Professional Portraits of Children by Ed Sharp Photography

Ed Sharp Photography
Custom in home & on location Photographic Portraiture
"Capturing who you are, not just what you look like"
Serving Upstate New York and Beyond

Children's photography

The ages and stages of childhood

A good children's photographer must be part child psychologist and part circus clown with a little bit of Sponge Bob Square pants thrown in for good measure. Kids usually start to feel comfortable when they realize that I can be pretty silly and we usually have some good laughs in every session. We strive to get natural expressions, so we forbid parents to utter "The S word" (Smile!) during the session. Too often children become trained to apply a forced smile to their faces for pictures and whenever a camera is pointed at them they "Strike the pose". This is not the look we are going for! Through real in studio interaction the photographer and subject will get to know each other and in the process the child will show the expressions that you have come to know as part of thier unique personality. It is amazing how many different expressions can be captured of a child in a photography session and in the process of creating these images we all get to have a fun goofy time.

Every child is different and every age brings new and amazing changes in your youngster. We like to look at childhood photograpy by breaking it into the different ages and stages below.

If you would like to fill out and send one of our portait information forms that would be a big help in determinng what your portraiture needs are. You will be under no obligation to book a session with Ed Sharp Photography and this will not reserve a session date, but is for informational purposes only. All information will be kept private and not shared with anyone.