Good points Peter. I wouldn't dare to use a tripod with toddlers though, they move too fast & I'm too old lol. The kids will give you the shots in their lil quiet moments which will sometimes astonish even the parents, but it's a split second thing and you have to be ready.
Butterflies are free so are kid if you to get those good moment of reaction images. Great coverage on the subject. Catch you on your next run down 9th ave
Yes it was glad you remember since you meet so many people. I use work with Milk studio when had the Gap kids doing photo shoot. 12 kids for the shoot but they where too slow to setup so kids when to hit the coffee bar which had those flavored sugar straws. The image of 12 kids running wild with one giant sugar high I have ever seen. They were bouncing around for the whole shoot which had to cancel after 4 hrs of mayhem. So ypur idea of setting pace from the start is the way to go. 60 suger sticks gone in least then 15 mins then all when south from that point on. See you around