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Sunday, October 01, 2006

Outdoor Children's Photography Tips

Taking photographs of my kids is a favorite hobby of mine and what started me on designing photo collages and outside if the best place I find. The natural light helps in getting a good shot since it's so hard to make the kids stay still and pose. I'm not a big fan of the flash. I am by no means a professional, but do take a lot of pictures and have learned a thing or two.

My top 5 tips are as follows.

1. Get down low. Get down to their level, sit on the ground and just watch. Try to capture a moment. Getting them to pose is next to impossible with young children.

2. Check your background. Make sure all you see is landscaping. Try not to have a car, or house or anything else in the background. Place them in front of hedges or a large bush, near trees.

3. If you have a digital camera, hold your finger on the button, press slight to focus and be ready because all digitals have a little delay from when you press the button to when they take the picture, but you can reduce it to almost nothing if you half press the shutter button and are ready.

4. Take lots of pictures, with digital you can always delete all the ones that aren't the "money shot."

5. Use the seasons. Fall is a great time of year for outdoor shots and perfect for getting that personalized holiday card shot. Rake up a pile of leaves and let the kids jump around. Add the pumpkin to it, some hay. Or take the pictures at the pumpkin patch, a perfect setting. A colorful pile of leaves is a perfect backdrop.

I'll be doing mine just as soon as it stops raining and we have some leaves to jump around in!

Happy snapping!

Barbara
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Written at 8:02 AM by Barbara.

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