From the course: Kids Photography: Posed Outdoor Portraits

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Reviewing the photo and non-photo gear

Reviewing the photo and non-photo gear

From the course: Kids Photography: Posed Outdoor Portraits

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Reviewing the photo and non-photo gear

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- With your photo shoot, a lot of times at my sessions, I have to bring a little extra help with me. I do dance around, I do use a lot of the environmental aspects to make the kids laugh. But I do bring my trusty camera bag, as well. With that, I like to call it my bag of tricks. I have a few things in here that are kid-friendly and tend to make them laugh. One, being a pom pom, which you'll see later on as I like to put it on my hair, or make the dads dance around as cheerleaders. A few other things are playful cameras that the kids find funny if I let them know I'm going to take their picture with this one. And then, of course, what children don't like rattles and balls. Things that bounce, and we play catch with, and interact throughout the session. A few extra things to bring with, just in case it isn't working, the kids aren't smiling, and they need a little something else to get them going and laughing and looking at the camera. I do keep an ample amount of extra cards, spare…

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