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Category: Family Portraits - Page 17
July 6, 2010
Maureen and Brian’s Family at Elizabeth Park, West Hartford, CT
It’s so nice to reconnect with wedding families as couples and their siblings start to have kids. It was so nice to meet Brian and Maureen at Beth and Kevin’s wedding and now to shoot them with their one-year old (wow!) daughter, Caroline! Elizabeth Park is at the end of it’s rose season and I loved how Caroline was all about the roses!
June 9, 2010
Maria and Deb’s Family Portraits at Elizabeth Park
It’s been nice getting to know Maria this past year as co-room parents for first grade! Such a pleasure to shoot her and Deb’s family at Elizabeth Park on a beautiful June evening…the roses are starting to bloom and should be amazing during the third week of June!
To view the slideshow, click on a thumbnail on the right and use your arrow keys to cycle through.
April 27, 2010
Photo Tip: Beyond Snapshots
What photos do you love most?
Probably those that capture the essence of your subject or some distinctive aspect of their personality.
Yet we’re often guilty (us too with our own kids) of asking our children to flash a smile when they pose for the camera…with mixed results.
Here are some tips on how to get more than smiley snapshots of your kids (works with adults as well!)
* Go for no smile: tell kids in a soft voice “no smile”, then take a photo. That’s how I got the shot above.
* Get them talking: ask them to talk about anything that might be of interest (favorite ice cream flavors, Harry Potter, etc.) and listen with the camera to your eye. The range of emotion passing over kids’ faces is amazing.
* Remove the audience: if you want your subject to connect with you (and the camera), remove the distraction of other people watching you shoot. Kids are especially affected by another parent or sibling looking on.
* Belly laugh: ask for a fake laugh but don’t press the shutter until your subject is truly laughing – most people will laugh because they feel so silly – and don’t be shy about demonstrating yourself!