Photographing Your Own Kids (Guide & Video)

Photographing Your Own Kids

I believe photographing your own children is mostly about telling a story.  We want to remember today.  We always want to remember the feelings and beauty of our time together.  And we want to have treasured memories of those closest to us for years to come!

When all is said and done, we want to capture the moments around us now and tell the stories happening around us every day!  We want this just as much as we want a beautiful family portrait hanging on our wall!

One of the great benefits of photographing your own kids is that you don’t have to be squeamish about touching them and putting them in a pose.  You know what they’re thinking.  And you don’t have to wonder what the parents will think or if the shot will sell well in a printed format.

Candid moments are priceless glimpses into your family’s daily life, which is constantly changing, so it’s important to capture them now!

Realize that posing isn’t essential but can sometimes be important when photographing your own children, especially when you want to give your family the gift of beautiful wall art.  Isn’t the saying “the shoemaker’s children have no shoes” so true for photographers sometimes?

When you introduce posing into your personal photography work, you will find it much easier to create wall-worthy images.  We promise!

We have put together two amazing FREE resources for you to help you photograph your own kids!

1. FREE Photographing Your Own Kids eGuide

This essential guide for photographing your own children includes more information on topics like:

• Telling Your Family Story in Photos
• Capturing Relationships with Your Children
• Tips for Taking Peaceful Photographs of Your Kids
• How to Take Interesting Photos of Your Children

Click here or on the image below to download our Photographing Your Own Kids eGuide.

2. FREE Photographing Your Own Kids Workshop Video

This FREE 40-minute photography training workshop includes so much information on photographing your children, including:

• Posing outdoors & in studio
• Shooting in harsh sunlight & cloudy weather
• Finding locations
• Interacting with kids
• Using reflectors, flashes & light scoops
• How to find the photographic personality of your kids
• How to hold your camera
• Indoor & outdoor lighting
• Mastering your camera’s manual settings
• Different lenses and when to use them
• Capturing action & lifestyle images
• And so much more!

You can access this FREE workshop in our Pretty Presets & Actions Facebook Group.  Click here to join our incredible community of over 95,000 photographers.  There is so much information packed in this fun workshop; you won’t want to miss it!

We hope this blog post, eGuide, and video workshop will inspire you to have fun photographing your children and capturing your family, all while making sweet memories to treasure for years to come!

Thank you to the talented Tammy Porter from Porter’s Wife, Child Photographer for the perfect images seen here and in our eGuide. 

Do you have any questions or comments about Photographing your Own Kids?  Just leave us a comment below – we would LOVE to hear from you!  And PLEASE SHARE this post using the social sharing buttons (we really appreciate it)!