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Mum & Me Mini Sessions - Why Mums Need To Exist In Photographs - March Family Photographer

22/3/2017

This year I decided to offer Mum & Me mini sessions. This has come from a personal side of me, as my mum passed away 13 years ago, and I don't have many nice photographs of the both of us, and certainly no professional ones.

This was taken circa December 1991 (gulp!)

It made me realise that we as mums rarely get in the picture, we're always the ones taking them aren't we?

I backed up all of my phone pictures last night, and out of around 600 photos, I was in three. Three! You never know what is around the corner and I want to leave my children with photographs of me (actual physical photographs - when was the last time you loaded up a floppy disk, or a CD?) which they can then pass on to grandchildren and so on, keeping memories alive.

It's time we existed in photographs!

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I'm not saying everyone should go out and book a professional photographer - I understand that everyone's budgets stretch in different ways and sometimes it's just not possible. But we should get in more photographs with our children, if you don't have anyone to take a picture - take a selfie!

In our house, it's always me taking photographs (of course haha!) and I've taken hundreds of the kids and their daddy, but men often don't think to take pictures of us with the children - and they're not completely to blame; how many of us mums cringe when someone tries to take a photograph of us? Maybe we feel too big, too skinny, too wobbly, hair is too messy, no makeup... it really doesn't matter, our children won't care that we hadn't washed our hair for two days before the picture was taken (thank goodness for dry shampoo!).

We need to be more proactive in being included in photographs.

With this in mind, I launched my Mum & Me mini sessions. Mini sessions are exactly what they say on the tin, smaller versions of my standard sessions, but with the added value of products included in the session price. For more information on those, and to book, please visit my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/littlecherubsphotography

So, this post went in a totally different direction to what I'd initially planned! But the main point is this - we need to be in more photos with our children, end of. Whether it be phone pictures taken by daddy, selfies, or with a professional photographer, we need to #ExistInPhotographs

Contact me today to book your session

Emma xx

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How to take better photographs of your children

26/2/2016

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One of the perks of being in the digital age is that we, as parents, can take countless photos of our children every day. It doesn't matter what camera you use; be it your iPhone, a compact camera or a DSLR, you can still get great shots of your kids!

Children are FAST! So my first tip is to make sure there's a fair amount of natural light; without getting technical, your camera will shoot faster the more light there is. Artificial light (such as lamps) isn't quite as effective but will still do the job! Try to avoid using the built in flash on your camera, it 'flattens' the subject and creates harsh shadows.

My next tip is to capture them playing or doing their favourite things. There's nothing more natural than the smiles on their faces as they do what they love. My little boy, Charlie LOVES trains! So to persuade him to be the subject of my blog and have photographs taken, I got his trains out. Instantly he forgot I was there with my camera (which is a feat, as it's not the most subtle of cameras) and I could snap away and catch the looks of pure joy on his face. By photographing your children at play, you're freezing them in time, creating memories to treasure forever.

Another tip - be aware of your composition; what's in the background, are you cutting off a limb or the top of someone's head? For example, the image above - I didn't consider the bin I'd left at the top of the garden earlier in the day, which can be seen in the background. Not something I particularly want on my walls! And if I'm getting really picky (which I really am, I'm such a perfectionist!!) I see I've cut my son's knee off! So keep in mind what's behind your subject, obviously not everything can be moved and if the kids are playing nicely you don't want to interrupt them to move them, but if you can change your camera angle, then go with it.

Last but not least; be patient! Toddlers especially are rather unpredictable. If you get your camera out to be met with sighs and protests, it's ok. Try again later! Maybe let them become engrossed in whatever they're doing and bring it out again. If not, give it a go on another day.

Please share some of your images in the comments below, I'd love to see them!

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