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Photographing Children During Play, Robbinsville NJ Child Photographer

Here is a real shocker for you…sometimes children just don’t cooperate.  Despite my best efforts, jokes, funny faces, funny songs, fart noises.  Like anything, it is important to roll with it and just keep on keeping on.  My kids are no different than yours, and they just don’t want a camera in their face all the time.  But I don’t want to miss documenting the moments.  I love having these images to look at down the road.  So what to do?  Just capture them as they are.  Pouting?  Sure.  Hiding?  Yep, I’ll find you.  Sometimes it is even helpful to get in the image with them, or bring them to a place they love and just observe them being happy.  Love it all.  It’s their life, and that is what lifestyle photography is all about.  Then, get creative with angles and focus to keep it interesting.  I did a bunch of free lensed images in March.  There is an out of focus one of monkey boy that I love, but I’m sure no one else will, and that is ok.  Above all, don’t aim for perfection.  Aim for capturing who you love.  I love this song lyric from Mumford & Sons…” Where you invest your love, you invest your life.”

Here is what our March looked like.

Mom and daughter hugging

Whoa! There’s actually ME in this one. And I ♥ it.

Girl with stuffed monkey hiding her face

Should I even ask what you are hiding from?

brother and sister climbing playground equipment

This was about the 10th lap around…up the stairs…

little girl about to go down the yellow slide

checking to see where her brother is…

Black and white of children going down a slide

Yep, not too far behind her.

Little girl sliding down yellow slide

Whee…I love how I can see his feet behind her :p

Little boy sliding down slide

Trying to catch her

Boy climbing on playground equipment

AND…repeat.

Little boy sliding down the slide

Here we go again. On the tummy for variety

Little girl climbing on playground equipment

Seriously Mom.

Little girl at the playground

Peek a boo E.

Little boy climbing on the playground

He really is a monkey.

Little boy drinking Milk with a stuffed Dora Doll

He loves this doll.

Little boy drinking milk

He does love her, honest.

Little girl pouting.

Two words…bad mood.

Black and white close up of a girl, free lensed

Free lensed.

kitty

Free lensed kitty.

kitty

Shy free lensed kitty.

black and white out of focus of little boy

Free lensed mistake that I love.

little girl with my little pony

My little pony by the black wall

Little girl close up that is free lensed

Free lensed close up of my mini me

Little girl with lace dress and crown

She slays me

Little girl with lace dress and crown with baby's breath

I love her expressions

Little girl with baby's breath and crown in black and white

Baby’s breath and smiles

black and white silhouette of hand prints

Silhouette

photography by jen davis, 609-439-1525, photographybyjendavis@gmail.com

Jen is princeton & robbinsville nj's top family & event photographer. she is known for creating fun, fresh, and modern portraiture for bar/bat mitzvah events, headshot, commercial, babies, children, and families. she also teaches and mentors hobbyists and professional photographers.