Photographing kids, inspiration needed.

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Though I've shot kids in commercial advertising projects, I've never actually done any family portrait type stuff. My wife has sort of offered my services (bless her :shake: ) to a friend, who just wants some nice images of her kids, but nothing formal.

My brain has gone blank, so I'm looking for ideas. Can anyone point me in the direction of any websites that have less formal type portraiture type stuff?

Cheers :)
 
treeman said:
Though I've shot kids in commercial advertising projects, I've never actually done any family portrait type stuff. My wife has sort of offered my services (bless her :shake: ) to a friend, who just wants some nice images of her kids, but nothing formal.

My brain has gone blank, so I'm looking for ideas. Can anyone point me in the direction of any websites that have less formal type portraiture type stuff?

Cheers :)
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You may like to start with this link.
 
lol I was thinking the same thing......you know what taking photos of kids makes you in our current climate!

I will be watching this thread though as I am in the same situation. We have a blank space on the wall about the TV, 5 nice photo frames and nothing to go in them. Hopefully there will be some good suggestions.
 
I do TV pose, Pile Ups, Hide and Seek, Collie Buckies, High Shoulders, Crawl through the legs, rolly polies, jumping starfish, highest jump competition, the tickle test, the no smile game, erm.....that's all I can think of top of my head. None of these other than the TV pose are actually poses, I can ellaborate on any of them if you wish....are you in a studio?

Gary.
PS - I forgot one, SWIMMING. Thanks to ALI B for that trick! :)
 
How old are the kids? Parks are good locations. Best to let the kids do what they want and don't try to control them too much. If they're young, get the parents to bring some treats along to act as bribery ;)

If it's indoors, look for nice window light and go from there. Patterns and textures in the background, interesting coloured walls are all good.
 
EdinburghGary said:
I do TV pose, Pile Ups, Hide and Seek, Collie Buckies, High Shoulders, Crawl through the legs, rolly polies, jumping starfish, highest jump competition, the tickle test, the no smile game, erm.....that's all I can think of top of my head. None of these other than the TV pose are actually poses, I can ellaborate on any of them if you wish....are you in a studio?

Gary.
PS - I forgot one, SWIMMING. Thanks to ALI B for that trick! :)
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Cheers for that Gary, that's great. I can work out most of them, but what's collie buckies?

I'm not studio shooting. Their house is really small, so might have to go outside for some of the more active shots.

Ages are 8 and 10 I think!!
 
I do child 'portraits' and do shoots on the beach, in parks etc. They tend to relax and enjoy it a bit and when they are worn out from running around I get a few posed shots at the end - I like like the shots where they dont realise you are photographing them - some of my favourite captures
 
depending on age...use some props
a teddy
a dog
a book
a something or other
this will split the attention of the sitter
once its 90/10 in favour of the prop...you will get some natural effect

 
I also get groups of siblings to do a Pile Up and it usually makes a good photo. I also like props such as a wooden rocking horse or similar :)

Also dont forget about outdoor portraits? Unposed pics of the kids are usually the nicest for the family, one kid might be looking into a pond at fish or another sat on a bench, most of my favourites are unposed :) I found this website when looking for ideas
 
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