How beautiful to photograph child

camera settings

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Set the camera in the aperture priority mode. This will allow you to control the depth of field, which is important if you do a portrait. Set the f / 5.6. So the child's face will be in focus, while the background is out of focus (of course, if the child is not worth close to the wall). During shooting, you can adjust the aperture value to achieve your desired result. If your camera does not have aperture-priority mode, you probably have a portrait shooting mode, which also has the effect of slightly blurred background.

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ISO (light sensitivity) setting will depend on where you shoot - outdoors or indoors. Set the ISO to 200 (preferably below if a lot of light). If you are shooting in a dark place at a slow shutter speed, you increase the ISO value, but not more than 800, otherwise photos will be "noise".

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Watch out for the length of exposure. Suitable 1/200 seconds. If the children are running around, then put the shutter speed to 1/500 or more. If you just can not cope with the shutter speed and the photos are blurred, just switch your camera to sports mode.

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Establish a single-point auto focus, it will allow you to see on what you are specifically focusing, which is important when shooting continuously moving children.

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If you plan to further edit photos after the shooting, save them in RAW format, it gives more options for editing. If the process images will not - save in the conventional JPEG.

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Built-in camera flash, try to use less. If you have an external flash and you're shooting indoors, aim it at the white ceiling or wall to receive the reflected light, or use a diffuser. But the best use of natural light - so you do not have to worry about how to properly direct the flash. However, when shooting in the sun, consider using fill flash.

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Shooting

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When taking children need to create an atmosphere in which they feel most comfortable. Before the photoshoot to communicate with them. Show them the pictures you just took off, let me see your camera. And older children can even allow themselves to make some shots. The more at ease your child will feel with you and the camera, the better it will turn out photos.

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If possible, come up with 2-3 places in advance for a photo shoot. If you have a few hours, then one place may be outside (eg garden), one room (bedroom or playroom). You can also choose a simple background - for example, a bright wall - to make some staged shots. Choose the places where children will have fun and you will be able to photograph them in their natural game environment. You can even go to the zoo, the beach or take they are also something interesting.

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Be honest with children. Ask them to do what they love, and scholkayte camera. You may from time to time to ask them to stop and look at you, but soon you will see many things in the game that can capture without distracting children from classes.

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Older children can pose for you, and such pictures become even better nepostanovochnyh. Small children so difficult to remove, because they lack the ability to concentrate, but they are and without any posturing always smiling his most wide smiles.

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If you photograph the ordinary baby, Then it will almost certainly increase your half. Photographing with the adult position, looking down, you get a pretty mediocre pictures. Drop down so that your camera is on the child's eye level or slightly below, and photographers have a warm and natural.

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However, sometimes shooting from top to bottom, on the contrary, can give a very interesting result, as well as shooting from the bottom up. Experiment!

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Move closer, or use the zoom. The optimal focal length - a little more than your height. Sometimes it is necessary to capture a frame in the environment, but the face of the child should be on the main photo, because it is the most interesting for those who will look at photos.

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Focus on the eyes. If you have a spot autofocus, the focus point, select the eye. Even if the other person of the child features are not quite right, it's not scary, because all the audience's attention will be drawn to the eyes, so sincere and open.

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Pay special attention to the background. Before removing, remove all unnecessary items and mask imperfections. At least one location, choose a bright solid color background, you can use paper or cloth to do so. Either create a light, so that the background was not noticeable. Take a few pictures where the child will pose to you specifically.

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Try to make some abstract frames. For example, take a picture of only half of the face, take a close-up eyelashes, footwear or hands of the child. The result can get very interesting.

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Clothes for a photo shoot to be primarily comfortable and reflect the personality of the child. Usually well looked bright-colored things. You can take a couple of sets to replace for different locations.

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Continuous shooting can give a very interesting result, especially when the child is in motion (riding a bicycle, dancing, riding on a swing). Then you can do collage of several frames or superimpose images on each other.

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Involve your child close people in the shooting process. If the front of the camera it will be with his mother, father, grandmother, brother, sister or a friend, it will feel more comfortable, and you have the photographs turn out warm family history.

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Do your best to make the pictures as much as possible fun. Have fun yourself with all the heart and engages the child in the process. In the end, he will relax, forget about the camera, and then your shots will have the very sincere energy, which is so valuable in baby pictures.

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