How To Photograph Your Son
A complete guide to navigating your most important relationships through a camera lens
I’ve photographed children for over 20 years — it was a staple of my photography work since early on, even before I had my own children. It used to be an easy thing to fall into as a photographer as having a nice camera and set of lenses was unique back then and drew the attention of friends with kids. Today, people can do most of their family photography on their own. Or at least, they have the equipment to.
I’ve notice over the years in shooting a lot of family-oriented stuff — portraits, maternity, newborn, graduations, etc. — it all kind of gets lumped together under the header of Family Photography. The truth is, there’s worlds of things to consider for each kind of shoot that make each one almost an entirely unique genre. A graduation can be like event photography, for example, whereas shooting toddlers is practically sports photography!
One of the shoot types that I find to be most personal is taking pictures of sons. There’s something about the world of little men that takes me back to my own roots. And by its nature, capturing…
