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<\/p>\nOne of the most popular sources for custom canvas prints projects in the home is, naturally enough, photos of your family \u2013 especially children. As they grow and evolve, your children are endlessly fascinating subjects for photo printing on canvas that can then be hung on your wall each year or birthday or holiday, showing a constantly changing representation of your family. Or a series of custom canvas prints that show one child\u2019s journey from a baby to an adolescent to an adult, all on one wall \u2013 a spectacular long-term project your whole circle of friends and family can enjoy.<\/p>\n
However, anyone who has ever tried to take photos of young children, for any reason, knows the dark secret of it all: Children are nearly impossible to get good photos of, unless you have the patience to wait and watch until they spontaneously do something interesting. That doesn\u2019t mean you should give up, though. Here are a few simple tricks (that really work!) for getting your kids to take great photos to make into canvas prints online.<\/p>\n
See it from a child\u2019s point of view: You\u2019ve dressed them in uncomfortable outfits, you\u2019ve posed them in a room with their siblings, and you expect them to just sit there and be still while there\u2019s a whole world of fun going on without them. Naturally it\u2019s difficult to sit there.<\/p>\n
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You need to give them something fun to concentrate on. For younger kids, an ideal solution is to attach something to your camera or phone \u2013 some people like to use a PEZ Dispenser, or an action figure the kids love \u2013 but it can be anything that captures their curiosity. They\u2019ll stare at the action figure you\u2019ve taped to your camera, and that tricks them into looking right at you as you snap away.<\/p>\n
Kids love to play pretend. Even older kids, who want to be cool, like to pretend sometimes \u2013 so this is a trick that almost always works. Instead of insisting that they pose a certain way per your instructions, tell them to pretend to be something. \u201cTough\u201d is a good one for little boys. \u201cA Princess\u201d is a good one for little girls \u2013 but precisely what they\u2019re asked to pretend will depend on who they are, which only you know well enough.<\/p>\n
Pretending is great because they will take it much more seriously than your instructions, and will really get into the emotion of it all. You\u2019ll get some fantastic photos as your little Hams Ham it up!<\/p>\n
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Part of the trouble with taking kids pictures for your goal of having the greatest canvas prints Australia has ever seen is the boring nature of standing or sitting still while someone takes photos. Instead, get them to move! For younger kids, announcing something like a jumping or dancing contest will get those little butts wiggling, and you can just snap away \u2013 and you\u2019ll get some awesome shots.<\/p>\n
For older kids, prey on their vanity \u2013 if you know they play a sport, or like to skateboard, or are proud of their developing muscles, ask for demonstrations and take photos as they show off. Not only are these going to be great, relaxed photos, they\u2019ll also be filled with action.<\/p>\n
Getting picture of your kids that will make a great print on canvas isn\u2019t easy \u2013 but these techniques usually work. Be patient, and when you have the perfect<\/i> photo of your kids, click here and we\u2019ll take it the rest of the way<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the most popular sources for custom canvas prints projects in the home is, naturally enough, photos of your family \u2013 especially children. As they grow and evolve, your children are endlessly fascinating subjects for photo printing on canvas that can then be hung on your wall each year or birthday or holiday, showing … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canvas-wall-art"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}