Benjamin Lawrence Ng was born on October 22nd and few words can describe the incredible experience of watching your son being born right in front of your eyes. Every day since has been filled with moments of joy, wonderment and awe of such a tiny human being in your arms and how unbelievably cute and adorable he can be. Prior to that day however I remember going over in my head and thinking that the day your son is born is going to be one of the most important days of your life. How are you going to make sure you capture those first few moments and days? Are you going to shoot the actual birth? Shouldn't you just be there to live the moment and not have a big camera in your face? What's the lighting going to be like? Believe me at one point I was thinking about using a GoPro camera strapped to my head to make sure I wouldn't miss anything and to keep my hands free. My wife was not so keen about that idea, lol! In the end I brought three different cameras with me to the delivery. A digital SLR (Canon 7D), a 12.2mp point and shoot (Samsung WB550) and lastly my camera phone (Samsung Galaxy 3). I opted for the point and shoot to shoot the video of the birth and I am so glad that I did. It actually performed quite well for the low light conditions. I would have had a tough time holding a big DSLR with one hand outstretched and praying that I had proper focus for the video and probably would not have gotten the shot that I did. The camera phone was also great for emailing family and friends from the hospital with photos of the baby. Finally the DSLR did serve its purpose for the low light intimate shots. Well now that he's almost a month old I am still finding that I take shots of him with any camera that's handy. It's all about the right camera at the right time for the right job. So for now I'll be taking a bit of a break from my other photography as I enjoy capturing him growing up.
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