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06/13/2007 04:32:13 PM · #1 |
Okay, so I was wondering if anyone could give me any sugestions on posing a 15 month old. I have a some photos coming up with this little girl and i have no clue what to do, i'm not even sure if i know what 15 month old kids do...lol
so please someone clue me in on some cute photo ideas for her...
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06/13/2007 04:34:40 PM · #2 |
Find some toys to engage her and take her pictures playing with them. They don't have to be complex or involved, and you could even ask her mom to bring a couple of her (the kid, not the mom) favorite toys and use them.
For almost all of my kids "little" pictures like that, they have their "comfort" thing with them (Huggy Pup for my son, Bear Blankie for my little girl). It gives them a sense of comfort, and when they outgrow the toy, there is still something to remember them by. :) |
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06/13/2007 04:35:04 PM · #3 |
I don't formally shoot kids in that age range because it is difficult, but when I was working with my son to get decent shots at that age, I mainly just put him in his environment, decluttered as much as possible and followed him around and adjusted my composition based on what he was doing... It'll be impossible to get them to "pose" for you at that age.
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06/13/2007 04:37:14 PM · #4 |
| so even photos taken of her kind of just playing are still cute? |
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06/13/2007 04:40:51 PM · #5 |
I have a 15 month old...one word...sedate!!!
Just kidding!!!
Message edited by author 2007-06-13 16:41:37. |
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06/13/2007 04:43:19 PM · #6 |
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06/13/2007 05:09:27 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by litlbopeep:
I have a 15 month old...one word...sedate!!!
Just kidding!!! |
Yes, I try to get sedated before every child shoot.
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06/13/2007 05:18:56 PM · #8 |
I have two specific suggestions:
1) get a large piece of shiny, crinkly wrapping paper - the metallic foil type. It tends to amuse them for quite a while, and you might get some cute poses out of it, and maybe even some good looking reflections from it.
2) get a large box and make it into a "house". Depending on the amount of effort you feel like putting into decorating it (paints, fabric, etc), you'll get some shots with a perfect natural frame (the window or door) as he/she looks out from the box. If you have the space to store the box, it could become a part of your props for future reference. |
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06/13/2007 05:29:54 PM · #9 |
She's not 15 months, but not much older...
 
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06/13/2007 05:36:30 PM · #10 |
This guy was about 15 months:
These were both shot outside with sheets as backdrops under a overcast sky.
 
These were a bit younger:
  
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06/13/2007 05:39:58 PM · #11 |
| Kids like balloons and bubbles at this age. Selective coloring with the balloons is really a lot of fun. Some like to play dress up, so adult shoes or boots are fun, big hats, fairies, flowers, butterflies, ballerinas. Of course, the girls I know have older siblings that engage them in this type of play. |
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06/13/2007 10:08:14 PM · #12 |
I take a lot of pic's of baby's, kids, toddlers & first of all, take the word "pose" out of your vocabulary.. :-).. It's all just candids done in the best lighting you can get them in using a fast shutter speed.. They move so fast you'll have a bunch of blurrys.. So, be sure to take a ton of images and count on your post processing to make them really magical..
   
On the one with the hat, I shot that in the front yard and he wasn't even looking at me, but it's one of my favorites.. The others are in the studio, but I held a rattle in my other hand & that's really what he's looking at.. I only caught a few of him looking at me and that was just luck.. The one with the funny face I caught because he was about to sneeze..
You'll do great.. Just take a ton and you'll find some gems in there no matter what.. :-) |
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06/13/2007 10:17:11 PM · #13 |
  
My little boy was about 15 or 18 mos old with these. I took him to a field at the community college where I work, gave him his toy lawn mower and just followed him around snapping.
In the first one, he is sitting on a fence at Chimney Rock park, and I cropped out his grandfather who was making sure he didn't fall off. |
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06/13/2007 10:26:18 PM · #14 |
Isa is 19 mos now, but I have been photographing her for a LOOONG time :)
Check here
and I did these:
   
Message edited by author 2007-06-13 22:30:50. |
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06/13/2007 10:49:31 PM · #15 |
You better have some plan. You have about 5 minutes. After that, they stop cooperating.
Give them something to play with and start shooting. Also, take them outside in the shade. |
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06/14/2007 09:45:06 AM · #16 |
thanks ya'll it sounds like i'm in for an exciting time
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06/14/2007 09:48:56 AM · #17 |
double sided sticky tape...
(apparently that is what the photographer who took my shot in my christening gown used to put my hands together - although that was 22 years ago and child abuse was an alien concept - scarred for life i am ;))
Although 15 months is a bit old for that ploy i would assume. |
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