Just forget whatever you’ve ever known about two year olds and portrait sittings. You’ve heard horror stories I’m sure. I could even tell you a few, although most children’s portrait sittings go quite well here.
The reason you should think differently is based solely on a little girl named Emma. She was the winner of a cover contest for Child Guide Magazine, in which we advertise. As part of our work with the magazine, we agreed to photograph Emma for the upcoming cover of the January/February issue of the magazine. To do that, we held a portrait sitting at our studio. Her mother came as well, and was instrumental in keeping Emma in new outfits as we went along.
I’ve been photographing children for a lot of years, and many have given me some great expressions and faces that make for wonderful photos. But Emma gave me constantly changing expressions that made for consistently wonderful photos. She’s a treasure of a child and will likely end up as an actress somewhere… she’s so smart and bold, has a lot of character, and gave me different moods, expressions and personalities in the span of just a few minutes.
Look for her on the upcoming issue of Child Guide Magazine, and another photo of her inside as part of our ad. Here are two unpublished photos of Emma.
Children’s portrait sittings like this are the usual at TLC. We take plenty of time with each child, realizing they are an individual.