Capturing great photos of children can be challenging. Here are some tips that can help improve your results.
Get Down. The first thing is get down on their level. Adults are taller than kids and many mediocre pictures could have been great if the person with the camera had just taken a lower vantage point. So if you sit, kneel, squat or bend down this simple act can make you photographs of children better.
Get Ready. Children have a lot of energy and those little hands and feet are constantly in motion. Even their heads are turning and their expressions change in an instant so be ready. If you are photographing children you have to be ready to click. Also, it helps to set your camera to a fast shutter speed to freeze the action. When you are indoors using a flash, the camera’s recycling time can be a limitation. Lower end cameras especially can take a long time for the flash to recycle. For that matter those same cameras can cause a problem with slow focusing and taking a long time to write to the memory card. So this is a situation where a better camera can be an advantage.
Be patient. Even though kids move fast a photographer who wants to capture amazing images of kids has to be patient. So you may have to wait a while to get the perfect shot, but that is okay. Enjoy the experience.
Shoot, shoot, shoot. Back in the days of film taking more pictures meant spending more money. With digital cameras that is no longer true. So you can shoot and shoot while the opportunity is there. Later delete the ones that were no good.
Get Closer. One easy thing that will improve the pictures of most hobby photographers is simply to step a bit closer. That applies not just to children but 90 percent of the subject matter. So get close and fill the viewfinder.
Applying these simple points can help you capture great images of your precious little ones. Now go get your camera bag and get busy.
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