It helps them to forget their environment and brings out a more natural smile. Hints and tips for portrait sittings Wear something you feel comfortable in. Avoid fashionable clothes if possible, it will look dated in two years. Try not to wear something with loud patterns, it can dominate the photograph. Avoid photographs on children's birthdays, they will be far too excited.
Babies photograph best from six months old onwards.
After eight years of hard work, I felt somewhat complimented by my local newspaper, The Monmouthshire Beacon asking me to be their freelance photographer. It really is like organising small weddings, making sure that everybody that should be on the photograph is there and in the right place. It really is an enjoyable line of work meeting all sorts of different people, from Mayors and M.P.s to schools and societies. With the advent of the digital age, working with Terrance Skeffington of Media Resources means being able to provide images ready for use with web sites is a neccessary step in providing a full photographic service to customers. The quality is still someway behind the economic 35mm photography route, but the whole simplicity of transferring images into bits and bytes is very appealing.