I love kids, do you love kids? You should, they are the best models for photography. They're completely natural, they're not shy, they're spontaneous, oblivious and cute.
I never have a problem taking a cute photo of children. I have a lot of trouble taking photos of adults. They're very self conscious and if one hair is out of place, they complain the photo is ugly. Arrghh...you can't win!
Did I tell you I like taking photos of children? But did you know that children are hard to take a picture of? They never stand still. They run around all the time, they cry, they never smile on queue.
The trick to taking photos of children is to be prepared and patience. Lots of patience.
There is one simple rule on taking photos of children though, try to take a photo of them at their eye level. That means, you have to kneel down or lie down on the ground.
Photos of children at their eye level is more interesting than shooting them with you standing up.
Here's a sample.
When you shoot a photo of children standing up, it's not every interesting because you view them looking down. When you're higher, you don't see their faces properly and they look tiny and uninteresting.
Another thing you should pay attention to is the zoom on your camera. If you zoom out and use the wide angle setting on your camera. This could happen.
When you use the wide angle settings, the corners and edges are usually distorted. It's nice to look at when you're photographing landscapes, but when you shoot close up, it distorts the subject. So if you look at this photo, the head and legs looks compressed which made the child look funny. What I should have done is zoom in a little so the lens would be even all throughout.
Here's a photo at eye level
and another...
and another...
Better isn't it?
So when photographing children, remember the following
Get down to the child's eye level, check your zoom, be prepared, be quick, be patient and practice. Practice, practice, practice.
Practice on your kids, your niece, your nephew or someone else's kid.
Happy shooting!
I never have a problem taking a cute photo of children. I have a lot of trouble taking photos of adults. They're very self conscious and if one hair is out of place, they complain the photo is ugly. Arrghh...you can't win!
Did I tell you I like taking photos of children? But did you know that children are hard to take a picture of? They never stand still. They run around all the time, they cry, they never smile on queue.
The trick to taking photos of children is to be prepared and patience. Lots of patience.
There is one simple rule on taking photos of children though, try to take a photo of them at their eye level. That means, you have to kneel down or lie down on the ground.
Photos of children at their eye level is more interesting than shooting them with you standing up.
Here's a sample.
When you shoot a photo of children standing up, it's not every interesting because you view them looking down. When you're higher, you don't see their faces properly and they look tiny and uninteresting.Another thing you should pay attention to is the zoom on your camera. If you zoom out and use the wide angle setting on your camera. This could happen.
When you use the wide angle settings, the corners and edges are usually distorted. It's nice to look at when you're photographing landscapes, but when you shoot close up, it distorts the subject. So if you look at this photo, the head and legs looks compressed which made the child look funny. What I should have done is zoom in a little so the lens would be even all throughout.Here's a photo at eye level
and another...
and another...
Better isn't it?So when photographing children, remember the following
Get down to the child's eye level, check your zoom, be prepared, be quick, be patient and practice. Practice, practice, practice.
Practice on your kids, your niece, your nephew or someone else's kid.
Happy shooting!
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