How to take pictures of children
Very often, when you show a huge albumwith photos of the child to friends and friends, they lose interest in the pictures literally on the third page. It's not in your child, but in the photos themselves. In this article, how to photograph children.
Shoot the child for the game. There is nothing more beautiful than children, enthusiasticsome kind of occupation. To start, you need someone who will play with the child and monitor its successful location in front of the camera. You will also need to select a game. The perfect game will be a ball game: the kid is standing and catches the ball thrown by the adult. In addition, you can experiment with the option of hide and seek. For example, the kid hides behind a tree, a closet or a wall and periodically peeps out, provocatively pronouncing "ku-ku". Your task is to catch this moment with the help of the camera.
Photographing children better during outdoor games. The fact is that the calm do not quite fitfor shooting because you have to keep distracting the child from an exciting activity all the time. It should also be noted that children should be removed by placing the camera at the level of their eyes.
Most of the children's pictures are taken at home. The main thing - do not use flash when shooting. The fact is that this function is the causeappearance of "red eyes", in addition, it completely removes the volume and texture of the skin. Invite the child to play on the windowsill. Even in cloudy weather, near the window there will be very good light.
If it's already dark, turn on the light, just remember to switch the camera's white balance to "Incandescent lamp". It will not be superfluous to raise the ISO sensitivity to 800. If you have a good semi-professional SLR camera, You can easily raise ISO to 1600, and even to 3200.
Of course, you can take pictures of children on the street during a walk. The only thing to take into account is shooting against the sun. In such situations, you can use the built-inflash: it will lighten the face, and the sunlight will give extra volume. In addition, you can take a piece of foil for a walk to use it as a reflector to illuminate the shadows on the child's face.
If you want to be photographed with your child, and next to no one who would click on the camera button, you can resort to using a mirror. Also You can take a picture of your reflections in a samovar or a metal kettle. The surface of these objects will slightly distort your face, but this will give the picture a certain mood.
Wherever you take pictures of your child, remember that children are always very mobile, so You need to shoot at slow shutter speeds up to 1/30 second. Otherwise photos will be obtainedvery blurry. Try to use the built-in flash as little as possible. Use it is only if you want to do not an artistic shot, and documentary proof of your child's prank.
Finally, it's worth telling about poses for shooting. Babies up to 2 months are best photographed when they lie or are in the hands of parents. At the age of two to five months the child is already beginning to hold his head. Can do a picture of the baby peering out from behind his mother's shoulder. When the child begins to crawl and gradually begins to walk, you also have to crawl after him on all fours to make a good photo.
As you could see, taking pictures of children is notit's so hard, as it may seem at first glance. Follow the rules given in this article, and you will have interesting pictures of the child, which you can happily revise after a few years.
