family shoot

This absolutely charming family had, had a bad experience of family photography in the past with a bigger photography company that tried to charge them the earth for their poor results, with a toddler that hates her photo taken as a result of it i was expecting a bit of a challenge. Her parents had really hoped to get some photos of her with her new baby sister but weren't getting up their hopes, i love children and over the years i have come across many 2 year olds who do not want to sit still and pose for strangers (and who could blame them!), but there are some tricks to get them interested, in this case it ended up being some dress up beads and an old digital camera of mine to play with and help me take photograph's of her sister. It took some persuading but being in her own surroundings instead of a stuffy shop studio really helped Freya relax and well you can see we at Rachel Gosling Photography got lots of natural smiley shots and even managed a full family photograph, including Lola the much loved family dog! yes it was a small challenge to capture, but you know what? considering her past experience Freya did amazingly well!, and mum & dad got some wonderful photos to treasure of their beautiful daughters.