Today,
we photographed a little handsome- real handsome boy. Photo session went not
that I expected. Since the session was at 10am the baby wanted to take a nap in
the middle of the shoot. He started to cry and didn't want to "cooperate". I ask
mom to feed a little bit, and she did, but that was not enough. The baby wanted
a nap!!! Ok, we decided to give him couple minutes to nap, since my next session supposed
to start at 3:30pm I didn't rush.
Waking
up the baby for me was similar to a crime. I didn't want to do it. It made me feel so
sorry for this little munchkin. Since they signed for mini session we had to do
it.
We
made couple more shots and ended session.
Sometime
you will have a situation like that and you have to deal with it. There are
smooth and perfect sessions, but also there are few that you can't control but
still have to deal with them. There are couple suggestions about it:
- Make parents feel
good, make sure they understand that is not their fault, (because kids feels mom's or dad’s
frustration and it can impact on their mood. Remember things happened.
- Give a little snack (ask permission), or sip of water, or if that a newborn milk to bring back their energy.
- Stop making pose
where baby started to cry. (Sometimes we think only about good shot, but not
about baby's feelings)
- Give a little break
to the baby and ask parents to sit and calm the baby in a regular way - without
extra "look"- "peek-a-boo" and loud noises.
- You can snap those scenes
and they will be as much awesome as posed ones.
- This is not your fault either, don’t feel bad, nor show your
feelings to the clients.
This Friday there will be a video about it. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch it, comment
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