For this exercise my daughter Tilly yet again became the guinea pig. As she is only 5 years old it does take a little bit more work with regard to direction and how and when I want her to pose. What I have found quite funny and entertaining his her reluctance on some occasions to put any effort into posing for the photographs, this is quite obviously reflected in some of the shots which clearly show I would rather be somewhere else but then again what other 5 year old wouldn't be.
Looking Away
I started off with Tilly trying to look & focus on something else other than the camera, I think in this first shot Tilly has got it pretty much bang on, there is not to much expression and the right amount of angle in her stare to depict her focusing her gaze else ware without it looking like it was unintentional.
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| Looking Away |
Straight at the camera
I love these shots it shows Tilly looking straight down the lens and clearly would rather be somewhere else doing something more interesting than helping out dad.
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| Straight at the camera |
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| Straight at the camera |
Focused on task at hand
When Tilly focus on something she likes as below her demeanor completely changes and this can quite clearly be seen in the shot below. Tilly loves reading her books and when focused on the tasks she enjoys she completely forgets about me snapping away in front of her.
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| Focused on task at hand |
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| Focused on task at hand 2 |
