ART shooting kids is so much fun

[IntheWorks]

I'd much rather shoot them than adults..... some shots of my son, and my niece.
all shot with my dlite 4 kit
1st up, my niece Addison. She's 2 months old... and anyone who has kids, or shoots them knows that they're easy to shoot, but a pain a the same time. much easier at this age with the parents interacting... but that session will be done later.
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and now on to Kingston... hard for me to grasp that he's 19mo old now... he's always on the go so we had to bribe him with some M&M's to sit still long enough to take his pic.
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this is the look you get when it's about time to quit.
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but thankfully I was able to get a few more shots
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think I just missed the focus on this one
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[isaac86hatch]

Interesting. I hate children.

 

[mistress_mary]

beautiful pictures

 

[oliver]

Nice shots...specs on lighting setup. I've been taking shots of my nephew and i'm 99% close to clicking the buy option on the following

1 vivitar 285hv (plus my 430ex i have)
cybersyncs to synch them
2 westcott silver umbrellas+light stands

All i need is the seamless paper for the backdrop. thanks in advance

 

[OlafBeserka]

kingston got big!

 

[IntheWorks]

Nice shots...specs on lighting setup. I've been taking shots of my nephew and i'm 99% close to clicking the buy option on the following

1 vivitar 285hv (plus my 430ex i have)
cybersyncs to synch them
2 westcott silver umbrellas+light stands

All i need is the seamless paper for the backdrop. thanks in advance

it's an elinchrom dlite 4 kit. used 1 med softbox, and a small softbox for fill on some of them. key light was at about 45deg cam left, while the fill was right next to me cam right.

 

[( * )( * )]

love his expressions in 9 and 10

 

[IntheWorks]

kingston got big!

tell me about it.... he's smallish if you go by the doctors "percentiles" but he's smart as a whip... he's already doing 70% of the flashcards we got him that are made for 3 year olds

 

[IntheWorks]

love his expressions in 9 and 10

he comes up with some of the oddest expressions.....

 

[IntheWorks]

Interesting. I hate children.

i'm sure the feeling is mutual

 

[tetsuo]

tell me about it.... he's smallish if you go by the doctors "percentiles" but he's smart as a whip... he's already doing 70% of the flashcards we got him that are made for 3 year olds

if i compare my son and my daughter its actually funny. my son is 4 inches shorter and 4lbs lighter, but my daughter is 4 and my son is 18months. but my daughter is WAY too smart. she's already trying to outsmart me and her mom.

some great photos of kingston i need to take more photos of my son. i have a million of my daughter but not very many of him.

 

[( * )( * )]

he comes up with some of the oddest expressions.....

 

[isaac86hatch]

i'm sure the feeling is mutual

We have an understanding.

 

[Girth]

I saw them on flickr.

I'm putting the 'lighting bug' on a friend on thursday. She's bringing her infant daughter over to mess with the lighting. She had questions about it, so I told her to come see for herself before she starts spending money!

 

[feetball]

lol ... I forgot I clicked on A&P forum and thought I was still in WMD ... read the title and was like WTF?!?!?


EDIT: Nice pics!!

 

[rallysport]

Nice shots
Whenever i have to shoot kids theyre usually 4-10 years old and the biggest brats around lol

 

[Tedrzz]

lol ... I forgot I clicked on A&P forum and thought I was still in WMD ... read the title and was like WTF?!?!?

And dude, your shots are kingston are really really really really good.

 

[IntheWorks]

And dude, your shots are kingston are really really really really good.

thanks.... having a kid has been the best thing for me personally, and photographically....

 

[HighTachPres]

i'm glad this is a photography forum.... any other forum the title would be

 

[Primal]

Very nice pics. I like shooting kids as well, they just seem easier to work with.

 

[f/2.8L]

Great pics, really dig the expression on #2.

 

[Spurious]

Quite a moody tone for shooting a child...

 

[tenxia]

love the title of this thread...

Came in here to say the same thing

 

[IntheWorks]

Quite a moody tone for shooting a child...

I prefer moody lighting

 

[Pants]

Great shots. You have a style that I can see pretty consistently in all of your photos, which is a great thing.

I love taking pictures of my kids. I have a daughter that is almost 4 and a son that is almost 2. Both were pretty easy to photograph last year, but this year they just won't sit still. My son is especially difficult. My wife lost it during our Christmas photo session. I got 2-3 decent shots, but last year I got some great pictures of them.

I'll just have to get better at candid photography.