Children -- as adorable and amazing and wonderful as they are -- are not always the easiest clients to photograph. Some are shy, some are fussy and some love to squirm and move around.

Getting a genuine expression out of them? Well, it’s not exactly easy as pie. It's more like preparing a fancy soufflé from scratch and crossing your fingers as you watch it grow in the oven, hoping everything goes as planned.

Don't just sit back. BE PROACTIVE. Learn more and forever educate yourself!

We're here to help you do just that with our How to Take Better Children Portraits, a BP4U collaboration with renowned child photographer Ashley Hempel. Miss Hempel has arguably taken some of the most striking, heart-rending photographs of children in the biz and she knows. Her. Stuff.

Four reasons you NEED How to Take Better Children Portraits.

1. It features over 90 beautifully designed pages with thoughts and expert advice straight from Ashley Hempel’s mouth, someone who’s photographed children for years, now.
2. You’ll learn how to deal with everything from fussy and uncooperative children to posing them beautifully (by themselves, with siblings and with parents). Ashley even covers styling your session and walks you through her post-processing.
3. You’ll learn how to work better with not only the kiddos you photograph, but with their parents. Ashley talks about everything from marketing to parents to using them to your advantage during your shoot. She also talks about more sensitive topics, such as parents who may interfere with your session.
4. Ashley Hempel's guide will have you walking away feeling moved, inspired and ready to up the ante when it comes to your children and sibling photography.