{"id":1113,"date":"2016-10-06T08:12:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T06:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/blog\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:55:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:55:32","slug":"photographing-children-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/photographing-children-easily\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing Kids Has Never Been this Easy &#8211; Hidden Mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hidden-mothers.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hidden-mothers.jpg\" alt=\"hidden-mothers\" width=\"794\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hidden-mothers.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hidden-mothers-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hidden-mothers-768x386.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Travelling back in time, photography wasn\u2019t always as simple as \u2018smile and click\u2019. In the 1820s, early cameras would take several hours to capture an image!<\/p>\n<p>In those days, photographing people was a big task. With annoyingly long exposure times, photographing people with a nice smile wasn&#8217;t possible. If you try and hold a convincing smile for hours then you&#8217;ll understand why.<\/p>\n<p>Photographing adults was manageable but photographing children was almost impossible. \u00a0<strong>Most of the time mothers sat disguised as chairs holding their babies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So if you think that photographing children today is a big task, spare a thought for these moms as you snap away with your mobile phones and incredibly fast shutter speeds. <strong>Take time to photograph your kids today!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you like this <strong>old-school look<\/strong> then choose Sepia tone or Black and White when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/start-your-order\/\">selecting your colour process on your order<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-06-at-09.55.30.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-06-at-09.55.30.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-06 at 09.55.30\" width=\"656\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-06-at-09.55.30.png 656w, https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-06-at-09.55.30-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Info adapted from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/factslegend.org\/30-interesting-photography-facts\/\">Factslegend<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelling back in time, photography wasn\u2019t always as simple as \u2018smile and click\u2019. 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