Once the kids were interested in what I had set up, I watched them as they played and started capturing moments. I did keep in mind my tips from my previous post on photographing adventures with toddlers, especially pretending I was shooting a roll of film. I didn’t want to end up with 200 tea party photos! However, once I started shooting, I realized I needed to remove distractions within my photo.

Remove Distractions

Typically, I remove distractions before I start shooting by picking up the area I’m going to photograph. However, upon capturing this adorable image of Milo sipping tea, I realized his shirt was a distraction! The words SODOR took away from the moment. So I paused and turned his shirt backwards (since he loves this shirt and wasn’t about to let me remove it all together).  Bonus Tip: If you’re going through images and find a shirt or something in the background to be too distracting, often changing the image black and white will tone down the distraction. Yet, I find it is always better to remove distractions ahead of time!