On Saturday i thought id spend 30minutes taking updated photos of my youngest son Aydin. He has grown up so much in the last 12 months and I realised (as the saying goes), just like the:

“builder with the crooked house”
“mechanic with a broken down car”

that i am very much the typical photographer with the “out of date family photos”. Well some careful persuasion, not to mention some bribery, had Aydin change into a dapper little man in blue clothes. I grabbed my photography gear, we jumped in the car and headed to the local park.

I thought id share some of the images i captured of Aydin during our father son play at the park. Make no mistake, Aydin is no natural poser. Far from it in fact. But there is a real art to making your photography subject feel relaxed in front of the camera and you. As a photographer you really need to understand your subject, make them feel at ease and allow predict their reactions to your prompts both verbal and body language wise. Its a skill that develops with experience.

As a photographer you really need to understand your subject, make them feel at ease and allow / predict their reactions to your prompts (both verbal and body language wise). Its a skill that I’ve developed over the years through on the job training / personal and commissioned projects and an ongoing commitment to improving the “art”.

I’m very critical of my own photography work, so here are the final 8-10 highlight photos from a batch of 40 fabulous keepers (which could have equally made my blog page cut).

This last photo totally blew me away. I had Aydin pretend he had a heavy head and asked him how would you support your head from falling over in front of him. He reacted naturally with a hand under his chin. I asked him to smile and click click click, i had the shot i was wanting!

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