Sunday, September 07, 2008
Here are some photos of Lauren from our trip two weeks ago. Liz spotted a nice set of props, so she had me bring my camera down.
Lauren is constantly on the go, which made these photos a challenge. Lauren's smiles are credited to Liz, Grandma and Papa Gieseke. Liz would place Lauren in the scene, run off camera, and then I'd shoot as the whole gang vied for Lauren's smiles.
I need a lot of practice in order to apply my "landscape photography learnings" to children's photography, but these don't seem too bad for a first attempt. I get really excited to think about the pictures I could get with some better lighting and practice.
Photography Tip: For anyone interested, here's a photography tip. Have you ever wanted to get blurry out-of-focus backgrounds like the pro's do? It's pretty simple once you learn the tricks. All you need is a camera to has a manual or "aperture priority" mode, which most do. Read your camera's manual to set the aperture to the lowest number possible on your camera. It's usually around 2 or 4, and often listed with an "f" in front of it, like "f2." I won't bore you with the physics -- just think of this setting as the amount of "stuff" that will be in focus in the image -- the lower the number, the less stuff in focus. A low number means your kid can be in focus while the stuff behind (and in front) of them will be blurry. The final trick is to put some distance between your kid and the background -- the more the better, but at least five feet.
Published by Jace Mouse
on Sunday, September 07, 2008 at 2:59 PM.
Lauren is constantly on the go, which made these photos a challenge. Lauren's smiles are credited to Liz, Grandma and Papa Gieseke. Liz would place Lauren in the scene, run off camera, and then I'd shoot as the whole gang vied for Lauren's smiles.
I need a lot of practice in order to apply my "landscape photography learnings" to children's photography, but these don't seem too bad for a first attempt. I get really excited to think about the pictures I could get with some better lighting and practice.
Photography Tip: For anyone interested, here's a photography tip. Have you ever wanted to get blurry out-of-focus backgrounds like the pro's do? It's pretty simple once you learn the tricks. All you need is a camera to has a manual or "aperture priority" mode, which most do. Read your camera's manual to set the aperture to the lowest number possible on your camera. It's usually around 2 or 4, and often listed with an "f" in front of it, like "f2." I won't bore you with the physics -- just think of this setting as the amount of "stuff" that will be in focus in the image -- the lower the number, the less stuff in focus. A low number means your kid can be in focus while the stuff behind (and in front) of them will be blurry. The final trick is to put some distance between your kid and the background -- the more the better, but at least five feet.
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