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Reviewing ways to photograph a toddler

Reviewing ways to photograph a toddler

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Reviewing ways to photograph a toddler

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- You know I'm a long-time photojournalist, I've covered a lot of sports in my career including the Olympic Games. But I don't think anything has prepared me for the degree of difficulty in photographing a two year old. Hi, I'm Steve Simon, the passionate photographer and welcome to a brand new edition of Photo Critique of the Week. This week, we're going to take a look at my little guy, my son Sawyer who's two and a half now, when these pictures were taken, and I got to tell you, very, very challenging. I have total new respect for those who do for a living and photograph children, because they're moving so fast and to really get the kind of image that you hope to get of kids, fast moving kids, it's really challenging. So, let's talk about it. I just have this little series of images that I wanted to show you. They were, I checked the metadata, they were all shot within 45 seconds and I think that, that's what I've learned is to get the kind of expression that I really, I'm hoping to…

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