What happens when you sit a 2yr old in front of the camera and give him free reign to make as many faces as he wants?

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Hi Josh.

That's the way to do it.

I love expressive images / portraits like this!

The kid looks good in these...looks like fun.

The BW looks good too.

Keep having fun.

Thanks Steadman

so cute! would make a great photo collage on the wall.

love it

DLGPhotog wrote:
so cute! would make a great photo collage on the wall.


that's actually the plan... believe it or not I got the idea from an old calvin and hobbes comic strip

I like the 'high key effect' on these. I think they would look cool as a 16x20 composite with maybe 50 different expressions.

oops, just read DLG's post!

thanks chuck.

Yeah, I think I'm going to do a composite of 9 images, 3 rows of 3 and get it printed on a cavas wrap.

Adorable.

Cant wait to have kids of my own and capture moments like these

Mr. Malik wrote:
Adorable.

Cant wait to have kids of my own and capture moments like these


it's the most fun, and stress you can imagine.

I discovered by accident that asking kids to make "monster faces" is a great way to break the ice. My neighbor had asked me to shoot the kids for the Christmas card. She was a "helicopter" mom hovering over my shoulder and telling the kids to sit-up, behave, etc. Of course the last thing the kids wanted to be doing on a Saturday morning was sitting in their Sunday clothes for photos. Looking for a diplomatic way to get mom out of the way so I could engage with the kids I said. "Don't listen to Mom, I want you to make monster faces."

The kids of course loved that idea on several levels. They started goofing off and I'd snap a few frames, show them the results and say, "not scary / goofy enough, try harder". After a few rounds of that they ran out of faces, settled down and became ideal little models; paying attention and listening to instructions. I showed the older girl how to "pose like a model" and at one point when into the other room to grab a different lens to find her coaching her little brother how to pose. It cracked me up and impressed me with how closely the kids were paying attention. I've done their holiday photos for several years now and the kids actually look forward to it. Some of the best shots were those captured with them goofing off..

great shots josh, just great fun, make a composite poster of all these and put it up somewhere to be seen