needa bitmore convincing to cooperate.Understanding
thateachchildisdifferentiskey,andhavingthepatience
neededtoworkatita littlelongerwillbethedifference
betweenasuccessfulandanunsuccessfulchildportraiture
shoot.
Most children will come around in the end with some
patience,game playand silliness.Youcanconvince the
toughest child to have fun and create some great
expressions!Sometimeseventhegrumpyexpressionscan
bepriceless–let’snotforget,nobodysmilesallthetime,
and all expressions tell us a little more about a person.
Once thebabyor childiscomfortable itisimportantto
rememberthattheyhavearelativelyshortattentionspan,
and mayneeda few breaks inbetween shotsto havea
cuddlewithmum,getchanged,haveafeed,nappychange
andsoon.Inthesetimesitisagoodideatomovearound
thelightingset-uptocreateadifferentlook,ortoinclude
mumanddadintheshoottokeepbabyorlittleonehappy.
Workfastandknowwhenyouhavetheshotyourequire,
and then move quickly onto the next.
Itisalsoagoodideatohavetohandavarietyofsmalltoys
and rattlesto helpdistractand drawtheattention ofthe
baby.Babiesuptotheageofaroundeighteenmonthswill
respondverywelltobabbleandpeek-a-boo;theolderbaby
will lose interest in
thisveryquickly,sopuppetsandothersmalltoysaregreat
to use to maintain their attention.
Withbabiesandyoungerchildrenoneofthegreatesttoys
inthestudio canbe aballorlittle rubberduck,each of
whichcanbehidden,placedontopofthehead,usedto