Adult sister, little brother

[capturedbybrooke]

I'm doing a shoot tomorrow with an older adult sister (28) and her younger brother (8) that don't know each other very well. Any ideas on poses? Would be MUCH appreciated!

TIA!

[Photologyst]

Will the venue be someplace fun for both of them: Amusement park, restaurant, park, beach, lake, ballpark, etc.?

I would imagine if they are having a good time together you will be able to get lots of candid shots. No need for stilted poses.

[BigFuzzy]

Look at flickr, use key words that match your situation, and get some inspiration. Too difficult to tell you exactly what we'd do specifically considering we don't know anything about them.

Though I agree with Photologyst, I also think you need to go in with a plan about poses or particular shots you DO want to get. Often times the worst sessions I've seen people do are the ones where they just wing it and don't have a plan in mind.
To me, the best thing you can do is create an environment where you can both do certain things which you have in mind already, but are also capable of reacting to them reacting in the environment. I do promise, seeing as you're apparently pretty new at this, if you simply say "here's a park, go have fun and I'll take some photos as you do your thing" you'll fail.

So, have a plan, and also let it flow.

[SuperDan]

Originally Posted by BigFuzzy

Look at flickr, use key words that match your situation, and get some inspiration. Too difficult to tell you exactly what we'd do specifically considering we don't know anything about them.

Though I agree with Photologyst, I also think you need to go in with a plan about poses or particular shots you DO want to get. Often times the worst sessions I've seen people do are the ones where they just wing it and don't have a plan in mind.
To me, the best thing you can do is create an environment where you can both do certain things which you have in mind already, but are also capable of reacting to them reacting in the environment. I do promise, seeing as you're apparently pretty new at this, if you simply say "here's a park, go have fun and I'll take some photos as you do your thing" you'll fail.

So, have a plan, and also let it flow.

totally agree here