How to photograph a child: 9 ideas

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Your angel will soon grow up. Hurry up to take pictures of him. It will be interesting for you to consider all this together after a couple of decades. And it is better, of course, that the photos are beautiful.

Bows, baskets, flowers

Good old-fashioned option: remove the baby in the basket, as if you just found him on your doorstep next to a stork's feather.

You can wrap your baby in a silky diaper, tie a pink bow. A classic, win-win shot.

An unattainable level of skill for ordinary mortals in touching pictures of young children is demonstrated by the famous Australian photographer Anne Geddes. You are unlikely to get something like that (you need a photo studio and scenery). But you can get ideas and inspiration from her.

From the cartoon

A princess costume will suit the girl.

The boy will love it if you dress him up as Superman or Batman. Or whatever else he wants to be. The girl will suit the costume of her favorite fairy-tale princess (it is better to make a recognizable Disney princess, not abstract). Or your favorite heroine from a good movie. Everything will look interesting if you choose your accessories and shooting location carefully.

It is best to shoot outdoors on a cloudy day: these are comfortable conditions for shooting, everything is well lit at the same time, and there are no harsh shadows.

How big

A boy can wear a tie, a hat and dad's shoes, a young lady can try on mom's shoes and jewelry.

Series: we grow

Try photographing your child regularly in the same place, in the same position.

Option: periodically remove the child with the same accessory.

Add movement

Take pictures when children are playing in nature.

The best time to shoot is when children are playing outdoors. There is no need to invent anything - there is nothing better than naughty and laughing kids. You just need to take a strategically advantageous position so that everything you need gets into the frame.

Choose an unusual angle

You probably have a lot of photos of your little one's face. Take it off in a new way.

Draw the scenery

Make decorations out of handy items.

A great way to make a memorable photo is to paint the scenery.

Or make them out of handy items, like Adele Enersen, a copywriter in Helsinki, does.

Make real decorations

If you have the strength and imagination to think through every detail, the pictures will definitely turn out impressive. Some things are not that hard to organize.

Try to create a princess bed with a mountain of mattresses and a "pea", find a beautiful mirror.

Everything is bright

Do you have a family photo album?

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Remember: if there may be too many sparkles, colored stones or balloons in the photographs of adults, then such things are good for children.