Tips for Parents for a great portrait session

We have recently noticed more and more parents having a difficult time on portrait day
We want your session to be pleasant for your children, you and everyone concerned.

So maybe a few Tips that I recently learned from a fellow Profesional photographer during a recent seminar at a convention.

Mom's and Dad's want quality from their investment
we understand that and strive to deliver it.

However does little Johnny or Salley understand this,
more often than not the answer is no.

Especially if Mom and/or Dad try and bargain with their child to smile and say cheeeeze
instead of teaching children to learn to smile so big their eyes literally close

Maybe we need a different approach.....

getting the kids interested in portrait day may be a lot easier if we do not
bribe, threaten or beg for smiles filled with eyes closed

instead let's talk about how much Fun
it will be when we go play at Steve and Gail's studio
They are always so Nice
and Mommy and Daddy love when you are Happy on Picture Day

The Key words to talk about are in Bold
these are words that kids connect with
much easier and more pleasantly than
bribes.
Bribes are short lived and in fact not real untill you are either home or at the Toy store buying that item.

So in the future when you have planned a portrait session
maybe concentrate on talking with your child several times about how much fun
how nice it is and how much Mommy and Daddy love when Salley or Johnny enjoy having their pictures taken

The smiles will come more naturally
The stress will be much lower
Eeveryone will be happier

Steve Lott