Tired of taking sub-par photos of your kids? These 3 simple adjustments will have you taking the photographs you like in no time.
1- Get close! Don’t be afraid. Get right up in their space. They really don’t have a sense of personal space anyway.
2- Eliminate distractions. Push aside extra toys, blankets, etc. These things clutter your photo and keep your eye from the main event, your cute kid!
3- Aim for center. Frame your shot so you are getting their nose right in the middle of your camera view. If you were playing tic-tac-toe in/on your camera viewer, this would be the center space, or just above it on the line.
How I got the shot above. The sun was close to setting. We took a quick walk to a grassy area near our house. I asked him to lay in the grass but he was getting itchy and didn’t want to lay his head down. He had his hands behind his head like he was relaxing. I stood over him (with one foot basically on either side of his head). I said something funny like, “Watch out, I’m going to sit on you!” And then I took a few shots. This one is my favorite.
In Photoshop I brightened his teeth, adjusted the lighting a little bit, changed it to black and white, and took off a few specks of “boy dust” as I call it off his face (aka DIRT).
