Post-mortem photography

9 years 2 months ago #426207 by One Creative Girl
I overheard another photographer talking about this today in Starbucks.  Seems kind of creepy to me.  Has anyone here been asked to photograph a dead person?  


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9 years 2 months ago #426216 by Baydream
Not really. Memories for a family that may not have recent shots. All in the "treatment". Several members of our club are volunteers with "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" and take photos of stillborn babies and those not expected to make it. A true gift to the families. 

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9 years 2 months ago #426227 by KenMan
I agree, but that takes a special photographer IMO.  Not for me.  


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9 years 2 months ago #426228 by stuartsbarbie
I do not think I could do it, but I think that it is a gift to those who lost love ones.  Especially if those loved ones live far away. 


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9 years 2 months ago #426257 by Alan Nunez
I wonder if it pays well?


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9 years 2 months ago #426321 by TGonzo
I'm in that same group.  I respect those that do this and know there is a good reason for doing this.  Just too creepy for my taste.  


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9 years 2 months ago #426490 by Scott Klubeck
I prefer the living 


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9 years 2 months ago #426496 by Joves
I could do it. I look at it as we are all born to die. So seeing and shooting the dead is no different to me than shooting anything else. Fact is I have shot many dead animals in my time romping around in the woods, and to me it is pretty much the same thing.


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9 years 2 months ago #426540 by Shadowfixer1
I've done this 3 or 4 times. You just have to look at it as just shooting an object. My wife's cousin even had her mother's funeral shot by a professional videographer. That was a little much for even me.
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9 years 2 months ago - 9 years 2 months ago #426607 by Glen Mosley

Shadowfixer1 wrote: I've done this 3 or 4 times. You just have to look at it as just shooting an object. My wife's cousin even had her mother's funeral shot by a professional videographer. That was a little much for even me.



Did these jobs pay well?  I'm guessing something like this, it would seeing many wouldn't want to do this.  


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9 years 2 months ago #426735 by Tim Chiang

KenMan wrote: I agree, but that takes a special photographer IMO.  Not for me.  



I'm with you 100% on this one. 


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9 years 2 months ago #426741 by Screamin Scott
I suppose I could do it, but it's not really my cup of tea...

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9 years 2 months ago #426815 by One Creative Girl
So what was it like photographing a dead person for the first time?  


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9 years 2 months ago #426878 by Shadowfixer1

One Creative Girl wrote: So what was it like photographing a dead person for the first time?  

I didn't think much about it. I was just trying different angles and watching the exposure. It's not easy to do because of the angles.
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9 years 2 months ago #426899 by Cory J
Curious who moves the deceased around for the photos?  Are you doing it, or did they have a nurse or family member doing that?  


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