Photographing babies is all about soft light. We position the baby, usually with mum and dad, in places that are softly lit by window light. We try to avoid flash for obvious reasons.
For toddlers and young children, posing in the conventional sense is obviously out of the question and in any case would look very strange! Instead we create scenarios for the children such as running, picking flowers, skipping or looking for bugs.
We then capture them just as they are: inquisitive, engrossed and happy