Tips on kids portraits
I was photographing the children in a nursery school and after about two hours the nursery nurse in charge asked me to come into the main nursery, she wanted me to see all the children who had been in for there photos
walking around the nursery pretending to be photographers with fluffy toys on there heads, this is something I have always done, iether a duck or a gorrilla both go down well, if you act there age wich I find easy then you are on a winner.[/color][/b]
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Cooke wrote: get down to there level, try to be relaxed, take lots of photos, dont try to get them to do things they dont want to do, try lots of different angles, include close ups best if you have a zoom for those, sticking your 50mm into a childs face is kinda wrong, if you are using flash then bounce it direct flash will look harsh and produce dark shadows, most of all if you are enjoying yourself they will.
I was photographing the children in a nursery school and after about two hours the nursery nurse in charge asked me to come into the main nursery, she wanted me to see all the children who had been in for there photos
walking around the nursery pretending to be photographers with fluffy toys on there heads, this is something I have always done, iether a duck or a gorrilla both go down well, if you act there age wich I find easy then you are on a winner.
Great tips. You have to be willing to get down on the children's level to get some awesome shots. I love candid shots from kids. Children are beautiful to photograph. They make the world go round.
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