Children’s Portraits, Newborn Baby & Child Photography

Relaxed children’s portraits, child photography & creative baby photography. We know a thing or two about photographing children at Portraits by Hart we’ve been creating award winning children’s portraits & baby portraits for well over fifty years.

For the best results when photographing children we have found through experience that it’s not a good idea to rehearse them before bringing them for their portrait session. Rehearsing children can turn the experience into an ordeal rather than a pleasurable experience. The portrait session usually goes far easier for your children if you just bring them along without preparing them too much beforehand. Phrases we often hear like “Show me how you will smile for the man”, “You are going to see a nice man” & promising children presents for being good don’t help in getting nice children’s portraits. The last time they were rewarded with a present it was probably for something that wasn’t very nice! Children are quick learners & they aren’t fools, they will quickly relate the two experiences. At the end of the day it’s far better to let children be themselves and we are likely to achieve great & natural portraits of them.