By John McCullough
Great children's photographers will make the whole incident fun for the children and as cheerful as possible for mom and dad. Dragging a child to the photo studio and making him sit quiet while some stranger pokes a camera in his face is not going to get the outcome you want.
Camera men, who are practiced working with kids, know that they have an intuition on how to read grown-ups. They can tell instantly if the adult honestly likes kids or is just bearing them. If they observe the latter, you may have now found the reason why your normally obedient child acts like a monster at the photographers.
Camera men, who are practiced working with kids, know that they have an intuition on how to read grown-ups. They can tell instantly if the adult honestly likes kids or is just bearing them. If they observe the latter, you may have now found the reason why your normally obedient child acts like a monster at the photographers.
If you would like to be a successful children's photographers you have to permit the kids play. You have to make an effort to talk to them on their level without being patronizing. You also have to understand children. It is astonishing how many professional photographers will expect a kid to sit still for what seems like hours while they assume this pose or that. This is just plain silly.
When you work with kids you must work quickly. In fact you only have a couple of minutes, sometimes even less than that, to get the shot right. This doesn't allow for amateur faults. Kids get bored really fast and their behavior will start to worsen.
In addition to working fast, you need to give them a rest as soon as you notice they are getting bored. Hopefully then you can re-engage their interest and take more shots. Before you even start taking photographs of the child, the specialist should have agreed with the parents the nature of shots they want and how many. Having a solid plan in mind and knowing just what you need to happen will help to break off any problems. Also the better your children's photographers speak to
When you work with kids you must work quickly. In fact you only have a couple of minutes, sometimes even less than that, to get the shot right. This doesn't allow for amateur faults. Kids get bored really fast and their behavior will start to worsen.
In addition to working fast, you need to give them a rest as soon as you notice they are getting bored. Hopefully then you can re-engage their interest and take more shots. Before you even start taking photographs of the child, the specialist should have agreed with the parents the nature of shots they want and how many. Having a solid plan in mind and knowing just what you need to happen will help to break off any problems. Also the better your children's photographers speak to you, i.e. the customer the more likely you are to achieve a positive outcome.
In addition to working fast, you need to give them a rest as soon as you notice they are getting bored. Hopefully then you can re-engage their interest and take more shots. Before you even start taking photographs of the child, the specialist should have agreed with the parents the nature of shots they want and how many. Having a solid plan in mind and knowing just what you need to happen will help to break off any problems. Also the better your children's photographers speak to you, i.e. the customer the more likely you are to achieve a positive outcome.