For primary school aged children, indoors or out doors is fine as they are usually easier to reason with and follow instructions. Maybe a game of dress up with their friends or siblings will lead to a moment you will be able to embarrass them with at their 21st Birthday. :

Perhaps your children have a favourite hobby or sport that they are involved in. They will feel more comfortable posing, as they are doing something they obviously enjoy.

Remember to get in close to capture those magic smiles or moments, that may even make you consider a career as a budding professional photographer! One rule I always remind anyone with a camera is …Take 2 steps closer to the subject than you normally do and try orientating your camera in a portrait mode. Don't be stuck holding your camera as if everything you are shooting is a landscape!

Teenagers are a unique breed and require a little nurturing to co-operate. They are best when they are in an environment that they feel comfortable in, wearing clothes that they have chosen. If the clothes are not really what you had in mind, gently persuade them to bring along a couple of options which of course includes at least one change that you approve of.

They don't like people watching, not even family, so make sure you can go to a fairly quite location and ensure that there are no bystanders watching on. If your lucky, you'll have 30 to 45 mins, if you are prepared. That is, you know exactly where you are going and how you are going to be positioning or modelling the teenagers. Often they are more willing if they get to take their friends with them. Just make sure the friends' portraits don't dominate the precious time you will have to photograph your teenager. You can be assured it will be a long time before you get another opportunity.

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