Done with reading, Sawyer discovered the bin of puppets. She treated them like her “babies” until daddy showed her what they really could do. A sweet moment I knew I had to photograph, but when they started playing with the puppets, I was at a bad angle.

Experiment with Angles

The lighting was poor and you couldn’t tell where we were. I moved so that I was between the window and Sawyer, experimenting with angles, allowing the light to shine on her. I also angled myself so that you could see the stacks of books behind her, showing us that we were in the library. A few simple shifts in your position when photographing toddlers in the library can make all the difference in a great, storytelling photo of your adventures.