Photographing these siblings was a lot of fun!
If you are looking for energy and some excitement in your family photos, taking pictures of siblings can give you more than you might want. They know each other intimately, and which buttons to push to get the reaction they want.
At other times they can be at peace with each other, in a comfortable place only siblings know. It seems at times that their personalities bounce off of one another. Try and provide some incentive for fun, competition or even a physical connection, then you can get a family picture that is truly amazing and shows clearly the relationship between the siblings.
Tell A Story. . .
Siblings
Photographing siblings can be a great opportunity to make a story telling picture, while the kids are interacting with one another or their environment. You can photograph them telling each other secrets, playing together or showing their closeness to one another like in the photograph on the right.
When photographing siblings you can get some unique looks by challenging them. For example, you might pick on one of them and just watch the reaction of the other one. You could be surprised that one will join with you, or on the other hand may decide to defend their sibling and challenge you!
What's going on in their little minds?
You WILL Get A Reaction!
No matter what, you will get a reaction, and those reactions can be turned into truly fascinating and interesting family photographs. Working with two subjects at the same time in kids photography presents a great opportunity to have fun while you are doing it, and some great, and sometimes unexpected, reactions from your subjects.
When I photographed these brother and sister siblings, I had them move around the picnic table to take advantage of the different directions of the sunlight. I then asked them to rest their faces in their hands which was one of the family picture ideas I had thought of for posing them.
"The Little Wildflower Gift" watercolor art on canvas
Later, we went out into the woods where the wild flowers were growing which they found fascinating. You can see the results of their curiosity in the watercolor fine art image on the right with the two of them. Please click on the photo if you are interested in purchasing this fine art photo of children on canvas, or creating one of your own for their bedroom. What wonderful and interesting family portrait photography you can learn to create of your children with just a little extra effort!
Remember, keep taking lots and lots of photographs of your kids. You will be glad you did!
Betty Muscott, Child Photographer
About Betty Muscott
Betty A. Muscott is an experienced child photographer and online entrepreneur for tools to capture great photographs of children by parents and grandparents. Connect with Betty on Google+
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