Photographing Children

Photographing children

Most of us start buying camera to take a picture of our own child. Little are known that taking photograph of our own little people is one of the most challenging task a photographer have. They always move around and difficult to direct.

Here are a few tips to catch a great image of your child.

1. Play with them and follow them wherever they go. camera ready of course.

2. shoot when he / she is busy doing stuff.

3. The closer the better. The closer your camera to the child, the better it is. ( I usually use 85mm lens to get a better close up image. and use 35mm to shoot on different perspective such as from the top of their head)

4. The windows of human soul is through their eyes. children's eye is very attractive.

5. bribe them with candy. If you want them to do something for you to take a photograph, promise them some gift like candy r cracker.

6. Use minimum aperture of f4.With this formula, your depth of field is not too narrow, allowing a sharp picture when the object is moving while you can still have a good bokeh.

7. don't forget your minimum speed limit.

8. shoot when he/she eat or drink, feed his pets, trying to pick up fallen toys, throwing, running, jumping, riding bike, even sleeping.

9. stop asking them to pose when they don't want to pose. you better off taking a candid picture.

10. shoot a hell of lot. this is the marvel of digital world. you don't have to pay for film and the result is instant. Even when you shoot without looking at your few finder can make an attractive picture

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