Tips For Shooting A 2yr Old Boy??

Cuties02q

Anyone have any great ideas??? I usually have no problem with other peoples kids but when it comes to my 2 year old :dunno He just cannot seem to sit for two minutes. I always get great pictures of my almost 5 year old but I have nothing of him. Anyway please share your tricks...TIA!!!

BBiggs

I would use a fast lens and a fast shutter speed that way you can catch him:D

jwear

nap time

Tessa HD

I shot my friends family recently and their two year cried for the first half hour I was there. So we went outside and 'played' and she mimicked what her family was doing, and I think things turned out pretty good. (Disclaimer: I'm not an avid portrait photographer) Here's the gallery, the password is "Bailey" http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/3214834

~Jan~

A bubble machine? My son loves his, and if you can get someone else to shoot the bubbles while he runs through them it helps. Also, I am not above bribing w/ M&M's or other candy. Evan doesn't get them often, so when he DOES it's a big deal, KWIM?

stirfry

I have one this age, too

I keep a cheap squeaker toy handy. I usually have an older kid around to help me out, but if not I try to leave the squeaker where I can squeak it without taking my hands off of the camera. It's not attractive but it works ... I've stuffed it between my legs a la Thigh Master, also near my armpit (who knew that area would come in handy for more than just armpit farts !).

Just any kind of noisemaker; we usually get the cheapo pet toys but I reckon anything would work. I just let the kids do his or her own thing, and every once in awhile I'll squeak ... they'll pause just long enough for me to capture a picture, and sometimes with the funniest of expressions .

But I don't know - you seem to have captured quite a number of great shots of your little guy. Beautiful kids, the both of them.

DavidTO

Here's one.

pathfinder

Mild telephoto and a good flash.

The telephoto lets you stand further removed from the child's world and intrude less on his attention, and lets you have a shallow DOF for background control as he moves about. The flash lets you stop action easily as he continues to move.

ETTL flash works very well for this in the off camera mode triggered by an IR trigger. Bouncing the light off the ceiling helps avoid the deer in the headlight look.

Then just let him play. Or relax..

This is my son from 25 years ago - I think this was a 135mm lens on a 35mm Kodachrome



and a nephew more recently



Or one portrait of your poster from 1945