Creating memorable moments with your digital photos - Part one of Three.
When we have family get togethers a lot of photos are taken. One of my favorite things to make with my family photos is small scrapbooks and give them away as gifts; but the basis of a good scrapbook that your family and friends with appreciate are good photos. With this three part series I will take you from tips on taking family photos, to editing the photos, to making a digital scrapbook that you can print to give to family members.
With a digital camera you get the luxury of being able to delete the photos you don’t like and retake them.
Some tips on family outing photos
• With posed shots don’t bore your subjects with to many retakes.
• Limit the posed shots with children, they get anxious and don’t like to stand still very long.
• Candid shots are the best; you get natural actions in your photos.
• If you take shots of children get on their level.
• Step close to your subject and fill your frame this will reduce your digital darkroom time.
• For groups of people tell them to get close together. Get small groups together verses larger groups if possible.
• If the occasion is to honor someone make sure you get extra photos of that person both candid and posed shots.
Reference:
Maletips.com
Bestfamilyphotographytips.com
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Camera, Olympus E-500 14-45mm lens, uv filter.
family photos, tips, digital photography
August 14th, 2007 at 5:33 am
Great tips. It often amazes me that some people only do posed shots for family get togethers. I am often the one taking candid photos during the get togethers and they are so much better than the posed shots. The posed do have there place, but it really is the candid ones that help tell the story of the times spent together as family.