real photography for real people How to get great photos of your kids Every year, for both kids I've shot a photo for their birthday invitations.  It's one of my favourite things as I get to choose a photo that reflects their personality at that age.  This year was no different, except that we've decided there will be no more parties after the kids turn 5.  Even so, we're going to have a bunch of his mates around for a movie, some minigolf, and fish n chips, so I had to do another invitation didn't I? It's really easy to do this for your kids' parties, just find a photo with enough negative space so you can insert some text.  By that I mean having a background that's not too distracting, and fairly plain.  If you can't find one, then look around and take a new photo.  Leave about half the frame for text.  Whenever I take family photos or baby photos I include at least one photo for this reason, so you can make invitations or cards from the photos at a later date. How to get kids to look good for a photo As usual, the process of getting the right photo is more fun that taking the right photo.  Mr5 (soon to be 6) loves pulling faces, and hates instructions.  So to get a natural look from him takes some time.  I start by just telling jokes, asking him to pull the craziest faces he can (the