Children

3 Tips to Take BETTER Photos of Kids

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3 Tips to help you capture better photos of any children including your own kids!  Do you have more tips?  Share them in the comments below!

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Recent Projects - Photographing Joely Rae

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Recently I had the opportunity to photograph Joely Rae who is about to turn one in May.  Joely is a sweet little girl who did an excellent job during our photoshoot!  I always enjoy photographing children because you never know what is going to happen.  Children also keep you on your toes.  Sometimes you get amazingly funny faces and other times you get tears.  Regardless of what happens, I'm there to capture moments from our time together and I enjoy every minute of it.  

Here are a few tips I find useful to keep in mind when photographing children.  

  • Go with the flow!  With children being unpredictable at times, you never know what will happen.  Have a plan, but be ready to change directions at any moment.  
  • Use a fast shutter speed.  You want to be sure to freeze the moment.  Some children are quite fast, so make sure you use a faster shutter speed.  Bump up you ISO if you need to.
  • Focus on the eyes!  Yes, the eyes say it all.  When photographing people make sure the eyes are tack sharp
  • Talk and work with the parents.  Set expectations so the parents know what you are thinking and how you plan to capture the images.  Ask the parents if they had any particular props they want to use or if they have seen photos somewhere else that they like.
  • Have fun!

Images shot with Canon 60D using the Canon 17mm - 55mm F2.8 USM and the Canon 50mm F1.4 USM

Here is some technical information about this shoot for those who are interested:  

  • All of the images were taken with the Canon 60D using both the Canon 17mm - 55mm F2.8 USM and the Canon 50mm F1.4 USM.  
  • Images were taken around 3:00 pm using available light.  There was a pretty good cloud cover with the sun only shining through occasionally.
  • Images were brought into and developed in Adobe Lightroom.
  • The composite image above was created in Adobe Photoshop CC.