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ok i have an idea but how the hell do i do it.....

ok so here goes.. Hubby is of to afgan soon and i want a nice pic of him and the bratts before he goes away.. i know i know well take it yourself that is what he said..

now for those of you that had the missfortune to meet him in york (the one calling us geeks) he won't allow you to compose a shot.. please see my snowmen pictures it "just take the ******* picture... YV step in and back me up here.

i have a flash gun i have never used as i have no idea how to..

now the help bit (sorry long winded i know) any tips to get my lot to "pose" and how the heck to i shoot it. and or is there anyone you can recomend in my area Durham ish.. and no i do not want to be in the pic....that is why i own my kit.. i stay behind the lens..

thank you in advance:bonk:
 
gumbo-67 said:
ook so here goes.. Hubby is of to afgan soon and i want a nice pic of him and the bratts before he goes away..

now the help bit (sorry long winded i know) any tips to get my lot to "pose" and how the heck to i shoot it.
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Tell him not to be so selfish, and to pose for one nice photo as a momento when he leaves. Surely he can stand to hold still for five minutes for a special photo? :)
 
OutLore said:
Promise him something in return for posing nicely. ;)
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:lol: i get what you mean but i need the bratts to behave as well and it is not so much a pose as a do as you are told and stop acting stupid... thing....

oh and becasue he is off away for a nice holiday for 6 months he will excpect something nice.. (not getting it mind you)
 
gumbo-67 said:
i stay behind the lens..
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Not always. :p

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where the **** you ****ing ...bleep bleep i hate you .......ohhhh you wait... chuffing git bag...i can't believe you just did that ****ing hell
 
:bang: please i know i word things wrong i just either want some pointers and or the name of a good tog...

blinking heck... all it is is a mad blinking squddie and his teenage bratts...
 
Bring him and the kids down to our Studio in Leeds, I'll sort him, I'm ex-RMP and that in itself will make his toes curl :lol:
 
MarkyP said:
Bring him and the kids down to our Studio in Leeds, I'll sort him, I'm ex-RMP and that in itself will make his toes curl :lol:
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emm thanks may work on my bratts but doubt it on him...thinking cap on here...
 
Bribe them all with food. OR, threaten to withhold food if they don't behave!!!
 
gumbo-67 said:
emm thanks may work on my bratts but doubt it on him...thinking cap on here...
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I have cold beer in the fridge though :)

AND ...... it won't cost you a penny. He's Forces, I'm ex-Forces, he's doing a tour in Afganistan ... nuff said!
 
MarkyP said:
I have cold beer in the fridge though :)

AND ...... it won't cost you a penny. He's Forces, I'm ex-Forces, he's doing a tour in Afganistan ... nuff said!
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that is soo kind of you and i wasn't looking for a feebie.. i don't expect that.. but so kind at the moment i am just trying to get ideas together... i really want something oh not normal but not stupid..something that shows it is them...

"so how do you fit a staircase and two bedrooms into a shot"!!!! but i hope that it explians it a bit more...
 
Nod said:
Bribe them all with food. OR, threaten to withhold food if they don't behave!!!
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Oh don't you blinking start!!!! i know all we would have to do to get you in front of the camera is to but a decent bacon buttie there....
 
I'd rather have an indecent one!

I still reckon bribery with beer/scotch and/or food is the best option.
 
gumbo-67 said:
that is soo kind of you and i wasn't looking for a feebie.. i don't expect that.. but so kind at the moment i am just trying to get ideas together... i really want something oh not normal but not stupid..something that shows it is them...

"so how do you fit a staircase and two bedrooms into a shot"!!!! but i hope that it explians it a bit more...
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How about taking shots of them individually, with or without their knowledge, creating a collage and then framing it. That way you get the true personalities that will make you laugh for years everytime you look at it?
 
Nod said:
I'd rather have an indecent one!

I still reckon bribery with beer/scotch and/or food is the best option.
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ahhh now Scotch for the old git food for big bratt maybe the little one..
 
And if all else fails, then a guaranteed result would be what I call the "Because Mum/Wife wants it" approach.

A simple reminder about who does all the washing, cooking, cleaning, tidying, ironing, shopping should be enough to install a sense of guilt in them all, sufficient to make them comply hehehehehehe :lol:
 
MarkyP said:
And if all else fails, then a guaranteed result would be what I call the "Because Mum/Wife wants it" approach.

A simple reminder about who does all the washing, cooking, cleaning, tidying, ironing, shopping should be enough to install a sense of guilt in them all, sufficient to make them comply hehehehehehe :lol:
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along with well you are going on holiday so do as you are told..... thanks mark... pm sent
 
I can do studio sets with the most awkward beggars, I can shoot other peoples kids all day .... but trying toget my Missus and kids to comply? ..... I'd rather poke my eyes out with a cocktail stick, it'd be less painful.

All the decent shot's I have of my wife and kids have come from taking a walk ... either to the seafront, in the woods, down to the park .... anything. Camera at the ready, take so many pictures that eventually they give up trying to avoid the camera and out of maybe 150 shots I'll get a dozen or so keepers. A good zoom lens helps.
 
What rocks his boat.

For example, fast cars - book him a drive in an Aston Martin and get him and the kids to pose in front of it.

Ken
 
Nikon Ken said:
What rocks his boat.

For example, fast cars - book him a drive in an Aston Martin and get him and the kids to pose in front of it.

Ken
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bikes... oh and me of course :gag:

i think i now have it sorted thanks to the great Markp.. he has helped me sort out what sort of thing i wanted..

Thanks Mark..
 
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