Getting Noticed

A camera with a Pez dispenser fitted into the hot shoe to help focus families' attention for portraits.

A camera with a Pez dispenser fitted into the hot shoe to help focus families' attention for portraits.

We've probably all been there. Everyone is smiling perfectly. The light is gorgeous. The family is dressed to the nines. But Junior just WILL NOT LOOK AT YOU!

We have a trick for that.

PEZ dispensers.

You fit them into your hot shoe and say "Look at Mickey!" (Or whoever happens to be residing in your hot shoe.)

First you need a Pez dispenser.

A Donald Duck Pez dispenser that will be used to create an attention getter that for photographing young children.

Then you will need to trim off a bit of the rounded edges at the top of half of the bottom part. (See, aren't you glad I'm showing images here?)

An image showing the bottom of the pez dispenser and to show where to trim off the excess plastic.

If you leave those rounded edges on, it won't fit into the hot shoe, which defeats the whole purpose. So using a pair of sharp scissors, carefully trim off that overlapping edge.

The bottom of the Pez dispenser with the extra plastic cut off.

One it is snipped, it is ready to go!

The bottom of the Pez Dispenser trimmed and ready to put into the camera shot shoe.

Insert it into your hot shoe!

The Pez Dispenser inserted into the camera hot shoe so that the photographer can get the attention of small children at a photoshoot.

Don't really set your camera like this often. I am just showing where it goes.

A demo of the camera with the pez dispenser in the hot shoe for getting the attention of small children at photoshoots.

Ta da! It gives everyone (even the adults) somewhere to focus to get those always-wanted-everyone-looking-and-smiling pictures! Easy peasy, rice and cheesy!

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