@bennett-family Oh yes, I understand. 😀
Yes, I love this family! but I admit that I do feel much more intimidated by little kids than their parents. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE little kids + babies, but I feel like I have to ‘win’ their trust, and ‘win’ their comfortability and ‘win’ their affection, and fight myself (or so it feels) for every smile. I haven’t finished the posing course yet though, I’m only a little bit through, so hopefully that will help. 😀 I’ve been elbow-deep in other important work, so I’ve been holding off finishing that until I need to, even though I love it so much. 😀
@loganlamar Oh yes, I love that trick!! The last time we got our family portraits done by a professional photographer, she used that trick on my little brother and I’ve always remembered it and used it myself. 😀 I haven’t read the article yet so I don’t know how that photographer says it, but is it deceitful to ASK them if there’s something in the lens? For example, “Do you see any ducks in my lens?” (that’s how I usually ask it) …is that being deceitful? It’s not saying there are ducks in the lens, just asking if they see any, and of course they won’t see them, then laugh. Would love to hear what you think though because I definitely don’t want to be deceitful!! And thank you very much for the article – I will definitely want to read that! I already skimmed it, but am saving it.