Kids are definitely the ones who rule this world, as they will do exactly what they want to do, at their own time, and if they don’t feel like laughing, they certainly will not. We try everything but stand on our heads to make those little people smile, and a giggle coming from someone that size, is just precious.

Kids are quite unpredictable, but we always suggest to all parents before a shoot, that some good advice is that to feed them, and if they are still young enough to nap – to have had them go down for a nap earlier in the day, is when we’ll get some good smiles. A tired kid just won’t give you much, even if you try any type of bribery. They are quite spent after a while. As our studio really try and focus more on the emotion of a shoot, where parents play with their children, or the kids get to enjoy themselves by playing with their cousins or siblings who came along, makes for lovely spontaneous laughs, rather than using props, which you might looks back on in a few years and maybe not like the look of in anymore.

We do quite a lot of e

ntertaining for them, but we truly do it for the love of the art, as we too – feel very proud when we get to look back at the gorgeous smiles of our little people.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Real Life Studio Photography