More Engaging Children’s Photos – Top Tip No 4

Posted on February 23, 2019May 26, 2019 by Clive Gidney

We all want more engaging photos of our children

What makes a great children’s photo? A number of things go into the mix. Modern cameras, be that your phone camera, a sophisticated DSLR or anything in between, will generally make a good job of handling the technical things for you so you’ll end up with a reasonable well exposed image with a fast enough shutter speed to stop the image being blurry, so what should you be thinking about?

Composition, Composition, Composition

So what does that mean when you’re snapping photos of your children?

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Newborn Baby Photography – Top Tip No 3

Posted on January 15, 2019May 26, 2019 by Clive Gidney

What is the secret to those cute newborn baby photos?

Everyone loves them, baby in a picnic basket, baby curled up on a blanket, baby in a flower pot. So what’s the secret?

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Better Snow Pictures – Top Tip No 2

Posted on December 10, 2018May 26, 2019 by Clive Gidney

How to take better snow pictures.

Looking out of my window this morning & seeing a beautiful 4-6 inch covering of pristine white snow, and then going onto facebook and seeing some dull grey snow pictures, I thought I’d write a quick tip on snow pictures.

My No 2 tip – use exposure compensation.

Some of you may be wondering why your pictures aren’t as beautifully white as they should be, and what does exposure compensation mean.

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Better Children’s Photos – Top Tip No 1

Posted on December 2, 2018May 26, 2019 by Clive Gidney

How to take better photos of your children.

With Christmas soon upon us, we all want great photos of out children at this time if year. Capturing those smiles & little looks of awe as they open their presents or tucking into Christmas dinner & ending up wearing more of it that they’ve eaten. Whether you are using a sophisticated dSLR or a phone, there are many simple tricks that you can use to take better pictures of your children.

My No 1 tip would be get down to their level.

I see so many parents taking photos from parents eye view.

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