Central Mississippi Wedding and Portrait Photography

So, without a doubt, their is far less supreme than getting your kiddos to cuddle up for a kiss, let alone actually get that kiss on camera.  As parents of three dueling kiddos, we know all about how challenging it is to garner a shot of our spunkie lil’ ones puckering up for a shot.  In fact, we are so thankful for one shot of our oldest two hugging that we proudly display it in the front window of our studio (we refer to it as “the only time they hugged in their first three years of life”).
What we have found is that it takes far more than the talents of your photography team and parents….it takes some darn cooperative kiddos!

Usually it takes a series of attempts to land the shot and many times it isn’t always what you have in your minds eye, however, it’s worth a frame when you can actually achieve a believable kiss on camera.

Kids aren’t always opposed to the idea of kissing a sibling.  It is usually pretty simple to get them to do it – especially if the younger is a baby.  However, in order to get a shot with both faces, you have to come up with a helpful strategy for the older sibling…..

Naturally, kids want to kiss on the lips or the cheek.  Sounds legit, except for the fact that both the lips AND the cheeks usually end up blocking at least one of the kids face.  So, we have learned to ask kiddos to kiss their little brothers or sisters on the ear or back of the head…sounds funny, I know, but it works!

Cute and animated – but out of focus!

Nobody’s looking at the camera – ….

Heehee!

Usually we get at least one attempt for the nose!  Love it!

Loved his face in this one, but we fired off before she was ready –

Got it!  Even though neither child is looking at the camera the lighting contrast ended up looking really nice in the final color and black and white version of this one.