Despite this, over two days this last week, my friend Shawna volunteered her family (herself, her two daughters aged about 20 months and 4 years, and her partner) as test subjects for my first family shoot.
I needed a specific couple of shots for my unit 4 project photographs, and Shawna and her family were willing and able to offer two requirements: A young child, and a group of three or more people. Of course, I shot a whole bunch of other types of shots, too!
So a great big thank you goes to Shawna, who is also a photographer, for helping me with the supreme tasks of herding cats ... I mean, corralling the children ... and suggesting locations, poses, etc.
I'm not familiar with children - don't have any, don't come into contact with many! So, despite my valiant efforts at friendliness and approachability on their level, I think they smell the fear in the air, and often leave me stumped for ideas of what to do next, how to elicit a smile, how to distract a child that's fixedly staring at the ground, etc!
That said, I think I got a few good ones ...
Lovely shots. I'm sure the family was very pleased by these. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen! I haven't heard from the family yet. I was SO far out of my comfort zone, though, so am pretty pleased with them!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your first family shoot! Wow, what a great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks, ladies, I'm pleased with the results! I had a lot of help from Shawna re poses, getting the kids' attention, etc!
ReplyDeleteTanya, these turned out really well, especially for your first family photo. I especially like the lower-angle perspective on your opening shot. Working with kids isn't easy, even when your comfortable with them. My family shot for Unit 4 included a 3 year old, who was just not interested in having his picture taken. We did what we could, and my partner got a good shot of him running through the arboretum. One piece of advice I have when working with kids, is not to work alone!
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