There is one thing above all which a photographer needs to realise if he or she is going to make a habit of photographing small children, and it is this:

If a child is too young to spell “deadline”, they are not going to give a flying hoot whether you have one or not. They run on their own time line and you had better be prepared to join them on it or look forward to lots of fuzzy pictures.

The best comparison is with the wild life photographer who will happily sit in his “hide” for days focussed on the water-hole to capture the timid gazelle, or camped alongside the legendary Stinky-plant of Borneo which opens its petals for eight seconds every century and, if you miss it, tough cheese.

Not minding the indignity of a soft toy on your head helps too.

Speak to me.