Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/04

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Techniques Please?
From: "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 16:42:01 -0400
 
Hi Rick,

Two suggestions when photographing kids:

1. Stoop/kneel down, so you're at their level.

2. Play with them before you start photographing.  Kids (up to a certain
age, anyway) relate through play, and they generally take very quickly to
any adult who's willing to play with them.

This will definitely loosen the kids up to the point where you can get some
shots that aren't posed.  The downside is that (in my case, at least) they
can often get _too_ loose and start wrestling with you whenever you try to
shoot a photo. :)

Regards,
Dan