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How to capture the innocence of children in shooting?

Grasp the child's "innocence"

Before shooting a child, we should know some basic information about the child, prepare necessary photographic equipment and props, and work out a special matching plan according to the performance characteristics of the child's personality at different ages and in different environments.

The most important thing to take pictures of children is to grasp their natural expressions. The quality of photographic photos basically depends on the expression of the main emotions of the characters, followed by some composition and the application of some props to increase the richness of the photos. Children aged 3-6 try to shoot outdoors (in the park), so that children can run freely and relax.

Attention should be paid to the following points when shooting:

1: interactive

Try to keep playing with children, the space for activities must be spacious enough (so that children can be less wary), and try not to set up some shooting scenes to let children play freely in the park, so as to show innocent and natural expressions.

2: continuous shooting

Whether posing or snapping, most children are unwilling to do some shooting actions according to the wishes of adults because of curiosity. They will keep walking around and ask you to take a composition like adults. Some children have a strong desire to perform. Will cause the photos taken to be stiff, so the shooting should be set in continuous shooting mode as far as possible. After shooting a series of actions, we can choose the moments that naturally emerge.

3. No "smile"

"Smile" is the usual measure for most parents. I wish I could keep the child in the picture from laughing. I don't know if you will find that the photo didn't catch the child's heart after watching it for a minute or two, and it is getting worse and worse. On the contrary, if children are allowed to do what they like and are interested in when shooting, adults will occasionally Doby them and let them inadvertently show innocent and natural smiles.

4.Snap (the most important point)

Because I said before that children basically won't let you pose, they will keep moving around, so normal routine shooting can't capture the innocence of children. When the camera is aimed at them, their reactions are extremely sensitive, either dull and unnatural, or eager to show, making artificial gestures and expressions. Therefore, when taking photos in daily life, don't let them realize the existence of the camera. While interacting with them, quickly capture the moment when they show their innocent smiles.

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