My child is developing so fast! - Children and Books PodCast

00:00:00: Hello and welcome to the children in Bucks podcast.

00:00:07: Today is Jennifer with us and Jennifer is a photographer for children in for family.

00:00:14: And I am very happy that rates of Jennifer Luis nicaea.

00:00:19: Hello I'm very happy sitting of us I guess Jennifer answer to be great to see you again once again

00:00:31: yeah yeah lovely to be here with me.

00:00:36: Jennifer would you like to tell us a little bit about your work the kinds of people that you work with what kind of requests do you get for photography.

00:00:47: Yes of course so

00:00:50: I kind of I started shooting family's last year when I became a mum myself so I should pregnancy and newborn families and

00:01:05: I mostly focus on like I sent it a very natural photography of families so it's like I just basically follow them around and take photos as they go about their day because

00:01:18: people who come to me I mean they have seen my website it mostly so so they know what they do but they're requests are they Won't Like authentic photos that show they actually

00:01:31: are and live and interact as a family and not dislike posed

00:01:35: like you doing a studio so yeah I usually take photos outside it's mostly easier with children when they can run around and then I just tried to find those little moments weather interact and maybe it's it all together a stand or walk or to get there and

00:01:52: try to capture real moments.

00:01:55: That's really interesting so rather than and he said posing for photographs or creating kind of

00:02:04: compositions for you then to United so that your your subjects have to keep still and then you photograph them you're actually

00:02:12: finding moments in their movement that you can capture

00:02:21: don't want to stay still and I don't want to like force them and for me taking like families out for a walk and actually like having a nice few hours outside together it's so much nicer for them to it's like an extra.

00:02:37: Emily out now so it's a win-win I think the photos are much nicer and and they prefer it like the whole experience of getting those photos parents usually when they come to me or like when they want to take a family photos

00:02:55: they are very stressed because they they want their child to

00:02:59: work like you know the one the child due to behave and being a good mood so creating an environment that supports that is just much better I think

00:03:10: absolutely.

00:03:12: Because it's yeah because the studio would be a very alien environment for children and you're not going to get a kind of natural.

00:03:22: Reflection how the chair and.

00:03:30: So I guess you must be taking many many photographs.

00:03:34: Wherever you are yes I usually end up with around 1000 so

00:03:41: you have like a lot of lot of lot of waste basically when they been around and like you trying out different angles and everything

00:03:50: I usually end up choosing like maybe 50 but yeah yeah yeah you like I basically have a very.

00:04:00: Tired trigger finger afterwards yes so good I'm in a bit

00:04:09: it's a pity that I don't have now a little child I would come in mediately

00:04:14: shooting on a walk How are you on family photos to digital photos or was it the time for the.

00:04:31: Paper photos in photo for dinner.

00:04:33: We we we have a mixture of Base actually so I've not old photos that run films and printed out

00:04:41: and say some of these have made their way into into albums into books of photographs

00:04:49: have a book for each child you know in their first year of life.

00:04:53: Got the capture that but sadly I was often the photographer so there's very few photographs of me.

00:05:09: And I just think what a lovely what a lovely idea and I.

00:05:13: Am I actually I mean you hear about wedding photographers who will come and just be around for the day

00:05:20: you know you're all that kind of natural moments you know the you know the playful moments the intimate moments and stuff like that I'm just by being around but you don't come across it so much in United as a family photographer I'm sorry

00:05:36: I love the idea and do families want you to sort of capture particular

00:05:45: hand of milestones in in the lives you know if vents or sometimes I mean usually was they.

00:05:54: Some of them do is like newborn photography is very requested so I like the first two weeks of Life that's very often that they wish to capture that and then

00:06:05: families choose to do is like milestones

00:06:09: year 2 like have one photo shooting Wednesday years you have like the development

00:06:16: child basically and the family dynamic that's something that they do it's not really like it doesn't have to be like a first birthday but like a round the one you have a separate event.

00:06:31: Yeah sure what's the most popular kind of request that you get.

00:06:38: On a shooting day or like what do you mean on a shooting day they don't really request that much my family is like.

00:06:52: Put like put their trust in my hands and say we want something

00:06:56: authentic natural just try to catch us all together and then more likes little things like I am take some photos of the baby

00:07:06: on their own or something they don't come with a big catalogue

00:07:10: please do this or that usually they're like I've seen your photos I trust you we just one.

00:07:16: Us as a family captured as well.

00:07:25: Yeah yeah no problem children to when they are in the EU or something like that.

00:07:35: Usually much more with small children actually because people like it when they're like new children they wish like to capture.

00:07:45: I think they think about it more I've had like families with children as well but I feel like that mostly like from my life

00:07:54: extended French of people like hearing what I do and being like yes.

00:08:01: It was like I forgot it and now I know why I said something they should do they tend to do it but yeah request that I get like from the internet for example mostly really really and within the first year

00:08:20: ok it's a nice idea isn't it.

00:08:24: A family might call you back on a on an annual basis yes you can because you know I'm just imagining doing that over

00:08:35: no period a longer period of time like a decade or two decades

00:08:40: and I was it you haven't been doing this working with families for very long but the possibility of that that how is how does that feel.

00:08:49: For you

00:08:50: that would be so cool like already now being the one to come into their house when they have a new born and being able to capture those moments is so special like I love that it's like being part of their life stories somehow

00:09:05: and that's why I always like like I will

00:09:09: with my family's try to remind them once a year just to give them the option like a reminder if they want to do it because I think it would be so special to see the little ones grow up and see the family dynamic.

00:09:24: Evolve and everything so they will be really special and proud of what I love about the job you know being been

00:09:31: visitor their life yes you are busy

00:09:37: yeah and you know just kind of creating at that kind of Visual.

00:09:43: Familial and social history very exciting

00:09:49: when my family sent me photos of their like collages of photos I took of them you know and they have been like in the flat and living room or somewhere really prominent it's really special no it's like I'm there somehow.

00:10:06: And I think to this it is special because.

00:10:12: You know just thinking about you know what you see kind of through the lens.

00:10:17: And that your you know that you're you're choosing to catch a something capture a moment in your framing it and creating.

00:10:28: Something beautiful while also reflecting off in a moment of real

00:10:34: kind of connection between family members and authenticity so that exactly that is so special.

00:10:42: Yes it is a special connection that is so like

00:10:47: smiling laughing kids and babies is amazing and the connection thing we're like the parent place like really like what they're like in their play and they are just focusing on each other and I'm just standing there that's really cool

00:11:01: yeah that sounds good I can imagine because you know where where

00:11:10: what's the selfie I guess you can't do anything and it often feels like it's a barrier to communication

00:11:22: picture so it's a lovely.

00:11:28: Sensor I'm getting a of these families who are wanting to to.

00:11:34: Pandas capture these memories for themselves but also not wanting to lose their part in it by being the first

00:11:44: yeah because you have to step out of the moment to take care of yourself and the leg lips two negatives because you might not be in the photo but even if you like a selfie

00:11:57: you're starting to pose and you're not actually yeah yeah yeah.

00:12:02: I think this is very special in the most special point because like you say when you make the head as a selfie you are not

00:12:10: but all natural no yes it's a part of you but it is not the part which makes a connection to a try or to another person and the children to when they make the selfie for the opposing the morning

00:12:24: at this to be real to see the connection to a family member is so important one so good and you.

00:12:33: Make a photo of it that's why you need somebody like you will decide but there's not who don't say that you are looking and you look for the right very nice picture.

00:12:52: Yes let's all get photographers

00:13:02: one last question is who's the photographer in your house who's captured all those moments with you and your.

00:13:09: Your baby once you become a parent we don't actually have an external photographer I think one of the reasons we done is

00:13:18: coronavirus virus you know and also we always thought we could get it ourselves but I'm actually

00:13:26: anyone booking someone external now because I'm just seeing how important it is and within our family unit I think it's like 80% me my husband take some photos to and I'm trying to encourage him to take more so that I'm in more of them

00:13:46: yeah your children will have very created it later I mean my exactly photos of you Mum

00:13:53: taking selfies as well with my son because I want to have some photos of humans

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00:14:17: to stay or 4 thank you Jennifer and thank you Rachel was lovely.

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00:14:32: I'm very very fulfilling now.

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