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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 85488" data-attributes="member: 6548">In both snaps you are shooting from slightly above eyelevel.  This is ok but you may want to try shooting at eyelevel.  With children in particular you really want to shoot from below eyelevel - from a low camera angle.  The importance of keeping the background uncluttered cannot be expressed enough.  In the first snap above that fence is growing out of his head big time.Child photography is very very difficult to do well.  Don't force them just let them do what they want to do.  Don't ask them say cheese or any of that crap.  Sometimes you can sort of "bribe" them into posing by giving them a lollipop, cookie, or ice cream cone.  This distracts them from the picture taking process and allows the photographer to get a more natural type of shot.</blockquote>