Just a quick post for tonight. Since our daughter just turned a year and a half, we got her a potty. Even though she’s still really young, we thought it would be a great idea to just have it around for her to get used to–you know, sitting on it and figuring out its appropriate [...]

As promised last week and just in time for Halloween, I thought I’d share with you just a few quick tips for photographing kids in costumes. Read on for the details…

The short answer–yes.

But since this is a blog about photographing your children on your own with what you already have (for me, my trusty point-and-shoot Canon PowerShot SD110), I feel I have to justify why I would advocate lugging your kids down to the neighborhood photography studio for some professional portraits. (Read: the long answer.)
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Do you have a child like mine who gets so insanely excited when she sees a photo of herself you would have thought Elmo just appeared and asked her to be his best friend? Well, that is exactly how it is with my daughter. She is a narcissist to the highest degree. You think it [...]

I love Flickr for the inspiration I receive when browsing through some of the millions of photos hosted there. Many times, I come across photographers that are so creative that I have to add them to my contacts list so I can be inspired by their new photos that pop up every time I [...]

They won’t be this small forever. So get that camera out and start snapping photos of all their little cute parts — chubby toes, dirty fingernails, hair bows askew. Each little detail makes up the whole of the child you love. And however much we try to memorize each little arm roll, they grow [...]

Summer vacations are so great. We just took our 10-month-old daughter on a plane for the first time to head for a vacation on the island of Kauai. Just being in Kauai gets me excited about all the amazing photo opportunities that come with a beautiful tropical beach location! But I also want to remind [...]

A great parenting site for reviews of baby and toddler stuff, Thingamababy, had a cool post recently about digital photography for toddlers. There’s been a lot of discussion at Shooting the Kids on this topic, as my daughter is quickly growing from a baby into a full-blown kid. OK, she’s only 9 months old, [...]