Photographing children is not easy…especially if you want more than one child in the frame.
If you’re lucky, they’ll place nice…maybe even read together, but there are no guarantees.
This past weekend, we “hoped” to get a decent Christmas photo…this was clearly easier said than done.
Emma was the ultimate team player…Frances and Caroline needed a little convincing.
So, after a little Doritos negotiation, Emma had a little play fight with Frances.
Then, we decided to give our Christmas photo another go. Everyone ready? 1…2…3…
MERRY CHRISTMAS! I don’t know about you, but I think this last one is a winner.
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By the way, several people have asked me if I was using my flash during this portrait session. The short answer is yes. Being inside with limited lighting, I didn’t want to risk missing a moment due to incorrect settings. I did not use my on-board flash (in fact, I don’t recommend it), but I did use this.
Now that you know WHAT I was using, now you’re wanting to know how I used it…right? For you my friend, I offer two links that you NEED to read:
- Dragging the Shutter (Becoming Mom – check out her website….she was one of my first blogging inspirations and writes incredible tutorials).
- Dragging the Shutter (Neil van Niekerk – I just found Neil’s site and he explains lighting really well…in particular, he breaks down natural lighting, natural looking flash, ambient lighting, dragging the shutter, bounce lighting, etc). I’ll be adding his site to my Inspiration page as a reference.
