Photographing children
I take individual photographs of children at sports events. A problem I
have is getting them to smile naturally. Sometimes I can not get them to smile (especially the children ages 5 - 8). Does anyone have any suggestions/tips ? |
Photographing children
Steven Church writes:
I take individual photographs of children at sports events. A problem I have is getting them to smile naturally. Sometimes I can not get them to smile (especially the children ages 5 - 8). Does anyone have any suggestions/tips ? Why do they have to smile? -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
Photographing children
Back in my studio days I always figured if people wanted pictures of
their kids smiling they could get that at Penny's for 49-cents. I preferred to let kids be themselves and try to capture that. |
Photographing children
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 19:46:24 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: Steven Church writes: I take individual photographs of children at sports events. A problem I have is getting them to smile naturally. Sometimes I can not get them to smile (especially the children ages 5 - 8). Does anyone have any suggestions/tips ? Why do they have to smile? Probably because he's not considered the alternatives... which are much better. He probably also hasn't considered how people feel about strangers in public places taking pictures of their kids. I've been on both sides of this. It's pretty uncomfortable when it is your kid. -- JC |
Photographing children
J C writes:
He probably also hasn't considered how people feel about strangers in public places taking pictures of their kids. I've been on both sides of this. It's pretty uncomfortable when it is your kid. Only if you have a dirty mind. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Try asking them about their girlfreind or boyfriend, Of course they
still hate the opposite sex but it will get them to loosen up. Nonsensical questions can work too. Try asking them what they want Santa to bring therm at Halloween or is Batman wearing any underwear under those other shorts. An impish look is better than the deer in the headlight look. Yeah they are only little leage trading card pics, but a smile helps - that's what M&D want. Jack Steven Church wrote: I take individual photographs of children at sports events. A problem I have is getting them to smile naturally. Sometimes I can not get them to smile (especially the children ages 5 - 8). Does anyone have any suggestions/tips ? |
Photographing children
"Jack Germsheid" wrote in message ... Try asking them about their girlfreind or boyfriend, Of course they still hate the opposite sex but it will get them to loosen up. Nonsensical questions can work too. Try asking them what they want Santa to bring therm at Halloween or is Batman wearing any underwear under those other shorts. An impish look is better than the deer in the headlight look. Yeah they are only little leage trading card pics, but a smile helps - that's what M&D want. Jack that works in the next age group up, the 8-12's, the OP was talking about 5-8 so, ah, you married? that crackes a ten year old up... |
Photographing children
I take a lot of pictures of kids at sporting events myself (mostly baseball and
soccer) I find the most successful pictures (and the ones the parents enjoy the most) are the natural, at play ones. Kids seem to develop an unnatural approach when they see the camera and instantly start mugging and posing. I try and catch them unaware. I take individual photographs of children at sports events. A problem I have is getting them to smile naturally. Sometimes I can not get them to smile (especially the children ages 5 - 8). Does anyone have any suggestions/tips ? |
Photographing children
I agree.I'm just looking at my four-year-olds pic from summer soccer
league. Every kid has cheesy unantuaral smile on their face in the group shot and their individuals. The coach had asked me I wanted to do these shots but I don't really want to do this end of the market. I think the pics and the folder were five bucks or something ridiculous and of course we bought ours. I did a bunch of action shots of my child and others and gave the others away with my business card as a lot leader for more formal portrait work. JustaPawn wrote: I find the most successful pictures (and the ones the parents enjoy the most) are the natural, at play ones. Kids seem to develop an unnatural approach when they see the camera and instantly start mugging and posing. I try and catch them unaware. This of course would use a few more frames and time in a price concious job but would yeild superior results. |
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Yeah Z I'm married. My wife is ten years younger than me not a
ten-year-old ;). My kids are 4.5 and 20 MoI find todays' tots are very sophiticated and I'm very immersed in this world. I do get lots of practice doing prtrait work and candid PJ stuff. 35 mm 6x6 and some 4x5. On occasioin people actually pay me money to do family and kids ports. I'm a stay at home dad who also works nights running my own carpet cleaning company. Mostly corporate clients here in Calgary AB. The carpet money is soo good (I know that may be hard to beleive but nobody wants to do this stuff and the market bares it) Anyway I need a day job eventually so I'm working this photo thing trying to start a higher end studio and market to the horsey set here. I lurk here and there trying to learn stuff and occasinally post when I feel I have something to offer. Thats's enough about me though. So I guess consider the source in the future. Jack that works in the next age group up, the 8-12's, the OP was talking about 5-8 so, ah, you married? that crackes a ten year old up... |
Photographing children
I agree.I'm just looking at my four-year-olds pic from summer soccer league. Every kid has cheesy unantuaral smile on their face in the group shot and their individuals. The coach had asked me I wanted to do these shots but I don't really want to do this end of the market. I think the pics and the folder were five bucks or something ridiculous and of course we bought ours. I did a bunch of action shots of my child and others and gave the others away with my business card as a lot leader for more formal portrait work. JustaPawn wrote: I find the most successful pictures (and the ones the parents enjoy the most) are the natural, at play ones. Kids seem to develop an unnatural approach when they see the camera and instantly start mugging and posing. I try and catch them unaware. This of course would use a few more frames and time in a price concious job but would yeild superior results. yes, but, as a practical business matter, lets compare the efforts to wedding photography, you spend several hours shooting, a lot of photogs just hand the film over, or make proofs, and nowadays burn a CD for rates ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand bucks. how does that compare to going to the ball park and shooting kids playing. What are the shooters getting for candids? a couple bucks for a 3x5 or 4x6? five? more? sounds to me like a hundred bucks would be a good take for a couple days work (shooting, getting the prints, selling them to the parents) |
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sounds to me like a hundred bucks would be a good take for a couple days work (shooting, getting the prints, selling them to the parents) Really? How about a couple hundred a day. At least for a full-time business you'd need to make that kind of money. A part timer could settle for less. |
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That's what he was saying, that anyone who opened that sort of business
would be working days for little money. He didn't mean he thought that would be a good amount of money, but that about $100 bucks would be the maximum the person could make for several days work. "Jack Germsheid" wrote in message ... sounds to me like a hundred bucks would be a good take for a couple days work (shooting, getting the prints, selling them to the parents) Really? How about a couple hundred a day. At least for a full-time business you'd need to make that kind of money. A part timer could settle for less. |
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