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Not sure if this is the correct place but I’m sure it can be moved if required...

So.....

I have my first shoot this coming weekend for a friend (not payment purely for learning). She would like me to shoot her 2 kids aged 5 and 3 (hmm could be interesting) for a large canvas print.

So I planning to shoot a few shot's indoors and outdoors....
I only have a single flash with umbrella...

I'm more stuck on how to place the kids for a nice shot...does anyone have or know a good website which would assit with this?

cheers

Dan
 
Do they want 'set up' or 'natural' pictures?
Set up - you positioning them
Natural - The kids just playing and you snapping

I understand this isn't a website but some people may have ideas?
Do they have slides/trampoline/swings etc in their garden you could use?
 
Hi,

Well I was planning for more a setup kind of shot(s)- (so have them back to back. may have them laying down and shoot both the head side by side, One sit on the other lap.). I could then take more natural when they have a break...

We have a few items in the garden like a small swing (single seat) pub bench in the corner shaded area....other than that a normalish garden....

cheers

Dan
 
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Natural outdoors cant be beat, get them under some trees with lots of side light coming in and you will be on to a winner.

All the best
 
I'm in a similar situation. A friend of a family friend's mother (you keeping up) is quite ill (I gather of cancer but not sure) and the ill woman's daughter wants someone to take some photos of her children at play (twins aged five and one aged seven) to have in her mothers room. I've said I'm not a big portrait/people photographer but I'd be willing to give it a go.

So she's suggested I take the photos at the local play park and I figured I'd just stick the 70-200mm on the camera and snap away - so that the kids aren't worried about the photos resulting in more natural shots. Only problems I can see with this is that I might not have a high keeper rate (not too bothered about that) and that I'm turning up with my camera with a conspicuous lens at a play park in summer!

I'm also considering taking a few "posed" photos but I'll be the first to admit I don't like children (never was one myself!) and struggle to interact with them well (hence my preferred choice of "natural" photos of them where there's no need to pose them). Any thoughts on the matter? I'm hoping I'll have a second body by the time of the shoot so I'm thinking of sticking it on the tripod with my cheapest lens (manual focus only so there's no motor to wreck!) and letting them take photos of each other with it. This'll get some natural photos of them messing about with the camera. Also if any of their shots are any good I can always use them too!

One particularly adventurous thought I've had is having an over the shoulder shot of one of the kids using the camera and having a view of the LCD which'll have a nice photo of the other two on it (photoshopped in or shot in camera). I dunno though. I'm dreading it.

Sorry if it looks like I'm hijacking the thread :)

Good luck with your shoot, Dan! Wish I had some useful advice for you!
 
Go on flickr & search for child portraits/group portraits/family portraits etc and you'll find loads of inspiration :)
 
Hi

I feel you would be better away from other kids than hanging about with a long lensin a play park with lots of kids.

Kids will play anywhere just get them involed in a game at a location with nice light and a good backgrounds the mother can be with the kids,you dont need to photography her.

all the best
 
The shoot went quite well in the end around 24 keeps out of a good 100 or so. I found it easier with the parent in another room and engaged with the kids myself. I spent a good 15mintues just larking around and then asked for some posed shots...it was the 2year old that was a nightmare to get looking at the camera and staying in the general area...still gained good experience and I learned allot from it...(more light needed for the low ISO shots)

cheers

Dan..
 
Here's a few shots from my 1st shoot...the back ground I know is bad as I could only knock up sheets...please help me prove on these shoots...

cheers

Dan

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