How to keep three young boys, who don’t particularly like having their photos taken and who definitely don’t smile on demand, engaged for a whole session? And get good photos of them?
These were questions that the mum of these boys had obviously asked herself in advance and had come up with great solutions to. Firstly, I had already met all the family, which really helps everyone to relax. Secondly, ample snacks were on hand so that the kids weren’t hungry. Thirdly, games and toys were set up in a couple of different rooms in the house, with both parents around playing with the kids. This meant that I could focus for a bit on one kid, and the others were doing something enjoyable and engaging rather than getting bored while waiting for their turn. It also meant that I could get natural action shots of the kids playing games they enjoy, meaning that the smiles are genuine as they are doing something that is fun for them. For the kids it was more like a day of games with their parents and brothers, the photography was incidental.
As a result of all this the session ran like a dream and I even got smiley photos of the child who doesn’t normally smile much.
![WGP L-28 Young boy lit my ambient light. Photographed by Anna Hindocha/Warm Glow Photo](https://i2.wp.com/warmglowphoto.com/wp2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lena-28.jpg?w=717&h=478)
![WGP L-264 Two brothers on a sofa lit my ambient light. Photographed by Anna Hindocha/Warm Glow Photo](https://i2.wp.com/warmglowphoto.com/wp2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lena-264.jpg?w=355&h=237)
![WGP L-344 Boy playing table football lit my ambient light. Photographed by Anna Hindocha/Warm Glow Photo](https://i1.wp.com/warmglowphoto.com/wp2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lena-344.jpg?w=355&h=237)
![WGP L-351 Boy playing table football lit my ambient light. Photographed by Anna Hindocha/Warm Glow Photo](https://i1.wp.com/warmglowphoto.com/wp2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lena-351.jpg?w=266&h=177)
![WGP L-357 Boy on a sofa lit my ambient light. Photographed by Anna Hindocha/Warm Glow Photo](https://i2.wp.com/warmglowphoto.com/wp2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lena-357.jpg?w=266&h=177)
![WGP L-401 Boy playing Nintendo lit my ambient light. Photographed by Anna Hindocha/Warm Glow Photo](https://i0.wp.com/warmglowphoto.com/wp2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lena-401.jpg?w=266&h=177)
![WGP L-434 Young boy lit my ambient light. Photographed by Anna Hindocha/Warm Glow Photo](https://i0.wp.com/warmglowphoto.com/wp2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Lena-434.jpg?w=266&h=177)
Thank you so much Anna! The photos came out beautifully, we couldn’t have asked for anything more and we have our amazing collage to treasure forever!!
Thank you Lena. As I said in the blog, the session running so smoothly was very much helped by your planning. You were all a pleasure to work with.
It was also really interesting to use the images in a different way and make a collage from them.
It’s been almost a year since you took these Anna!!! ❤️