How to Take Better Photographs Of Your Children

Child by Gep on flickr

These resourceful tips on photographing children are brought to you by guest author Matt Foden.

Recording Memories

Recording those special moments with your children is one of the best ways to ensure that you have mementos of the time when they were young, and as most parents know, these years will fly by much too quickly. Taking great photographs is not something that everyone can do with ease.  Many people study for years in order to be able to produce great quality, but when it comes to your children, nothing but the best should do.  By following a few tips, you can greatly improve the portrait photographs that you take of your kids.

Natural Works Best

When children are comfortable, they tend to photograph much better and this is because when they laugh or smile, it is completely natural and this shows in the pictures. If you are going to be taking photos of your kids that you can appreciate for years to come, why dress them up in stuffy suits and dresses when you can take them out to a park and snap away while they have a blast on the swings?  You’ll have to remember that the moment for a great shot could appear and disappear in a matter of seconds, so keep your camera equipment on you at all times.

Working with your Child

Children might or might not be interested in following your directions as you take photographs of them, and so it is important that you find ways to capture their attention when you need it. There might be times when you want them standing in a certain position, or when you want them to look at the camera; use toys and other attention-grabbing actions to get this done.

Turn the Experience into a Game

Having fun with your children while you are taking the photographs will improve the experience for everyone. Remember, patience is important if you want to be able to get those key shots that will sit on the mantelpiece for years to come. Photographers are artists who wait for perfect moments before snapping them up; this means that in most instances, a great shot cannot be set up, since it needs to come naturally. Waiting and watching the children as they do what they do best will help you to identify a picture-perfect moment when you come across it.

Choosing your Focus

Professional Photographers are great at using their surroundings to their advantage, so be sure to keep this in mind as you wait to take the perfect shot. It doesn’t matter whether you are taking photographs in an idyllic park or whether you are in your own backyard, you can turn an ordinary scenario into a picture-worthy moment when you know how this is done. In some instances, a great photograph focuses on a child’s reaction to an insect or animal, while in another instance, it is the interaction between a child and something as ordinary as mud; a good photographer simply needs to determine what the focus is going to be to turn a commonplace situation into an extraordinary moment.

Author Matt Foden and his wife Brenda run Foden Photography, and offer wedding and portraits photography across the United Kingdom.


Copyright 2012 Matt Foden. Image by -Gep- on flickr, used under Creative Commons license.

 

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