Is beauty everything for Red Deer Children?

Regarding Red Deer Children, this is a topic that I have wanted to write about for quite some time now and that is the art of being judged in photography.  I am part of competition groups, enter competitions and have the public judge my work on a regular basis so I am no stranger to having my images and work torn apart by critics and strangers a like.  When you work specifically in a very niche photographic circle however, you see a lot of the same images over and over and and what sets those images apart at the end of the day is often the look of the model.  Red Deer Children are beautiful – I have literally photographed hundreds of children over the last 10 years and I have never met one that I didn’t feel shined in front of my camera.  I mean that.  The natural beauty of any child is what I always target and it always shines through – unless they are sick of course or something is wrong – but to be honest that rarely happens.

What has really bothered me as of late though is how often images are being selected for competition based on the look of the model vs. the quality of the photography.

Let me back that up a second though and explain that a little more so no one starts leaving hate mail on my comment area.  I am NOT suggesting that only the attractiveness of the child is selling the photo.  Often the amazing technical details are there in an award winning or published image, so I want to definitely give credit to the photographers out there selecting model’s to photograph who have ‘skillz that killz’ (yes – I did just write that).  But what about the rest of images I have been seeing that have been less then amazing technically but winning different titles based completely (in my opinion) because the child is way above average in looks and wearing makeup (to which I am not opposed either – I will address that in another post).

Red Deer Children are perfect – as are children in Calgary, Edmonton and all around Alberta (and everywhere for that matter).  Its a true fact and I have hundreds of thousands of pictures that would back up that statement.  I love images of children being children and while there is a time and place for some art work requiring the esthetics of a child with above average looks – the photographer you hire to capture your red deer children as fine art should be able to do that regardless of looks.  I am so disappointed in our photographic community as of late only selecting ‘beautiful’ children to grace the pages of social media and award competitions.  Certainly I am not painting everyone with the same brush, but as a photographer and a parent of two girls and two boys it is something that I am really sensitive to.

Suzanne Taylor Photography (ok – it is really just Suzie when I say that) has worked, bringing out the natural beauty of children for years now and while ‘occasionally’ I do come across a child that I don’t mesh with (I can only think of two little boys over the last 10 years) I have learned so many ways to bring out the smiles, love and genuine nature of your child.  ‘Beauty’ is so not the only thing judge an image on.

Love your babies and appreciate them the exact way they are.  If you want artful pictures of them – contact me.  Your child is a masterpiece and I would love to capture that as a momento to them of how truly beautiful they are.

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