connecting with your child

I understand the difficulties of having your child pose for the camera. They’re doing something cute, a show of affection, loving on their siblings and you want to capture it, but, as soon as you pull your phone out and say….look at me “say cheese”. Everything stops. Of course it does, because I have to say, you stopped that moment. You interrupted it for what you wanted to capture, and it’s normal, we as parents want to capture those moments all the time, but what we don’t realize is that we need to do is let those moments happen without us interfering. So, how do we capture them?

Take out your camera and aim it at them, without them knowing (please, not in front of their face), if they see you, have the camera out, but down low - waist level or lower - as long as you can see the frame, and just say something like, I really love this right now and look at them in them in the eye (this is important!), connect with them. Show them that you see them, cause your child really wants to feel your love :)

Phones have great focus and all you need to do is click if your pointing it at them from a distance, you can edit what you like.

Get really good at where to hold the camera, away from you face, so you can engage with your child, and you’ll capture a great moment. 

If you have any other questions about how to capture a moment, please feel free to ask! 

Parenting is challenging, parenting with all your other responsibilities is CHALLENGING, but you’re doing great! 

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