Taking photos of babies? Getting your baby to look at the camera is not an easy task, let alone pose for you. Expect having to constantly attract her attention with funny sounds and faces. And when you finally get her to smile at the camera, she turns away the moment you click the shutter button. Chances are out of ten photographs, you may be lucky to get just one keeper.

Shutter Buddy Baby Snapshot Sidekick helps get your baby’s attention and keep his focus longer. Long enough for a perfect shot of your baby’s smile. Babies are visually attracted to high contrast objects. An infant below six months doesn’t have perfect vision yet and are not sensitive to low constrast shades of colours. Shutter Buddy Baby Snapshot Sidekick uses contrasty black and white chequered squares, printed on a large enough surface to get your baby’s attention.

Speaking from personal experience, if you use a point-n-shoot compact camera that takes about a second to snap after pressing the shutter release button, you’ll need Shutter Buddy Baby Snapshot Sidekick to keep your baby looking your way long enough for a shot.

Shutter Buddy Baby Snapshot Sidekick is available at Amazon.com for $19.95. It fits any cameras, is light and foldable.