So this time, I practiced on children other than my own. And it was really hard! My cousin brought her two children over and they're wonderful. But it was a big reality check on how different it is to handle other people's children. We don't see each other often, so they really weren't interested in paying attention to me, and thought me weird more than funny whenever I tried to make funny faces at them. For this, feedback would be great. I'd really like to know how to deal with younger children especially. I took several shots, and I'm already starting to dislike my camera =\. I get that I still have to figure out how to work it, but it drove me nuts today when I wasn't able to take shot after shot after shot, and that the flash didn't always work when I wanted it to. So I got sort of frustrated part of the way through the shoot. That, and editing was not my friend this time. Baby P, (the little girl in the following photos) is pretty mobile now and didn't want to stay still for the life of her, and since she'd just eaten before the shoot, she'd spit up a little halfway through and it seemed that the only pictures that would work really great, were the ones where she had baby food dribbling from her lip. HOW DO I EDIT THIS OUT? GAH!!!!
Anyway, here are some of the best shots. Her older son, who we will call Child C wouldn't stop 'fake smiling' as my grandma called it, and I really didn't know how to coax him out of his shell. If any readers have any suggestions on how to do this? Be my guest.
Also, I posted several different versions of a couple of the photos because I wasn't quite sure what kind of editing would be best. In some of the photos, Baby P's face looks a little orange, and I'm not sure how to make her face seem a little bit smoother. So again, help would be much appreciated!
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