So I have been thinking of putting up some tips and tricks for people interested in getting their child or families portraits taken, so that if you are reading this blog you can get something back :) So I thought I would pop something up every Tuesday and call it 'Tips on Tuesday'. The problem being that I didn't quite get around to it yesterday......so then I thought I would do it on Thursday and call it 'Think about it on Thursday'. Which sounds a lot more lame, but still. Well of course I have right this very moment decided to do it NOW and of course today is Wednesday. I got nothing. So any title suggestions are welcome, really, just take a minute to join blogspot and help me out with this one!
So here we go!
Tip #1. Help your photographer to help you. What is your child/children interested in?
If they are very little it could be the noise a toy makes that always makes them smile or watch (my last little client liked a toy horse that neighed). If they are only just starting to move about, what makes them stop to look/play? It might be little cars, or bubbles or picking flowers or putting things into a little bucket. If they are more preschool age it might be a guitar, drawing with chalk on the pavement or like my little girl in a previous post learning how to wink. Older kids might particlarly like a pet or maybe a soccer ball.
The point is if you let the photographer know it can be incorporated into some of the photoshoot for a number of results, like: Getting a distracted child to look in the cameras direction, getting children to relax and have a more natural face, to get busy toddlers to slow down for 30 seconds! And most importantly it will reflect your childs personality at that time in their life and bring this to the resulting images....and that's what it's all about right?
Need some examples? Pop back tomorrow and I shall post a whole heap!! But for now....a big bubbly bath is calling :)
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