Now that the fall colors are changing and the pumpkins are ready, it’s a great time to take an afternoon to set up a fall family photoshoot. Whether at the pumpkin patch or in your backyard, pumpkins are a beautiful, colorful and great prop to add to photos of your kids in the fall. Here […]
If you were to choose to avoid taking photos in the rain, well, you’d certainly lose a lot of possibly good opportunities to photograph your kids – particularly if you live in a rainy climate. So, as fall descends upon us you may want to consider learning how to photograph successfully in the rain. Here […]
You’ve probably seen high key photography before, even if you haven’t realized it. High key basically equals white; the use of bright light to give you nothing but highlights and no shadows. Besides being beautiful, high key portraits of kids tend to look positive, happy, and upbeat. Getting Started with High Key Children’s Photography If […]
Some photographers go out of their way to avoid using flash (I’m one of them), but there are certain situations where your choices are flash or bad kid’s photos. So, let’s get over our fear of flash and embrace it (when necessary) with these tips: You Need to Diffuse Flash The reason why flash gets […]
No matter how much you love to take photos, taking photos of kids can be a challenge. If you are finding yourself stuck, frustrated, or just plain out of ideas you need these three tips to improve your kids photography: First, Have Patience You can’t expect every photo session to go smoothly. For one, kids […]
In the last photo basics post I talked about the three parts of an exposure: shutter speed, aperture, and ISO sensitivity. Each of these three things combine to give you an exposure or image, and each has a specific effect on how your image turns out. Let’s review: Shutter speed: Controls how much light is […]
Stuck for ideas on what to do with your photos or for your next photography project? Maybe it’s time to break out of your “photography-funk” and try something different to push your skills to a new limit. Try one of these fun ides: Fun Floor Portraits This is ideal for newborns and babies – while […]