Common methods of children's photography

1. As the growth of the age, children have different reflection to the thing. In general, for 0.5-1 year old children, mainly by noise (e.g., rattle, small horns or cat, the dog call) to attract their attention, make the child happy smile.

For 1-4 years old children, they no longer have strong interest on all kinds of sweet voice, The thing can attract them, and make them exciting is playing games (such as and they throw the ball each other or with wear glove puppet play a role, deliberately in front of the children do blame equal), put down the elders or parents of shelves, and to win the trust of children which can capture the vivid and interesting scenes.

For 5-10 years old children, subjective had been determined. The ideal way to deal with them, it is with them friendly, sincere conversation. And during the conversation without said some seemingly truly stupid, make it feel so silly. When they make a friendly smile, it is often the best time to press the shutter.

2. If you have a long-focus telephoto lens, you can make full use of the advantage of this equipment, for children to be taken for a long distance tracking shooting. Like to take photos in the park, you can hide yourself in the trees flowers and plants, and just show the camera lens, make the child imperceptibly is taking pictures for him, expression is flabby, natural, once found interesting scenes from the frame, you can press the shutter immediately. It is important to note that the long-focus telephoto lens itself, using a slower shutter speed, tend to produce dithering phenomenon, so when shooting, you had better choose more than 1/125 of a second shutter speed.

3. In the daily filming, often encounter such a situation, children are playing happily originally, but once found the camera on him, facial expression immediately becomes stiff and awkward. To overcome this shortcoming, particular way is to pretend that he indifference to the child's every move, nor in his camera at the same time, secretly dial good distance and visual method is used, according to the spot light and the environment, set the aperture and shutter speed, found that can be taken, such as lens, immediately the camera to convey to the subject, do it quickly, fast heart, hands, fast, decided to fine the instant camera intake, successfully captured children's wonderful look, give a person with unforgettable impression.

4. There is a saying in called "child face, June day, changeable". Indeed, for some sensitive reaction of the children, sometimes even with surprise, also hard to capture his (her) that fleeting best performance. Let "helper" dialogue with the child or in connection with his (her) game, one thousand to attract the attention of the children in the past, forget to nearby have a camera was aimed at his (her). While filming everything can attentively at a side ready for work, once found the child's good look, immediately press the shutter.

5. Depending on the Angle of the camera lens on target. The best shooting distance is 3 to 5 meters, with a visual legal range scale, and try to select a smaller aperture, focal length to make full use of super make up for the may be caused by defective range is not clear. The shutter speed can be used at a speed of more than 1/125 of a second, avoid the disadvantage of fuzzy picture. Filmed in this way is the key to the photographer will not have too much, take it unprepared, can quickly a lens of the satisfaction. To handle the generation because of the eye, take the photos with fast attack method is different from imaginary effect, composition and framing often shortcomings, but all of these photos can be counted on to post-production for correction.

6. Choose good before filming a scene, the camera is good, one is ready, and then patiently wait for the child into the shooting range, tend to capture the ideal shots.

7. For some naughty children, and sometimes these things to persuade him to his good standing posture, the camera will he one hundred don't want to. This is sure to don't try so hard, cold treatment, can be intentionally to ignore him. Children is the most afraid of being snubbed, will take the initiative to strike up a conversation with the photographer, when he take the initiative to close to the photographer, you can take advantage of an opportunity to capture him.

8. Sometimes encounter some timid children in particular, if the boot may not method and sulked prods him with a straight face, or cry about it. Most often encountered this kind of situation, parents reaction is to hide my camera don't shoot. Because it is often used to believe that their kids in smiling when you take a photo is a good camera, otherwise children seem to not be so lively and lovely. In fact this is not absolute. As long as it is the truth revealed, in addition to smile, the child's other expressions, such as anger, surprise, curiosity, surprise, injustice, and even cry, have aesthetic value, can enter the lens. Therefore, when the children cry, when you take a photo to show, even more badly, I just take him cry or angry, this expression is realistic, can be reserved for memorial in the future.

9. Children's active and vigorous, a healthy children in life a few seconds of stillness is rare. Are moving in, however, still young, how to make good activity in children, image clarity, fills moves the feeling again? Follow the shooting method is a good method.

To follow photography method is mainly rely on the background of virtual dynamic and subject to the strong contrast between the clear dynamic performances. In order to emphasize the contrast, and strong sense of movement and shooting time choose brunet, background, such as trees, people that are chaos, dark buildings, etc. This, in turn the camera to follow when shooting, background can appear blurry line, in sharp contrast with bright and clear the subject. Light should use light and backlight side, make the contour line of the movement main body can obtain sharp, not easy and the background tone of melt blending, and thus more conducive to highlight the subject.

10. Continuous tomography is to point to by the continuation of shooting time and taken a series of already close and related photos. In the children's photography, use the method of continuous photography, can vividly system records the whole process of children's activities, especially the performance step by step to children's feelings change, detail to depict the expression of children. By applying the method of successful consecutive photography photographs of profound expressive force and strong appeal, is often a single picture can't more than different.

Photo shoot straight about children's daily life, although the need to be taken a variety of technology and skills, has the certain difficulty, however, parents for their children when shooting, and possess some advantageous superior conditions, the problem is how to use and play. In children's birthday party, for example, you can take the children's reach, activities, games, and farewell, a picture of each of these activities, arranged in chronological order, after continuous photographs became a group of children's birthday. Among this can also be quickly took photos of a group of consecutive for example on the birthday cake, cut, broken, etc. In daily life, such opportunity is many. The children innocent joy, anger, fear of continuous photographs, can constitute a complete wonderful fairy tale world. As long as good at observation, using different techniques (such as made, Wait, Follow the capture, etc.) you will get the one in the fairy tale world full beautiful story.