Children's photography skills How to shoot active children?

With the growth of age, relatives and friends around us began to bring their children to their side, and the gathering of close friends changed from taking their families in a hurry to an equal movement of baby's full moon and children's birthday.

Maybe you will be a parent, or maybe you are already a mother/father. I deeply understand that a new life is always full of joy, but it takes some skills to keep good memories with photos, especially for children. This time, I will share with you the experience of family children's photography.

Children are not adults. If you ask them to sit down, they will stand. Tell them to stand and they will run. In other words, they just lost control. So, what should we do?

Let the children relax and devote themselves to their roles.

First of all, don't stand and talk to them, but squat down and talk to them. In this way, they will feel very close, without the overwhelming feeling of adults. Tell them what they like to do, such as toys and games, and let them know that you are a sister/brother to play with.

Involve parents in the photography process.

Parents' involvement is very important, so that parents can hug them, sing together and pull them to run together, so that they won't care where the camera is and their eyes won't just look at it. If you want to take a single photo, parents had better not be too far away from their friends. Try to stay behind the photographer. So their eyes will not follow their parents. There can only be one photographer to take good photos. If many relatives and friends hold cameras at the same time, they can't be single-minded and express themselves naturally.

You don't need to pose deliberately

Don't try to get the children to pose in your fantasy! Many times, they will only give you a far-fetched smile, a "V" gesture, and then run away, which is already very good and very cooperative! A good photo of children is a good work only if it can capture their hateful eyes, sincere smiles and positive actions. Take out their toys at this time and try to play with them. Don't tell them to look up and where to put their hands Trust me! They don't listen to you. Children don't like listening to reason. Playing with them is the real meaning. Of course, as a professional photographer, some warm poses still need to be posed. So, what you need is 200% patience and love.

The shutter should be fast, and the action should be fast.

In the digital age, you can't get rid of the burden of developing film. Shoot as many as you want! The most important thing is to get the expression quickly and capture it. If it is daytime and the aperture is large, the shutter can be adjusted to1/for more than 250 seconds. Children will suddenly smile like angels and make faces at you, just for a moment. If they can't catch it, they won't do it again. Photos are often blurred because the shutter is too slow, so don't be afraid to push iso higher. Even if you are not a professional camera, pushing iso high during the day will not produce high noise. Even if there is a little noise, the photos taken by Bi Meng are better. Anyway, the shutter should be fast and move quickly.

Encourage and praise

Children should be encouraged and praised! It's just a photo shoot, but we still have to do it. After taking photos, show them some and tell them that they did a good job today: "Look! This is your beautiful face. Many times, children over the age of five have already asked for photos. I have a five-year-old guest who is very happy after seeing the photos. Some gestures were taken by himself! Cultivating children's accurate shooting posture from an early age, whether being photographed or taking selfies, is a teaching method.

Photography has brought me a lot of fun, and I am also very happy to see the smiles of the guests. Or photography is not a huge thing, but it is also an achievement to do small things with a great mind.