萌一臉血！如果寶寶替爸爸幹家務活兒
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.
我們的兒子Ryan早產了9周，出生時體重還不足3磅。他在新生兒重症監護室裏呆了6個星期，這段時間對我來說漫長的不可忍受。兩年前當我女兒出生的時候，我給她拍了一些嬰兒寫真照，她玩耍的樣子實在是太可愛了。隨後我想到，我也可以給兒子拍些照片。雖然後來事情有些不盡人意，我和妻子沒有讓這些挫折拖延我們的計劃。我們開玩笑說，他不是早產兒，只是“來得比較着急”——由此我想到一個好主意，爲兒子拍一組照片，讓這個小模特做一些成年男人做的家務活。
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.
每張照片我們拍了大約15-20分鐘。我們把大部分的精力都花在佈置道具和後期剪輯上了。首先，我要製作道具，大多數照片都需要特殊的服裝。第二步是佈置場景，架起拍攝用具，擺設道具，在合適的地方架好燈光。有些相片的場景是精心佈置的——比如我們爲那張平板槓鈴臥推的照片設置的佈景。爲了拍這張照片，我做了一根從天花板上垂下來的桅杆。這根桅杆騎在攝像機上，還承住了槓鈴，Ryan只需要抓住槓鈴就行，而不用真的把它舉起來。
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.
我的妻子經常從旁協助，由她抱着寶寶，這樣我就能把他的小手，胳膊，腿擺成特定的姿勢，或者抓住什麼東西。有些道具Ryan實際上抓不住，比如在空中揮舞的斧子，或者釣鉤上鉤着魚的釣魚竿。這種情況下，我會先爲他拍張照片，再給道具拍照，拍下兩組照片之後，我會對拍下的幾百張照片認真梳理，選出拍的最好的一組。然後我用修圖軟件，把我自己從照片裏抹掉，然後用那些拍的最好的局部照片，拼成一張完整的合成照片。
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.
人們很喜歡這些照片——當這組照片不再更新的時候，許多網友表示有些遺憾。大多數網友的評論都說這些照片非常風趣，但總有一些人爲Ryan的安全問題操心。我總會耐心解釋，告訴他們那些“危險動作”都是修圖軟件做出來的效果，事實上Ryan一直被我們抱在懷裏，不會遇到任何危險情況。我很好奇，18年後，當Ryan真的成爲一個成年男子的時候，會對這些照片作何感想。
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!
對那些照顧早產嬰兒的爸爸媽媽們，我有三條建議，那就是，保持耐心，積極面對，尋求支持。往下翻，看看我們與小寶寶Ryan之間的歡樂互動吧！
1.Shaving that 5 o’clock shadow
腮邊的鬍渣要刮乾淨
2.Mowing the lawn
除草嘿喲嘿
3.Blowing the leaves like a champ
清除落葉~姿勢要帥！
4.Playing poker with the boys
哥們幾個打牌
5.Chopping that firewood
劈木柴
6.Catching his first fish (and release)
釣到了人生第一條魚（然後放生了）
7.Tuning up mom’s Prius
給媽媽的豐田汽車做檢修
8.Carving the Thanksgiving turkey
切感恩節的火雞
9.Earning that paycheck (yes we made him a mini briefcase)
出門掙錢養家咯（沒錯，我們給他做了一個迷你手提箱）
10.Maxing out at 106 ounces on the benchpress
我可以舉起106盎司（6斤）重的槓鈴啦
11.Pumping iron
舉啞鈴
12.Ryan’s now 6 months old and finally on the growth chart ! Much love to all the NICU nurses.
Ryan如今已經6個月大了，各種數值都終於達標了！萬分感激重症監護室裏的所有護士們！
