Kid Portraits

This week we had the opportunity to take some portraits. Now the first step to taking a portrait is picking a location. The client may want a studio picture or an offsite location. This time around our client wanted it offsite and luckily for us San Antonio has a wide range of locations to choose from. If you plan on doing offsite locations its always good to visit the site before you meet the client for the shoot. This way you can scope out the place for ideas for what you may need for the day of the shoot. I also find it helpful to take pictures of the locations to show clients in case they dont have a specific place in mind.

For this shoot the client wanted to do more of a county western feel so we found an old abandoned rustic building in the outskirts of Helotes, TX. At first the pictures had more of a posed feel to them but once the client started to relax we let her just roam the grounds and took more candid in the moment type of shots. Eventually when the sun started to set we let her go into the field and enjoy the crickets. I feel letting kids doing their own thing helps them get more relaxed and let their true character show. Kids have a harder time hiding their emotions so people can tell if they are uncomfortable in a photo so its best just to go with the flow. Overall we had tons of fun with this shoot and came up with some great photos to choose from. Take a look at some of our favorites and let us know what you think.