Tips on Shooting Children

As photographers I am pretty sure someone can relate to my experience of shooting a child. Dat moment where you are getting difficulties in getting the child to focus - Oh the struggles!!! Sooooo, I was hired to do a portrait of a little 3-year old boy and for a moment then I felt as though I wasn't going to be successful in getting this portrait done. I think he was being more distracted by something else lols :-)

But after trying multiple tactics, I was able to get a beautiful portrait that both myself and the client were satisfied. Based on my experience, I was able to generate 3 tips that I would love to share in respect to shooting kids:

1. Be Patient with them - Most important!!! Some kids will not warm up to you immediately. In response to this, sit down at their level and play with them. Become their friend first and they'll trust you the rest of the day.

2.Capture who they are - It can be a simple photograph of them staring out... such as the following:

3. Let's see the face - Children have the most amazing eyes. Capture the child in his or her natural environment. Concentrate on beautiful facial shots. Focus on the eyes and you'll be able to capture a lovely image such as this one: Too Cute :-)