My boys think their mission in life is to prepare me for worst case scenarios of child photography.

My two year old never looks at the camera unless I say something totally crazy, make a funny noise(he is getting immune to that one), or totally surprise him.

How do I get the cute pictures of them you ask? Okay, maybe you did not ask that but you should…so I can feel like I am helping.

1. Give them something totally new to explore, play with, or eat(they love beautiful suckers or pretty much anything messy to eat)

2. Take advantage, I wait until they have to stand still(because they just got in trouble) or they are wanting to tell me something. They usually look at me while talking to me(usually, not always)

3. Most of all I work at making them laugh, I very rarely ask my children to smile for the camera. I would not get the natural smile I am wanting. Instead I talk about something goofy or praise them. My oldest loves to hear how awesome he is.

My goal is to have a picture that I can laugh at. I love to look at a picture and remember how crazy I was being to get that cute smile!

What do you do for smiles?

Sneak Peek~Pastor & Theresa Watts