Kids and Families

Kids and Families

Kids move around a lot and quickly get bored, so you need to take a practical, hands-on approach when you work with young "supermodels" aged between 2 and 12.

Waiting Is Boring!

Most kids aren’t very patient, so you need to work quickly if you want to keep them interested during a photo shoot. You need to find ways to make a shoot fun, and to distract your subjects or make them laugh. As soon as a youthful subject gets bored and you can no longer hold their interest, you will simply have to give up and end the shoot.

Functional Setups

The setups introduced in this chapter are highly functional and have little to do with technical finesse. Photos of kids work best with a simple main light/fill light ...

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