14

YANBU. So naff - especially when they are in black and white and the baby is wearing a tutu and one of those shit baby headbands with a flower on it, and the tutu and flower have been digitally shaded in pink. Always seen in pride of place on walls that also have those 'Live Laugh Love' decals on them.

selfcontrolofatoddler · 05/07/2016 19:17

Can I also share my hatred of those bloody awful nursery/preschool 'graduation' photos with the cap and gown?

WillH · 05/07/2016 19:21

To be honest, if it bothers you so much, just don't get them done. I don't know why you would show such hatred towards something that you don't have to do. It's just a personal preference!

Mermaid36 · 05/07/2016 19:34

From speaking to photographer friends, the "hand resting on head" pose has to be photoshopped because a newborn can't support their own head on their hand....I think an adults supporting hand is taken out of the picture or similar.

In contrast, attached is a recent pic of my girls, taken in a NICU cot...

To hate newborn photoshoot pictures?
ItsyBitsyBikini · 05/07/2016 19:43

I personally wouldn't have then done but not bothered about what other people do. I have taken so many pics of our 3wk old and he is just perfect in every one (it's normally me or my dp ruining the photo with our tired faces) I very rarely share the photos on fb anyway and dp doesn't like photos on the walls so it would be pointless for us Grin

Normandy144 · 05/07/2016 19:45

I've had them done for both my children. The main aim was to get some family shots, but we also got some natural pictures. No props, just natural. If you get a photographer trained in newborn photography then they know what they are doing. The heating in the studio is extra warm for baby's comfort so that they aren't cold. I love the pictures of my creepy and grotesque children.

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Toofondofcake · 05/07/2016 19:49

normandy please be reassured I don't think anyone believes the babies in the pictures are creepy or grotesque.

It's more the way that they are posed/pictures are manipulated after the fact that grates on us.

Sure your babies are cuties.

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winnieandwilbur · 05/07/2016 19:57

I don't mind them tbh. We had some done of ds and I love them. Unfortunately we couldn't afford them for dd so I did some myself and they're nowhere near as nice. Here is one of ds. He was 4 weeks old and I think it's gorgeous.

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Fueledwithfairydustandgin · 05/07/2016 20:00

I don't have anything against getting professional shots done. I just don't understand why they have to be in flowerpots or an old box and why they have to be more accessories than baby. A newborn is the most gorgeous thing, no extras needed.

Charmed18 · 05/07/2016 20:00

YANBU. They are bizarre!

Madbengalmum · 05/07/2016 20:00

It is the anne geddes style ones i hate. Babies shouldnt be trussed up in stupid poses, not classy

winnieandwilbur · 05/07/2016 20:02

We also have one of him laying on his front with some feathered wings resting on his back. It's black and white too so they're are extra tacky points for that. We have a couple of him upright in a basket with towels, teddies, boxing gloves and other paraphernalia surrounding him. As far as I remember he was resting on one of those bath seat things and I was hiding behind him keeping upright. He was wide awake for the whole shoot and didn't show any sign of discomfort or distress. We love the photos.

imwithspud · 05/07/2016 20:03

YANBU I don't mind natural poses and shoots but I've never really liked the ones where baby is contorted into an odd position. Like I said, natural is much better in my view.

MumOnACornishFarm · 05/07/2016 20:04

I dislike all professional photo shoots, I've never seen one that doesn't make me cringe. But my toes really curl when I see a beautiful new baby with a huge, hideous hand band on. Normally it has some type of flower, often with diamantes, usually pink. Your baby is amazing and beautiful, it doesn't need accessories!

FairyDogMother11 · 05/07/2016 20:10

I often think this! They all look the same in those little knitted things and those poses!

user7755 · 05/07/2016 20:16

Mermaid - that photo is beautiful. I love how their heads are almost touching. It's also just made me realise why I prefer the natural ones, it's captured a moment in time, something happening in their life rather than a posed photo in a studio or wherever which isn't what photos are for to my mind.

RaeSkywalker · 05/07/2016 20:16

We'll be taking our November baby to have photos taken about a week after the birth (if we're both healthy). Booked the session mainly to avoid horrible Bounty rep photographers in hospital. The photos will be natural, I'd like a couple of the baby in a white baby grow on a blanket I've knitted it, and then some of DH and I holding it. That's it. I also dislike the posed 'head on hands' ones, and seeing any baby with a hairband on. Cake smashes make me feel a bit uncomfortable for some reason, I think it's the waste. Each to their own though I guess, if it makes people happy then good for them Smile

AprilLoveJ · 05/07/2016 20:17

I love looking at newborns. Absolutely love it. I would look at anyone's newborn pics. Babies are so beautiful. Even with all the milk spit. And I love both styles of pics as shown by msWorthington home pics or professional. They are all lovely and beautiful. Yes sometimes the posed ones get a little kooky, sure. But if it makes the parents happy and it's done properly and not harming them (it isn't) then why be so hateful. I don't really get that. You know full well what social media entails by now, it's 2016. If the worst you've seen that compels you to complain is a few babies bums with a woolly hat on top then you've done pretty well IMO 👍🏼

mermaid your babies are just beautiful Flowers