March 6, 2012
We’ve found that telling kids to smile and trying to force smiles on them is one of the worst things you can do if you’re aiming for a beautiful and natural portrait. So at the portrait shoppe you won’t hear “say cheese!” Instead, you’ll hear us telling jokes to the kids, doing looney tunes style slapstick comedy, and making them laugh by asking them if they eat fuzzy pickles, or if they smell stinky feet in the room. Then, when the kids start laughing, not only do they have more fun but their portraits are natural and more beautiful, as we capture them as they are, not as someone has told them to be.Ah, we get it. Cute! And perhaps this could be a guarantee to that the whole family will loosen up, not take themselves too seriously, and avoid the mistakes of the past. Sure, a picture's worth a thousand words; but Grandma's going to display that painful group mullet shot over her fireplace forever. Forever!