babetrice said:Any tips on taking toddler pictures? May have an assignment to shoot for toddler bday party for a friend! Need some help and guidance
I can hear already the parents coming at you screaming and shouting for blinding the poor child :bsmilie:If indoor with not so good light, use flash.
Octarine said:I can hear already the parents coming at you screaming and shouting for blinding the poor child :bsmilie:
I have no doubts about that. But even here in CS you'll find people with flash phobia.Nobody ask you to use direct flash right. Just do backward bounce flash and you should be fine
Octarine said:I have no doubts about that. But even here in CS you'll find people with flash phobia.
Octarine said:I can hear already the parents coming at you screaming and shouting for blinding the poor child :bsmilie:
Ya. Lucky not my shoot.
Infants below 3 months try not to. May scare them. Toddlers should be fine.
And yes, use bounce.
Heard their eyes is to weak for direct flash. Has bad prolong effect.
Alan Chan said: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/
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/
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.
daredevil123 said:But some babies do get scared by it.
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