My top 3 tips for taking pictures of my children

Have you heard of Zulily? Really?.....Where have you been?

Only kidding,
I came across the site via a recommendation from a friend and I have loved the site since much to the disgust of my purse and bank balance.

The site offers daily deals of up to 90% off designer items and leading brands for Mums, kids, babies and for your home too.  The flash sales last around 3 days and are varied and different every day - you never know what you may find and far too often something catches my eye - I've recently brought Regatta all in one fleece suits for both kids and Harry's pirate bunting and Pirate bookends were both purchased through this site.

Why am I telling you this?
Because they are hosting two competitions at the moment - one for everyone to enter and one for Bloggers.

Everyone can enter the Instagram biggest grin competition by following the instructions here.  The prize is £100 Zulily vouchers, storage boxes from Feather and Black and a Juicy Couture clutch bag.

The Bloggers competition details can be found here. 
You need to share your top 3 tips for taking photo's of your children.

Here are my tips for my entry for a chance to win £100 vouchers:

1. Take natural unposed shots.  If I tell Emmy I'm taking her picture she will either hide or pull the silliest cheesy grin ever spoiling the shot, so I hide the camera and snap away unannounced
2. Take a few of the same pictures, this way if you have 5 or 6 of the same shot the chances are 1 or 2 of them will be unblurred and in focus.
3. Play around with different lighting effects - most smart phones have this option or Instagram is good for instantly changing the look of you photo.

Here is my favourite photo taken by myself this week: