Creative baby photography

Pic: Mila's Daydreams

I attended a workshop this morning on taking creative photos of your kids and am all fired up to get snapping. It feels like I used to take hundreds of photos of Lilia every month during her first year, now it's lucky if I get a few. But I suppose it's normal with a toddler who spends very little time sitting still that most of my pics end up a bit blurry...

But on the subject of creative photography, I came across Mila's Daydreams a while ago, a blog put together by Adele Enersen of scenes she created around her sleeping baby, Mila.  I think it is just too cute.

If you have older kiddies, you might want to take a look at photographer Jason Lee's 10 Creative Kid's Photography Tips. He styles photographs of his two girls and comes up with some really original shots.

Below are a few of the tips for photographing children that I picked up this morning:

• Get on their level - kneel, squat or lie down, whatever it takes to get on eye-level.
• Play hide and seek - wait around the corner or where they are hiding, with your camera ready. Once they peek to see if you are coming, you'll be able to take a great shot.
• Always have your camera with you and take pictures of even the seemingly mundane tasks of everyday life.