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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 264285" data-attributes="member: 9521">What I like to do with my own family as well as clients, is have a picnic with them and bring some family games like hula-hoops or soccer balls, etc., and during the time eating the family (if they're clients) get a little used to the camera being there and then after lunch tell them to play and have a good time. You then follow them around snapping shots and interacting with them as they play around or climb trees or maybe go out into the waves. Then you can come back to the picnic blanket and have ice cream or some kind of dessert and capture them there. It helps a lot with kids if you have a parent there to jump on and to roll around with. At first everyone is a little stiff but once the playing around gets going they all quickly forget about you and your camera. Then at the end if you're worried you didn't get enough together shots you can pose them for a few final shots. The beauty of doing this in the afternoon is that by the end it's moving into the golden hour so that you'll have that nice warm light to play with. In addition, by the time you're done they'll be so used to you and your camera all the stiffness will be gone. While I'm sure there are many other ways of approaching portraits, this seems to work the best for me. The downside is it's time consuming and you'll not be able to just hit it and split. So I guess it all depends on how much time you have to devote yourself to a shoot.</blockquote>

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