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Childhood is running, jumping, playing, giggling — pretty much the exact opposite of sitting still and saying cheese for perfect kid's portraits. The task of sitting perfectly posed for pictures is torture for active kids, terrifying for shy kids, and impossible for many kids.

[caption id="attachment_40453" align="alignnone" width="1000"] credit: Dylan Goldby[/caption] I’ll go out on a limb here and say that most family photographers in the market are not part of a large organization or multi-photographer studio that has a cookie-cutter approach to photography and a marketing budget to drive enough clients to support that. A good portion of the industry is made up of solo-shooters who love family and all that it means.

[caption id="attachment_40285" align="alignnone" width="1000"] source: Dylan Goldby[/caption] Let’s start with a simple look at some facts. You and I are not happy all the time.

When you’re at a party with new people, you don’t get balance sheets with everyone’s statistics and track record. You don’t form impressions based on their “friendship retention percentage” or “personal growth projections.