What do you need to learn to do children photography?

Children's photography needs to learn the following:

1. Basic knowledge

Before shooting children, we need to know some basic knowledge of photography. I believe that most parents must have some basic knowledge about photography, such as how to determine the correct exposure and reasonable composition. However, it is necessary to emphasize some photography skills that have a lot to do with shooting children. The first is the influence of aperture and shutter on the shooting effect. For example, a large aperture can make the depth of field shallow, and a high shutter speed can "freeze" the motion.

Secondly, the reasonable use and control of flash, we should understand the role of different flash settings such as forced flash and slow flash synchronization, and when we need to use flash to shoot and when we must not use it. In addition, there are applications of manual white balance, manual focusing and hyperfocal distance.

2. Equipment preparation

"If you want to do a good job, you must sharpen your tools first." To take pictures of children, you must first have a camera. Nowadays, most families in the city have traditional cameras. Compared with traditional cameras, digital cameras are very suitable for children's photography because of their very low shooting cost and the characteristics of "watching while shooting".

Briefly talk about what kind of digital camera you should choose to shoot children. If you have enough money and heat, SLR digital camera is of course the best choice. In the lens configuration, we should fully consider the conversion factor of the focal length of the SLR digital camera, and the large aperture pan/tilt (installed on the SLR digital camera, it will become a standard medium focus portrait pan/tilt) and ultra-wide angle zoom pan/tilt should be suitable for most shooting needs. Of course, most friends will still choose consumer digital camera products. When shooting children, it is recommended that you buy quasi-professional products with strong manual function and large lens aperture and zoom ratio. Time delay and continuous shooting performance are also very important parameters. Of course, to take good pictures of children, the choice of equipment is only one aspect, and the human factor is decisive. You can also take many interesting pictures of children with a stupid machine. Don't be greedy for novelty, as long as you are careful, even a thousand yuan product can take good photos for your children.

3. Preventive measures

First of all, choose the best time of the day for your child's mental state, so that you don't have to eat too much and you don't feel hungry. When children feel comfortable, taking good photos is the guarantee.

Second, because children often show timid emotions in unfamiliar environments, parents should cooperate with photographers to let their children adapt to the environment of the photo studio as soon as possible, play with them and make them happy.

Third, children's photography pays attention to innocence, vividness and portrait, and should not be excessively manipulated and imitated. Whether the child is lying or sitting, standing or jumping, his expression is happy or attentive, it should conform to the natural and rich personality of the child. Don't force the child to smile at the camera in every photo.

Fourth, brightly colored toys are very popular with children. Children playing with toys will improve their nervous mood and relax. When children play with their parents, it is most beneficial for photographers to capture pictures.

Fifth, the lighting of children's photography should be soft, and the background should be simple to avoid the clutter of colors. In addition, parents should bring several sets of clothes that children like for photographers to choose and match.

With this knowledge, we are not far from our goal.