Photographing children can be a difficult and satisfying task. Who has not ever tried? To our children, nephews, children of friends, etc.… And who has not taken a click behind another? Blurred photos, moved, with impossible backgrounds ...
- Be patient
- Approach a window.
- Or go out to the balcony, but look for the light.
- Don't ask them to smile or laugh, it never works. And for a good photo a smile is not always necessary.
- Make them laugh. If you want a laugh, try it, it will be authentic and spread joy.
Make them laugh - Always carry a pompero outdoors. It can save you from some trouble, no child resists making or blowing soap bubbles.
- Do not photograph your children always in the same park. All photos with the same background are boring.
- Always have the camera on in a session with children, even if you take a break, so you won't lose any "momentazo".
- At home always have the camera ready and at hand.
- In cases of emergency use sports mode. It is the automatic mode that best captures the activity of children.
- Use fast or very fast shooting speeds if there is a lot of action.
- Use large openings, you will have more light and give more prominence.
- Always have the camera on in a session with children, even if you take a break, so you won't lose any "momentazo".
- But beware of openings that are too large, any minimal movement of the monster can cause you to end up focusing poorly.
- Blur the hard light of the window with a white, smooth curtain, or with a white tissue paper on the glass.
A white tissue paper in the window will blur the hard light - With the little ones you can attach a doll to the target, so you make sure they look at the camera.
- Make sure that in the portraits of babies and children shine appears in their eyes.
- Let them play. Let them move at your own pace.
- Try that the fund does not distract attention.
- The protagonist is the boy or the girl, not the toys, furniture or people around. Eliminate everything that hinders.
- If the above is not possible, change perspective .
- Except for exceptional cases, try to use soft light. It transmits tenderness.
- Get up to portray them.
- Do not be afraid to lie on the ground.
- Nor do you climb to capture them from a zenith perspective.
- Find suitable locations for what you want to tell.
The importance of the stage - Adjust your camera in shooting priority mode if there is a lot of movement and you don't want to miss a gesture.
- Set the camera to focus priority mode if you are looking for sharpness.
- Use the dynamic zone focus mode .
- Shoot on AI Servo (Canon) or AF-C (Nikon) whenever they are awake, if they are not moving, they are likely to be within a nanosecond.
- Shoot in burst to achieve your best gesture.
- If a newborn pees while sleeping, dry it better with tissues, the wipe is wet (and cold) and will wake you up, then you will clean it.
- When shooting in burst, if you want speed, better shoot in JPG. The RAW format slows the burst speed.
- Get inspired: Marta Schmidt , Alexa de Blois , Elena Shumilova or Charo Diez are some of the "safety pins" in the field of child photography.
@alexadeblois - Never shoot with a flash when photographing babies or very young children. Whenever you can, use natural light. Smile always. Try to tell a story, with a single photo or with several.
- Outdoors, shadow photographs .
- Show them a photo from time to time, especially to the older ones.
- With newborns put a plastic protector under the first blanket.
- That the clothes do not detract from them. No large letters, or exaggerated prints, especially in the smallest. The protagonist is the boy, not the clothes.
- In summer, better clothes of soft or neutral colors.
- In winter, better clothes of bright colors to contrast with the landscape.
- Your well-being is the main thing, if you are uncomfortable for the session.
- If you photograph a naked baby or with minimal gauze, make sure the room temperature is adequate.
- If you do not use a tripod and you are a movidito pulse, activate the image stabilizer whenever you can.
- Upload the ISO if necessary. In some important moments, it is better to have a photo with noise than not to have a photo. Or have a completely blurred.
- Photograph the baby's parts and details, such as mouth, feet or hands, with a very large opening.
Small big details - Keep objects you can play with.
- For a photo shoot, invite them to bring their favorite toy.
- Beware of the photograph of newborns with older siblings, if the prota is the baby, who does not steal prominence (or vice versa).
- Plan the session. Everything you have planned will help you, even if half of things fail you at the last moment;).
- Use costumes, or accessories that they might like. Some hat, a cape, huge glasses ...
- Never post photos without the express consent of the parents.
- Whenever you can, take an assistant to your children's sessions .
- Dress in white clothes, you will reflect the light.
- Dress in white clothes, you will reflect the light.
- With babies that are already crawling (or crawling) use buckets or baskets to keep them still. Just don't forget your safety.
- Because ... safety comes first.
- Play hide and seek with them. They will give you great moments.
Playing hide and seek has a prize - Sleep a newborn in the posture in which you want to photograph him.
- With newborns, start the session with clothes and go removing it little by little until you leave them with the gauze or whatever you have prepared. Or with nothing ...
- Choose a good time, especially one in which you are not sleepy (except in newborns who ideally fall asleep). If you are not receptive do not expect much. Well yes, be angry and you despair.
- If there is a horizon, please, be straight or the child will lose prominence.
- Use games to collaborate.
- Have fun with them, they will give you their best smile.
- Do not force anything. Better let them move naturally.
- Always focus on the eyes.
- Never cut by joints or fingers.
- Never cut on the face by the ears, chin or neck.
- Never cut on the face by the ears, chin or neck.
- Come closer. Plus.
- Search for different shooting angles .
- Pay attention to all gestures.
- Try to catch his most characteristic gesture. When you grow up you will love to have it immortalized.
- Use a macro to photograph the mouthpiece or other details.
Marta Schmidt - Capture your emotions. It is the only way to get excited.
- Take them to a place they like very much and where they can run free.
- Never photograph a child without permission.
- Wear comfortable clothes.
- And comfortable shoes.
- In baby photography, help yourself with creative accessories .
- Photograph them with mom and / or dad.
- Take care of the composition, that your smile does not make you forget the important thing, it is a photograph and a good composition is always the key.
- Never place a tripod where there are children running around, run a serious risk.
- Hide some surprise. Use it in case of emergency or to close the session and keep a good memory.
- If you see that they are very bored or do not want to collaborate, try to play grimaces. Who will be able to make the funny face, you or the child? The laughs are assured. Have the camera ready!
- Never leave the camera within reach.
- Try to capture them in everyday moments.
- Learn to erase, it is difficult to erase photos of your offspring, but having ten equal photos is of no use, well yes, to make you lazy to edit them and to fill hard drives with no meaning;).
The magic of everyday life - Before a session, study the place, the light, the funds, and so on.
- If you have a camera that looks like a toy, a spine, an old one that doesn't have much value, let them play to take pictures and shoot them at that moment.
Let them play photographers - Learn to hold the camera well.
- Tell your child his story through photos. Pregnancy preparations, the first bath, his first smiles, the first time he discovered his foot, his first tooth ...
- Try occasionally with black and white, but shoot in color and then, in editing, convert to grayscale.
- Learn to be flexible and improvise.
- Choose the right objective, this can be a great example.
- Mom , if they are your children, try to leave from time to time.
Try to salilr from time to time, in a while you will be happy - Reveal the photos on paper.
- Capture the magic between brothers .
- Have more patience yet.
- Never give up ;). Risk sports, like this one, are hard, but when you get to the goal, you become the happiest person.
