We live in Islamabad, but our families and friends are in the United States, Philippines, Thailand, and other parts of the world.The best way to keep our loved ones updated about our lives is to maintain blogs and post photos online, in addition to e-mail. I always thought that I was being careful posting pictures of our baby on a private album of a paid account. Imagine my surprise when one particular photo of our baby -- who was then 2-3 months old, lying naked on his tummy right after his bath (see above photo) -- was taken offline because it was deemed "offensive." (I used PhotoShop to make the photo black & white and to add a leaf over the "offending part" so as not to offend the people in Shine.)
At first I was annoyed, even insulted, and thought about canceling my subscription -- it was after all a private album and so many pictures of a baby's bottom proliferate on the Web and are even sold as postcards. But I lightened up, and re-posted the photo in another site, one that is password-protected.
Here are two excellent websites by professional photographers, of baby and children photography. I love their work and style, and will continue to use them as inspiration in taking pictures of my baby.
http://blog.jsherrickphotography.com/
http://www.martalocklear.com/blog/
