Family portraits for an old school friend.
How do you get a three year old to pose for photos? Ask him to do the opposite of what you want! "Don't cuddle your brother, don't smile, don't hold the dog..." His mum's brilliant idea to get him to cooperate. He then got really into the photo session, jumping on cushions, dancing about, drawing on the backdrop (with my full permission!), having a great time! As it turned out, Mum was really pleased with the photos of him and his brother drawing together on the backdrop. As it's a paper roll I'd cut the end off anyway at the end of the session, so allowing him to draw on the biggest sheet of paper ever was pretty exciting stuff!
The threat of being tickled by the proper feather duster also helped! I picked this up at a jumble sale and it's a really pretty object with jewel-coloured feathers (that's my excuse for not using it to dust...). It's a good trick I learnt from a tog forum.
Was a great, fun session overall with everyone being relaxed and smiling - and enjoying the tea and cakes afterwards as we had a proper catch up.
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