Children!!!

[susie]

I will NEVER go near them again!!
Little darling (3 or 4 years old) saw the camera and pictures and decided that they wanted their picture taken, not a great problem except that they wanted it not in the garden or anywhere nice but in the workshop after all thats where dad does things - its also got tools (broom, shovel etc) propped against the walls and is hardly a "nice" background. I am not allowed to move the tools and the picture had to be taken here :shake: final picture has handles growing out of their head and one shoulder, and a lawnmower growing from the other shoulder. Tried the give me a nice smile for the picture - BIG mistake - the nice smile means lips close together in the vague shape of a smile and eyes tightly shut :bang: Little monster chooses their favorite picture and I print it (well I cropped it and showed the little monster which button to press so of course it was all the monsters work) cue one VERY happy monster bouncing around showing mummy and daddy what they had done all by themselves!!!

At least there is a very happy monster tonight with probably the most incorrect picture you could imagine that is now a total work of art, and parents who think I am great

How the hell do you get them to look happy when you are doing a photo - all the ones anyone else takes has a nice clean child smiling happily for the camera - I get a grubby monster who has a very odd idea of what a smile is!

 

[nfulcher]

Sounds like fun....can we see any pics??

 

[towershot]

PIC PIC PIC PIC PIC PIC PIC PIC

 

[susie]

Sounds like fun....can we see any pics??

Fun - purgatory is more like it!!!

No pics, it was just a bit of fun and I doubt they would want them on the internet - certainly not what I would want to show people as the sort of thing I would do either

 

[artona]

Hi Susie

Terrify them by turning up on ya horse

Seriously photographing children is all about psychology and has nothing to do with F stops

Here's one I took earlier ( well this afternoon)

But thats cheating as she is my daughter . Yesterday though I bought her new shoes. She has spent the summer in soft rubber shoes and now its school again tougher leather shoes were not wanted. I spotted some that flash so she now wears shoes that flash and has forgotten they hurt her

stew

 

[G2EWS]

Hi Stew,

You beat me to it! Was just going to tell everyone you cheated!

Seriously though, Stew is a master at getting Children to smile and partake when it comes to portraits. Not sure if I have seen anyone who does it better!

Regards

Chris

 

[susie]

Hi Susie

Terrify them by turning up on ya horse

Seriously photographing children is all about psychology and has nothing to do with F stops


But thats cheating as she is my daughter . Yesterday though I bought her new shoes. She has spent the summer in soft rubber shoes and now its school again tougher leather shoes were not wanted. I spotted some that flash so she now wears shoes that flash and has forgotten they hurt her

stew

Hi Stew,

You beat me to it! Was just going to tell everyone you cheated!

Seriously though, Stew is a master at getting Children to smile and partake when it comes to portraits. Not sure if I have seen anyone who does it better!

Regards

Chris

The horse is a sore point at the moment - large vets bill approaching

I think I was the one that was the victim of psychology from the aforementioned monster!! I was having fun getting pics of 4 legged creatures and had not expected to be bullied by a knee nibbler To be fair my friends were pretty suprised as its usually a case of prise the child from behind mummy when they try to get a photo, so for me to be told I was going to do it was a bit of a turn around.

Artona, perhaps you could send me your method of getting a clean child that has a smile thats considered normal rather than a smug looking monster wearing an expression that is an impression of a smile

 

[G2EWS]

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Artona, perhaps you could send me your method of getting a clean child that has a smile thats considered normal rather than a smug looking monster wearing an expression that is an impression of a smile

Hi Susie,

I am sure Stew will be along with some ideas and more importantly sample pics of his triumphs in the field of combat against said monsters

Regards

Chris