{"id":121,"date":"2009-12-14T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/?p=121"},"modified":"2010-02-22T01:07:24","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T01:07:24","slug":"boys-being-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/boys-being-boys","title":{"rendered":"Boys being boys &#8211; family and character portraiture in Richmond, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have never met a single person who, when asked to &#8216;relax and look natural&#8217; in front of a huge lens pointing in their face, takes a photograph that actually represents their character in some way.<\/p>\n<p>Nor have I ever met a child who will sit still for a photograph.<\/p>\n<p>At least, perhaps they will do for a school photograph. But that&#8217;s a school photo for you: well-lit mugshot at best.<\/p>\n<p>But as for any other portraiture of children, they won&#8217;t sit still.<\/p>\n<p>I therefore find it takes the stress out of photographing boys when you work <strong>with <\/strong>them rather than <strong>against <\/strong>them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"134\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/boys-being-boys\/img_8018#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_8018.jpg?fit=537%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"537,374\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Mat Smith&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Boys pulling silly faces\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_8018.jpg?fit=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_8018.jpg?fit=537%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-134\" title=\"Boys pulling silly faces\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_8018.jpg?resize=537%2C374&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mat Smith Photography Portrait of two boys pulling silly faces\" width=\"537\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_8018.jpg?w=537&amp;ssl=1 537w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matsmithphotography.com\/photolife-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_8018.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have never met a child who will sit still for a photograph. 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