Alicia, one of the things I did was to get a couple of books about doing portrait photography, and specifically, photographing children. There are many, many books available on these subjects. Just pick a few that have the level of technical info to suit your needs.
I don't care about f-stops and filters but I did learn SO many things about lighting angles, contrast ratios, posing, getting the subjects to cooperate, etc, that it was well worth the time and money for me to study up. It made a world of difference the next time I scheduled a photo shoot with a sweet little two-year old who would only give me about ten minutes of her short attention span!
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