| Our first two installments covered the "rule of thirds" | | | | will improve 100% once you bend those knees and get |
| and "depth of field". Today we're going to talk about | | | | eye to eye with junior. You'll also eliminate the ugly |
| photographing children. Most people love to look at | | | | shadow your flash creates under the child. |
| pictures of kids having fun and doing cute kid stuff. | | | | Since kids move so fast, blurry pictures are |
| The method you use to photograph them will make | | | | commonplace. A flash indoors is a requirement if the |
| the difference between exciting and mediocre pictures. | | | | child is not seated. A tripod helps tremendously too. A |
| Children that are still crawling or just able to walk are a | | | | professional photographer uses a tripod when taking |
| real challenge to the photographer. At just the right | | | | children's pictures...even outside in bright sunshine. Keep |
| moment, they'll move and a potentially great picture | | | | in mind that it cost you nothing to take a bunch of |
| opportunity is gone in a blink. A tip to counter this is to | | | | pictures and store them on a memory card. You can't |
| try to anticipate where the little rascal will be in the | | | | over do it. Just remember to delete all the blurry ones |
| next 10 seconds and prepare for that shot. This trick | | | | before you share them with friends and family. |
| can work for older children too. Frame the spot and be | | | | On the subject of sharing pictures of children; put your |
| prepared to take the picture when they enter. | | | | best shots up for others to view. We all know that |
| Do you know what the most common flaw is in | | | | your Grandson or Granddaughter is the best in the |
| children's pictures? Blurry pictures are in second place. | | | | world, so only show your best photographs of them. |
| The number one mistake is shooting down on a child. | | | | Weed out every "head turn", blurry or "half a face" |
| A camera that's held 6 feet high aimed down at a child | | | | picture you took. You'll have your family begging for |
| has an unpleasant perspective. Your children's pictures | | | | more when you take these simple steps. |