It’s been a crazy busy week, and my desktop is perched precariously on the corner of our dining room table. So I haven’t been spending much time here.
But I wanted to drop in and talk about some stuff that’s been going on.
I had another article posted on I ♥ Faces this morning, and it’s one of my personal favorites – How to Work with Children…Not Against Them. I am not a professional photographer by any means, so any tips I share on I ♥ Faces are what I have found to work for me while I take candid pictures of Emma throughout our daily lives.
It’s actually funny I wrote this article, because it’s precisely why I haven’t even considered going into professional photography. The thought of working with kids that are not my own gives me sweats. You see, Emma has been in my life every single day for 29 months … I know what mood she’s in, I know what she’s going to do, I know what she likes/dislikes, I can almost guess her next step. Taking pictures of her is EASY.
But if I even think about taking pictures of kids that I don’t know, my stomach starts cramping.
Photography and editing is my passion. I would LOVE to be able to do this as my job. And I wish I could just let go of the fears and jump in with both feet, but for now, I’m content with being a mom behind the camera.
This week’s You Capture challenge was still life. Now, I LOVE still life photos. I have some Flickr friends who rock at this. They can just set up a shot like it was meant to be set up, and it always comes out amazing.
However.
I am not one of those people. At all. But I don’t like being bad at anything, so I’ve been working on it.
Yep, that’s all I got. I have good reasons for not taking many pictures this week, but it’s really because I’m bad at still lifes. I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone else came up with.
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I saw your I heart faces article – wonderful and full of such great advice!
I saw your article at i heart faces. I just LOVE that recommendation with the apple, and if you don’t mind…I think I might steal it for a shoot tomorrow. However, the child might wind up eating it!
Hi Keli!
Wonderful article over at I heart faces! I am going to use some of those tips! :)
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. You were in the 10 for the presets. If you want it just send me a quick not to onewillowphotography at yahoo dot com and I will email it to you!
Jess
I just wanted you to know that I loved your heart faces tutorial. That apple pic was amazing and brilliant
Yea on a new tutorial! I haven’t read it yet because I’m waiting until I can really concentrate on it, but I’m excited to read it!
That jam on the bread looks DELISH!
Don’t you know that your own children are far harder to shoot then those that belong to other people? It’s some strange syndrome called TML (that’s “too much lens-time”) that inhibits them from cooperation. Mine are the same way.
So you would be a genius with other people’s kids, because letting them do their thing and waiting for those moments– always make the best pics. And you’ve had a lot of practice at that.
So don’t let that stop you. I think you should go for it, Keli!
Oh, and I loved your tutorial.
I am so glad they posted that article … I needed to read it – I have my first big photo shoots today – a fundraising event for a friend’s adoption and I know there will be several children. I read the article before, but it was good to read it again :)
just wanted to say i loved your faces tutorial, and linked to it today for my readers, who mostly have children, and i know will glean a lot from it. and, after reading this post, i have to say, you shouldn’t be afraid of other people’s kids!!! my kids trained me well for years on the art of getting good shots from kiddos that are NOT excited about the camera- they CAN like it, but are usually just…indifferent…occaisionally just down right uncooperative :) shooting other people’s children has been much, much easier than my own! (www.FullLifePhoto.com) i think it’s because my own kids have given me so many “tricks”, plus a very relaxed attitude to let them be who they are right then, and that gives the best shots. it also puts parents at ease, when they’re tense, hoping their kids will “perform” at the shoot. so, that said, i think you would be fantastic with other people’s kids!!
Megan
Love it.
So maybe you should practice on Andrew and Reese when we come visit next week. Hehehe…we were some of your first subjects out there when you took our family pics in 06!
people keep talking about i heart faces. i think i visited once but couldn’t figure it out. neat-o. but, for realz. if i call ruby’s name it is like my voice is physically forcing her to look the other direction. but other kids actually respond to their name when i call it! it is insane. my jaw drops, hits the camera and knocks it out of my hands. so, basically, i end up not being able to take pictures of my kids or other people’s kids.