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How To Take a Child's Portrait Photography

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Channel: Howcast · 2010 · Howto & Style

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How To Take a Child's Portrait Photography
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How do you take good pictures of your kids

Taking a child’s portrait can be rewarding and fun, or it can be a miserable impossible nightmare. We’ll try to help you make it the former, not the latter.

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steps for taking a portrait:

Step 1: Take a deep breath
Take a deep breath.

Step 2: Discuss images with parent
Discuss with the parent or guardian what type of images they want.

Step 3: Introduce yourself to child
Introduce yourself to the child making sure you use your sweetest, happiest, non-scariest voice that you can possibly muster.

Step 4: Arrange the set
Arrange the set and props that you may be using. 

Tip
Have the parent stay with the child during your set-up. 

Step 5: Make parents pledge their help
Reiterate to the parents that you’re going to need all the assistance you can get to help keep the child happy and their attention focused on the camera.

Step 6: Post the child
With the aid of the parents, place the child on the set, in the position you want him or her. 

Step 7: Check that child is clean
Check that the child is clean and free of drool, vomit, or visible food stains. 

Tip
Have a spare set of clothes for the child in case stains are indelible. 

Step 8: Grab camera
Grab your camera.

Step 9: Set up camera
Select the appropriate film, aperture and shutter speed for your shooting conditions.

Step 10: Compose shot
Compose your shot.

Tip
The general rule of thumb for composition is to place the main focal point of your subject using the rule of thirds. Meaning, if you were to dissect a frame into thirds, both horizontally and vertically, the point in which the lines converge is where you place your subject.

Step 11: Meter on subject
Meter on the subject.

Step 12: Shoot quickly
Shoot quickly, whenever the child is cooperating, and as much as you can.

Tip
If the child proves to be particularly difficult, try bribing them with a sweet treat or two.

Step 13: Shoot even more
Change your memory card or film and shoot some more pictures for insurance. 


Did You Know?
The photographer Sally Mann gained fame—and created controversy—by using her own children in her work.

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