One of the essential things that I have learnt a photographer needs is a support structure. Friends who will pay for a service when all they know is what they have seen on the LCD of his camera. There is nothing that beats the energy you see in your subjects eyes when you are taking a portrait. It is a given that the young members of the family will always have ideas on what is a good pose. Improvise on what they already are freely giving. Some members will not be in all the shoots, Always remember to tell them how beautiful they look.