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Old December 26th 04, 05:24 PM
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Here are 5 good tips for shooting photos of babies and children.

1. Get them to pose properly
Easier said than done. Getting children to pose for photos can be
frustrating and can often result in your children appearing tense.
Involving a toy or another person for the child to interact with while
photos are taken often helps child subjects to display a broader range
of emotions, especially of happiness, which is what you want.

2. Get down to the level of the child
Getting down to the level of the child will make them more comfortable
and give you a better view of their features. If you are outside, wear
clothes that you won't mind getting dirty so you can kneel down at any
moment.

3. Use a camera that you can operate quickly
Using a camera that you can operate quickly and keeping the photography
equipment to a minimum also helps you get a great shot before your
child's attention wanders, as you can be sure they won't hold a
fleeting pose while you change lenses.

4. Use a wide angle lens
Using a wide angle lens can often give a pleasant view of a baby,
because their body parts are already a bit out of proportion and the
perspective offered by a wide angle lens will exaggerate this.

5. Use natural lighting
Natural lighting coming from a window will also give a more gentle and
nostalgic feeling to your photographs and will also react better with
the skin tone of a baby.
Gary Hendricks
www.basic-digital-photography.com

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Old December 27th 04, 12:58 AM
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Mostly good advise...especially #2. But, when I shoot photojournalisticaly I
don't pose. Just point the camera at them. If they don't see you go ahead
and shoot. I also like the look when they first notice the camera. After
that...just keep looking through the viewfinder....they will pose if old
enough....but after a minute they will get bored and start doing something
interesting....to them at least. Of course natural light works well for this
sort of thing....but fill flash is often a good idea. Any camera works well
at some sort of shooting...none work well for everything. Pinhole cameras
are great for sleeping kids only!

If posing...and using strobes...they stiffen up...get them to goof off a
bit. Have them make silly faces. Then they start laughing and you get good
shots. (If a paying gig the "faces" make a nice addition)




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Here are 5 good tips for shooting photos of babies and children.

1. Get them to pose properly
Easier said than done. Getting children to pose for photos can be
frustrating and can often result in your children appearing tense.
Involving a toy or another person for the child to interact with while
photos are taken often helps child subjects to display a broader range
of emotions, especially of happiness, which is what you want.

2. Get down to the level of the child
Getting down to the level of the child will make them more comfortable
and give you a better view of their features. If you are outside, wear
clothes that you won't mind getting dirty so you can kneel down at any
moment.

3. Use a camera that you can operate quickly
Using a camera that you can operate quickly and keeping the photography
equipment to a minimum also helps you get a great shot before your
child's attention wanders, as you can be sure they won't hold a
fleeting pose while you change lenses.

4. Use a wide angle lens
Using a wide angle lens can often give a pleasant view of a baby,
because their body parts are already a bit out of proportion and the
perspective offered by a wide angle lens will exaggerate this.

5. Use natural lighting
Natural lighting coming from a window will also give a more gentle and
nostalgic feeling to your photographs and will also react better with
the skin tone of a baby.
Gary Hendricks
www.basic-digital-photography.com



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Old December 28th 04, 11:10 PM
Ben Thomas
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Here are 5 good tips for shooting photos of babies and children.

1. Get them to pose properly
Easier said than done. Getting children to pose for photos can be
frustrating and can often result in your children appearing tense.
Involving a toy or another person for the child to interact with while
photos are taken often helps child subjects to display a broader range
of emotions, especially of happiness, which is what you want.


5. Use natural lighting
Natural lighting coming from a window will also give a more gentle and
nostalgic feeling to your photographs and will also react better with
the skin tone of a baby.
Gary Hendricks
www.basic-digital-photography.com


I like using bounce flash. Results in much more even lighting. There's rarely
enough light coming in from the windows for even 1/60s shutter speed. I prefer
to use 1/90 when photographing kids as they move so fast. My daughter is still
too young to pose though.

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