Get involved with their imaginative play.

I will usually say something like…”Noah! I think I saw Thomas! Yep, there he goes, he’s behind you!”

He’ll often turn to look or he will laugh and at least look up from his game.

Then I might say…”Oh, I think Thomas has chugged into my camera, what do you think?” Followed quickly by, “Can you see Thomas? Look in the lens (pointing to lens) and tell me if you can see him. Can you?”

Noah will then look directly into the lens trying to see his hero and I madly start clicking. He will usually laugh and point and giggle and say “No”.

I sometimes say it a few times to get a reaction and if his attention lessens, I’ll move onto another engine

“Oh no! I think James just went in too!”

Again, patience is your friend.

The beauty of digital photography is that you can take lots of photos and then pick the best ones.

You will find though if you let your little people relax and if you play this simple game, catching the connection will be easy and you will get a beautiful photo that speaks volumes.

How about you? Do you have any tricks?