Here are 5 tips to get you started in taking some great pictures of your children outside this fall, perfect for that custom holiday card.
The Fall is a perfect time of year for outdoor photography. The colors are spectacular and make a wonderful natural backdrop. It’s much easier to get a good picture outside in the natural light that it is inside.
1. Get down low.
Get down to their level, sit on the ground and just watch. Try to capture a moment. Getting young children to pose is next to impossible to don’t even try. Capture a natural, active moment, the laughter and giggles. If they are old enough to pose, by all means, give it a try. Any picture taken outside in a natural setting will look natural even if the subjects are posing.
2. Check your background.
Make sure all you see is landscaping. Try not to have a car, or house or any other object that would detract from the picture in the background. Use nature, hedges, a large bush, a fence, or near trees.
3. Be Prepared.
Hold your finger on the button, press slight to focus and be ready especially if you have a digital camera because all digitals have a little delay from when you press the button to when they take the picture, but you can reduce it to almost nothing if you half press the shutter button and are ready.
4. Take lots of pictures.
This is especially easy with digital since you can always delete all the ones that aren’t the “money shot.” Snap away and you will surely get a few fabulous pictures.
5. Use the Season.
Fall is a great time of year for outdoor shots and perfect for getting that personalized holiday card. Rake up a pile of leaves and let the kids jump around. Add the pumpkin to it, a small bale of hay. Have the children hold an apple. Or take the pictures at the pumpkin patch, or on an apple picking excursion, both perfect natural settings. A trip to a park can also be a great location. Or a simple colorful pile of leaves in the backyard is a perfect backdrop.
Happy snapping!
