Kid Pix: To Bribe or Not to Bribe?
By Texas Chick Erin | Leave A Comment

I’ve seen this topic discussed many times on many different photography websites. And now I’d like to hear your opinion.

Do you bribe your kids in order to get good shots of them?

I’ll admit it. I’m a briber. And often it serves me well.

But during this particular session with my daughter during a week-long stretch of 3 digit days, I should have offered her something other than an ice cream cone. Because all my bribe got me were lots of shots of 5 year old pretending a lick a scoop and dreaming of which flavor she’d choose.

So I’m curious. Do you bribe your kids? And what do you use? Because I need some new ideas. . . .

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Erin is a bookish SAHM, former Latin teacher and occasional CPA. She is Episcopalian, a yellow dog
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Comments

punk rock mom says:

July 6, 2009 at 12:49 pm

haha, my kid would have rotted teeth if I bribed her for every picture. She went through a phase where she hated taking photos. She would literally hid under the table. She did always have an interest in my camera. So we gave her, her own digital camera and once she learned to love taking pictures, she learned to love to take pictures. We also do a 365 project of my daughter and I and I let her help decided what our picture is going to be. This gets her excited about posing. Good Luck!
Erin says:

July 6, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Hi Punk, great idea! I should drag out my daughter’s Fisher Price camera next time we go to take pictures. And I like that 365 idea also.

Thanks for the comment!
Erin
jenn says:

July 11, 2009 at 1:53 pm

also, bribe with things that will make your photos insteresting, things like bubbles, sidewalk chalk..stuff like that. it totally distracts them from the fact that you are taking their photo!!
Erin says:

July 11, 2009 at 5:14 pm

Bubbles! That is a great idea! Thank you.