Matters needing attention in children's photography

Lead: Children are different from adults, they are extremely fragile, so there are some things to pay attention to when taking pictures. Let's have a look.

When photographing a baby, safety is the most important thing. First of all, talk about shooting safety.

Protecting your eyes is the key.

No matter for SLR cameras or DC, all we need to do is turn off all bright lights, such as flash and focus assist lights (focus assist lights are very dazzling. Friends who don't believe can try it themselves. For some older cameras, such as Sony F7 17 with holographic laser ranging function, this function must also be turned off.

Large aperture lens+optical image stabilization can avoid jitter

Wake up by the shutter sound?

If the baby is asleep, the shooting sound and operation sound of the camera should also be reduced or turned off as much as possible. SLR cameras can be set to silent shutter mode or live view shooting (Canon and Nikon SLR cameras are very quiet when shooting live view). ? Parameter setting: pat the skin smooth and delicate.

Increased some exposure.

Generally speaking, many times we like babies with smooth skin. In fact, it is not difficult to shoot this effect. The easiest way is to increase the exposure compensation appropriately to make the photos look better? Overexposure? . The range of increase depends on the scene. Generally speaking, I increase it from +0.3 to+1.3ev. In addition, you can use the tone adjustment function of PS software (shortcut key Ctrl+L) for simple adjustment.

? How to take a snapshot: the skill of grasping the moment

When it comes to snapshots, many people think of the rows of telephoto lenses around the stadium. Actually, it is not. You don't need excellent equipment to catch children. For example, the photo taken by the author above was taken with Canon EOS 350D+EF 70-400/F4 lens. This group five years ago is not now, is it? Day trader? Level of equipment, but still can capture some beautiful moments.

You can set the camera to continuous shooting mode and turn on continuous focus at the same time. For beginners of SLR users, I recommend using a more reliable center point to focus. In terms of parameters, please try to keep the shutter above 1/320s, which will help to solidify children's instantaneous movements and ensure photos. Virtual? . The last thing you need to do is to make a composition and shoot by the shutter.