A Baby Photo is never going to lose, it's just one of those things. ..

Never follow kids or animals .

I know your just venting, but if you require accolades to feel good about your photography, then perhaps you should hang-up your gear and get a job at the mall shooting pictures of kids all day long (LOL).Warm regards,DOF..

1. One won't critisize a baby photo unless it is taken too badly. Babys make great models due to their free, happy nature & expressions. It is really difficult to take poor baby photos, unless photographer messes up totally..

2. So above is primarily a snapshot category. That does not mean snapshots are to be derided on. They are great for keeping memories. Naturally among snapshots, baby photos are on top..

3. Nevertheless, a photograph, if taken with dreaming of pleasing others, will rearely turn out so. That is hwo it goes with everything. (e.g. In a final sports match, think of Cup or adulation that folows a win, and you will lose the match.). So shoot for your own pleasure.

There are lot of landscape/marriage/sports/fashion/wildlife photographers, minting money and getting accolades..

MWCT wrote:.

Being relatively new to photography, I am discovering somethingastonishing and that is that baby photos, more than any otherphotos seem to garner the most accolades from friends and family.It doesn't matter if I took a technically challenging,aesthetically complex photograph and did hours of post processingon a picture, if I show it next to a snapshot of a baby smiling(and assuming the baby is reasonably in focus), everyone will saythey like the baby picture more. I am quite flabbergasted, ifeveryone likes baby pictures so much, why not just take all babypictures and I can keep my wide angle lens in mothballs. And dittogoes for kittens, they are a close second - I showed this person agroup of blurry, badly composed pictures of kittens and sheabsolutely loved them (not so much my abstracts)..

Just venting .

Regards, Ajayhttp://picasaweb.google.com/ajay0612..

Regardless of what the critics may say, these are two of my favorite photos I've ever captured....so I agree with your findings..

My Son:.

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My Daughter:.

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MWCT wrote:.

Being relatively new to photography, I am discovering somethingastonishing and that is that baby photos, more than any otherphotos seem to garner the most accolades from friends and family.It doesn't matter if I took a technically challenging,aesthetically complex photograph and did hours of post processingon a picture, if I show it next to a snapshot of a baby smiling(and assuming the baby is reasonably in focus), everyone will saythey like the baby picture more. I am quite flabbergasted, ifeveryone likes baby pictures so much, why not just take all babypictures and I can keep my wide angle lens in mothballs. And dittogoes for kittens, they are a close second - I showed this person agroup of blurry, badly composed pictures of kittens and sheabsolutely loved them (not so much my abstracts)..

Just venting .

TimColumbus, Ohiohttp://www.pbase.com/pdqgp..

Small animals (furry or otherwise) appeal to our protective nature - we don't have to think about it. Anything else in an image takes a bit of brain work, and frankly, most people are just too lazy to bother.Rob.

If you're bored...http://braveulysses.deviantart.com/gallery.

'Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.' Sydney Smith (1771-1845)..

Newsflash:Life is unfair..

And...beauty is in the eye of the beholder..

As photographers, we cannot force anyone to appreciate our photos. Do it to please yourself first. If others appreciate your "work", that's gravy...