Top secret trick for capturing a 2 year old baby

Top secret trick for capturing a 2 year old baby

For anyone who hasn’t tried to capture a toddler at this age, let me tell you that all they want to do is RUN as far and as fast away from you as possible when given the opportunity. And if they’re a photographer’s kid? The LAST place they are going to look is right at the camera.

Find a stranger! 

Knowing how tricky it is to get him/her to smile and look anywhere near your lens, You purposely took this little girl to your local botanic gardens yesterday because You knew that it had the two most important things You needed:

1. Good light & natural backgrounds.

2. Plenty of strangers walking the paths in and around the gardens.

Now scoped out the perfect spot, got your camera settings ready to go, and waited patiently for a kind looking grandma-aged lady to walk by. You should sweetly asked this good-natured stranger to stand behind you and say hi to Little Pea. Your little flirt gave this absolute stranger  him/her BIGGEST smile along with  him/her signature giggle.

In two seconds flat you could the perfect portrait of  baby. That kind he/she laughed when you told him/her you were done and that you had got what you needed.