Baby picture!!!
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babetrice said:
If outdoor with good light, just snap.
If indoor with not so good light, use flash.
Hope this helps
I can hear already the parents coming at you screaming and shouting for blinding the poor child :bsmilie:
Octarine said:
Nobody ask you to use direct flash right. Just do backward bounce flash and you should be fine
Take some toys with you. Or something to distract and entertain the little fellow.
An unhappy baby won't do you any good.
An unhappy baby won't do you any good.
First play with the toddler together with its parents. Not too long about 3-5 mins. Also hold your camera when playing with the toddler. So that the toddler know that you & your camera is around and let him get comfortable with it. For toys you can bring colourful mid size plastic balls as distract and entertain the little fellow. Let him play with it. you can have pic of him playing. After the shoot you can give the toy to the toddler as a thank you gift. The toddler & parents will be happy to let you shoot again next time. Hope this help...
I have no doubts about that. But even here in CS you'll find people with flash phobia.
Octarine said:
Hehe, also lens phobia. I find it so much harder to take a human compare to insects or animals..
One more thing... take the picture at the same eye level as the baby / toddler... They're less afraid if you do so.
If its a party, you wont take posed shots, they will be distracted and playing all at the same time.
some of the things i did:
1) Go low, shoot from their eye level or lower.
2) Let them do their things, no need to ask them to smile or look at you.
3) Ask the parent to engage them to keep their spirit high (unless they are already high on their own or with peers), make sure the parents dont ask them to look at you.
4) You need to run around more than them to get the right angle.
5) Off shoe flash is almost impossible at a party, use ceiling bounce.
6) Call out their names (one at a time) by surprise and snap as soon as they turn their head to make first eye contact.
some of the things i did:
1) Go low, shoot from their eye level or lower.
2) Let them do their things, no need to ask them to smile or look at you.
3) Ask the parent to engage them to keep their spirit high (unless they are already high on their own or with peers), make sure the parents dont ask them to look at you.
4) You need to run around more than them to get the right angle.
5) Off shoe flash is almost impossible at a party, use ceiling bounce.
6) Call out their names (one at a time) by surprise and snap as soon as they turn their head to make first eye contact.
Octarine said:
Ya. Lucky not my shoot.
Infants below 3 months try not to. May scare them. Toddlers should be fine.
And yes, use bounce.
agree should never use direct. i've used softbox and bounce on my boys since day one tho.
This is from doctors, so i dun think i should doubt them:
http://www.sublime-light.com/index.php/2007/09/17/will-flash-damage-babies-sensitive-young-eyes/
I think this sum up pretty well.
Flash some times can be annoying to the little one and once they don't like you, they don't like you. I take the flash out of equation for all of my work involve children as I don't know which child will be annoyed by it.
Observe and observe will help you learn what they do and that will allow you to take better images of the kids.
Here is what I do if I cover kid's party. 2 pictures every 1 pictures taken of other child for the birthday child.
I hope this help.
I specialises in Children, perhaps, you might find some inspiration looking at my website? www.tomato.sg
Regards,
Hart
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