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How to take a creative family photo

background selection. Generally, it is divided into indoor or outdoor. If it is outdoor, try to choose a park with beautiful scenery. Under the natural environment, the family's mood will be suddenly enlightened and the photos taken will be beautiful. If we are indoors, we should try our best to make our home clean and tidy. The messy environment will make the background particularly messy.

shooting time. Make full use of natural light to avoid going out to take pictures on cloudy and foggy days, and later adjustments will also require more requirements. Find a sunny day, and don't take pictures when the sun is shining directly at noon, which will lead to overexposure. But if that's what you want, you can ignore it

clothes. A family's clothing should be as uniform as possible to achieve a harmonious effect. If there is a parent-child dress, it will be appropriate, but try to take care of the mood of the whole family. Some elderly people don't like fashionable things, so it is most important for everyone to be comfortable and happy when shooting.

creative styling. Our common regular family photo is that the grandson stands in front, grandparents sit in the middle, and the son and daughter-in-law are behind, which is quite satisfactory. In fact, we can try different styles, live waves are interesting, children play freely, and everyone puts on a few active shapes.

learn to use props. Especially for children, proper props can bring a lot of bright colors to photos, such as blowing bubbles, holding cute dolls and sitting under a tree reading. Mom and dad are sitting next to the children.

camera settings

① turn on all the lights in the living room before taking pictures.

② Set up the tripod, check the picture effect, see if everyone is in the camera, and set the selfie time.

③ the aperture value is set at about F5.6, the shutter speed is set at about 1/6th of a second, and the focus is set at the middle position, using automatic white balance.

degrees, so if you shoot from multiple angles, you will find more different beauty, and you can choose more perfect photos for film selection.