If your child is not smiling is not a drama or a problem, just TAKE your picture. Show how it would be normally and spontaneously. If you want to grasp a real smile do not ask them to smile but tell them something that might interest them, let them have fun.
A great mistake is to think that the photos should be printed and beautiful only when the child is smiling or looking at the camera or you are all posing as smiling soldiers. Try to change your perspective. Do you watch it do something, anything, and try something at that moment? Take it .. but without interfering with what is happening. Simply with the aim of creating a memory, an emotion.
Other posts in the series:
- How to photograph kids
- Photograph Kids - Tip #1 ... They don't need to smile
- Photograph Kids - Tip #2 ... Change your perspective
- Photograph Kids - Tip #3 ... Photograph everything
- Photograph Kids - Tip #4 ... Experiment
- Photograph Kids - Tip #5 ... Shot from behind
- Photograph Kids - Tip #6 ... Semplicity
- Photograph Kids - Tip #7 ... Direct viewer's eye
- Photograph Kids - Tip #8 ... Go near
- Photograph Kids - Tip #9 ... Go far away
- Photograph Kids - Tip #10 ... Shoot discreetly
- Photograph Kids - Tip #11 ... Light
- Photograph Kids - Tip #12 ... Don't be afraid to crop
- Photograph Kids - Tip #13 ... Timing
- Photograph Kids - Tip #14 ... Ask them some questions
- Photograph Kids - Tip #15 ... Details
- Photograph Kids - Tip #16 ... Layers
- Photograph Kids - Tip #17 ... Post-production
- Photograph Kids - Tip #18 ... Selfies :)
- Photograph Kids - Tip #19 ... Self timer
- Photograph Kids - Tip #20 ... The right equipment
Francesca
You're absolutely right! These shots are great. Thanks for sharing these tips. The hardest part is not saying "smile"! My daughter ends up crying when she's not in the mood for a photo. I love our spontaneous, unplanned photos though.
Thank you very much!!! I'll give you many other tips next days :D
Absolutely beautiful photos! Candid photos are the best photos to me.
Thanks !!