Hi! Dave, I have experience shooting only one particular child - my daughter.
Here are two links for samples <grin>: http://www.webaperture.com/gallery/photos/29654 http://www.webaperture.com/gallery/photos/28380 My daughter is 2 and 1/4 (3 months <grin>) years now. What I observe is this: 1. She is impossible to fix in one place. She always is on the move. 2. When she notices that I point my camera at her she normally moves towards me. So I usually do this: 1. Either distract her, say with something on TV if at home or with the help of her mother a.k.a. my wife <grin> 2. Or assume some distance and pre-focus somewhere where I expect her to be. It is not much advise, but this is what works in my case. My normal tool kit for such a workout is my MZ-6 with FA 50/1.7 lens. Sometimes I even had to use predictive focus which gave me good results. You know, on my level, I take time to pass my eye around the frame to see what is going on, so to say. With her, it means that I would miss most of my shots... Hence I rely on technology and rather glad I can do so. HTH. Boris. P.S. Tanya - thanks for your advise. Perhaps I will ask my wife to assist me so that we can try some of your recommendations.
