Any person carrying a camera knows how hard it is to get a good family picture. One with honest emotion is hard because if they see the camera they react just like us. Cheese it up or Run away. If you are a photographer like me, you even run away and get a camera to hide behind.
Picture a professional photographer - Now do you ever see the face partially covered up by a camera?! I am so bad about it that I wasn't even allowed near a camera on my wedding two years ago. I can remember my wedding quite clearly - even the 109 degree heat when my limo broke down and then we went to QuickTrip for photos (and air conditioning). We were sweating bullets and downed all the water in the limo. Yes that is a real photo there and man were we happy for that slushy machine.
How did the photographer keep us happy? I and the four groomsmen broke out and played Tetris for hours.
Just like this big kid, the key to capturing kids happy is like the picture above. This little flower girl was deeply in love with bugs. Her jar had to go with her and sit near her for pictures. She was happy and her posed pictures show it. If you want good pictures - give them what they want. Even it if is a jar full of lightning bugs in the middle of a church or a frog hopping in the grass during a family photo session. You can't keep everyone happy unless you give them something to pass the time they enjoy.
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