萌一脸血！如果宝宝替爸爸干家务活儿
Our son Ryan was born 9 weeks premature weighing just under 3 lbs. He spent 6 weeks in the NICU and it seemed to last forever. When my daughter was born 2+ years ago, I photoshopped her playing sports as an infant and had wanted to do something similar for my son. Although things didn’t go according to plan we didn’t let it slow us down. We joked that he wasn’t premature just “advanced” – so I came up with the idea that we should do a photoshoot of him doing manly adult things.
我们的儿子Ryan早产了9周，出生时体重还不足3磅。他在新生儿重症监护室里呆了6个星期，这段时间对我来说漫长的不可忍受。两年前当我女儿出生的时候，我给她拍了一些婴儿写真照，她玩耍的样子实在是太可爱了。随后我想到，我也可以给儿子拍些照片。虽然后来事情有些不尽人意，我和妻子没有让这些挫折拖延我们的计划。我们开玩笑说，他不是早产儿，只是“来得比较着急”——由此我想到一个好主意，为儿子拍一组照片，让这个小模特做一些成年男人做的家务活。
Each shoot took about 15-20 minutes. Most of the work is in the setup and editing. First, I had to make props and find outfits for most of the pictures. The next step was setting up the scene, framing the shot, arranging props, and setting up the lighting where appropriate . Some of the setups were elaborate – like for the benchpress photo. For this one, I made a rig that hung from the ceiling. It mounted the camera and also held the barbell above Ryan so all he had to do was grip it rather than hold it up.
每张照片我们拍了大约15-20分钟。我们把大部分的精力都花在布置道具和后期剪辑上了。首先，我要制作道具，大多数照片都需要特殊的服装。第二步是布置场景，架起拍摄用具，摆设道具，在合适的地方架好灯光。有些相片的场景是精心布置的——比如我们为那张平板杠铃卧推的照片设置的布景。为了拍这张照片，我做了一根从天花板上垂下来的桅杆。这根桅杆骑在摄像机上，还承住了杠铃，Ryan只需要抓住杠铃就行，而不用真的把它举起来。
My wife often helped out by holding him so I could put his hands/arms/legs in certain positions, holding things. After I got the pictures of Ryan, I would take some shots of anything that he couldn’t actually hold, like the ax swinging or the fish on the fishing line. After each shoot, I would hcomb throug these hundreds of photos and choose the best ones. I then used Photoshop to remove myself from the pictures and combine the best parts of his body into a unified composite photo.
我的妻子经常从旁协助，由她抱着宝宝，这样我就能把他的小手，胳膊，腿摆成特定的姿势，或者抓住什么东西。有些道具Ryan实际上抓不住，比如在空中挥舞的斧子，或者钓钩上钩着鱼的钓鱼竿。这种情况下，我会先为他拍张照片，再给道具拍照，拍下两组照片之后，我会对拍下的几百张照片认真梳理，选出拍的最好的一组。然后我用修图软件，把我自己从照片里抹掉，然后用那些拍的最好的局部照片，拼成一张完整的合成照片。
People seemed to love the photos – there was a lot of disappointment when the series came to an end. Most people found them funny but there were always a few people that feared for Ryan’s safety. I always explained how the “danger” all came from photoshop and he was always being held and was never in any harm. I’m curious to see what Ryan thinks of them 18 years from now when he’s actually grown up.
人们很喜欢这些照片——当这组照片不再更新的时候，许多网友表示有些遗憾。大多数网友的评论都说这些照片非常风趣，但总有一些人为Ryan的安全问题操心。我总会耐心解释，告诉他们那些“危险动作”都是修图软件做出来的效果，事实上Ryan一直被我们抱在怀里，不会遇到任何危险情况。我很好奇，18年后，当Ryan真的成为一个成年男子的时候，会对这些照片作何感想。
My three pieces of advice for parents of premature babies are to be patient, be positive, and seek support. Scroll down below to see all the fun we had with Baby Ryan!
对那些照顾早产婴儿的爸爸妈妈们，我有三条建议，那就是，保持耐心，积极面对，寻求支持。往下翻，看看我们与小宝宝Ryan之间的欢乐互动吧！
1.Shaving that 5 o’clock shadow
腮边的胡渣要刮干净
2.Mowing the lawn
除草嘿哟嘿
3.Blowing the leaves like a champ
清除落叶~姿势要帅！
4.Playing poker with the boys
哥们几个打牌
5.Chopping that firewood
劈木柴
6.Catching his first fish (and release)
钓到了人生第一条鱼（然后放生了）
7.Tuning up mom’s Prius
给妈妈的丰田汽车做检修
8.Carving the Thanksgiving turkey
切感恩节的火鸡
9.Earning that paycheck (yes we made him a mini briefcase)
出门挣钱养家咯（没错，我们给他做了一个迷你手提箱）
10.Maxing out at 106 ounces on the benchpress
我可以举起106盎司（6斤）重的杠铃啦
11.Pumping iron
举哑铃
12.Ryan’s now 6 months old and finally on the growth chart ! Much love to all the NICU nurses.
Ryan如今已经6个月大了，各种数值都终于达标了！万分感激重症监护室里的所有护士们！
