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Kids Portrait Photographer
How do I make children laugh or be authentic while I’m photographing them?
Most likely, I have never met the family before the family photo session. Kids don’t know me and per usual they take time to warm up. How do I bring out those genuine smiles, laughter, poses, and expressions that you know are your children’s true personality? Do I have a formula or is it all by chance? My approach is much like an experienced chef. I know the overall predetermined process of following a recipe and creating a favorite dish over and over. But, I also have to be in the moment, using my imagination to add new spices at the right time, as I watch the prepared meal unfold. As with photographing your children, I may find a flower I didn’t know would be on site, and it becomes that secret ingredient for the perfect photo shoot.
![Teenage boys enjoy a chess game by the lake](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Chessplayers.jpg)
Photographs of Your Children Being Themselves
Most important, when photographing children, you need to have an open heart. To use another culinary analogy, one needs a “joy of cooking and love for the craft and its process”—this applies to photographing families and children as well. Follow a familiar recipe however be open to trying a new particular approach each time you meet with a family or photograph a child. I love what I do! And, when you have passion for something, a positive reciprocity will meet you on the other side. From this reciprocity, I find myself photographing your children while they are expressing their truest selves.
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![Boy eating an apple while sitting on my car. Sometimes my tolerance spreads wide. Portrait Photographer Anita Nowacka](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1135.jpg)
![Girl blowing dandelions while the beauitful Seattle Autumn light was setting. Portrait Photographer Anita Nowacka](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1112.jpg)
![Sibblings racing towards me becuase I asked them to run towards me over and over again. Portrait Photographer Anita Nowacka](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SplashPage04.jpg)
![Girl playing guitar. Portrait Photographer Anita Nowacka](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1114.jpg)
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![Being silly with a little brother while playing at Golden Gardens in Seattle. Portrait Photographer Anita Nowacka](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SplashPage06.jpg)
![A boy playing with white berreis during family portrait session. Portrait Photographer Anita Nowacka](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1121.jpg)
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![Kids posing while ferry boat arrives to the dock in West Seattle. Portrait Photographer Anita Nowacka](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1126.jpg)
![Being playful with father's guitar case. Portrait Photographer Anita Nowacka](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1125.jpg)
![Sibblings pondering about some answers to questions I asked. Portrait Photographer Anita Nowacka](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1117.jpg)
![Busy boy with trout cought that day. Portrait Photographer Anita Nowacka](https://anitanowacka.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1133.jpg)
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