Clothing should be comfortable. Avoid bright colors or busy prints. You want the eye to be on the child's face not their clothes. Go for a variety of expressions. But that's not what you'll treasure years from now.
Big grins distort people's eyes.
For indoor photography, Johnson recommends staying away from flash photography whenever possible. You can get up to 3,200 speed film. Joe Finocchi, Finocchi Photography Finocchi started taking pictures when he was 10. He's been in photography for 45 years now and has just got back into taking candid snapshots with the arrival of a new grandson. Finocchi could probably narrow down his list of favorite family photos to about 20.