17 Psychological methods For Taken Minor Photography


By: Ola Pat

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In this business, photographing a minor is tedious assignment even for the best of us. In taken the photographs of minors, minors in this case being younger children from age 4 down to 3 months, the following rules must be followed and apply to ensure a successful happy photo session either at home, outside the home or at the studio. Understanding that minors are in their own world is the first step to a happy photo session. There are minors that are calm and playful, another set are calm and hyperactive but they are always playful. These are the ones that you chase around the studio or stage while the last set is in the majority.  These are the apprehensive, un-calm and restless “gang”. The real nightmare of photographers that do not understanding their temperament and nature.



1. Do not wake them up to take photography especially 2 years to 3 months, they will be disoriented and will never cooperate.

2. Your photographer most times is a stranger, so don’t dump your child on the photographer. In other word, the photographer should instruct you on what he/she wants the child to do and not to instruct the child directly.

3. Whatever you do, do not shout orders and instructions to the child during a photo session. Be cool and sympathetic; remember you don’t want to heighten the anxiety level.


4. Children love routine and familiar things during photo session; they become apprehensive because of the unusually attention and the present strangers.

5. The flash light frightens most kids and in some cases hurt their eyes, be patient with them and comforts them.


6. If the photo session is outside the home or school, which is their comfort zones. Do please take along their favorite toys with them so that it will help to create a friendly and familiar atmosphere.

7. Your photographer must be very friendly and down to earth to alleviate the child fear and anxiety of both strangers and the flash light.

8. During a studio session involving minors, the photographer must take time to warm up to the children by playing with them and sometimes bribe and offer them gifts. After all, if the minor is not cooperating the number of order will reduce.

9. Do not denial them food because you fear they will soil their clothing.

10. Pet them at intervals with hugs and if possible a sweetie short breaks.

11. Don’t force a 3 month old baby to sit up for photograph; he/she has not attained seating expertise and a strong stable neck that don’t need support.
 
12. Don’t insist that your 1 year old must stand right and appropriately for photo shots, the unconscious are better.

13. If he/she doesn’t want to take picture, placate him/her and try again. If he/she insistently cries in protest then postpone the session. 

14. Young children get bored easily; their photo session with dress change should be limited to 30 minutes and at most an hour.

15. If they are tired take a break or postpone to another day. 

16. Forcing children to snap pictures will never get you the desire postures and result. So, when next your family is preparing for a photo session, tell and calm the children in advance.

17. Lastly, children do not attached much important to photography as adult do and don’t understand its essence. So, weigh very well your own desire and their needs and what is important to them.


Ola Pat is a Printing and Production consultant with training in Journalism, Graphic Design and Photography. He lives and run a Photo Studio in Ogun State, Nigeria.
              
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