Skills of taking pictures of babies with SLR

Let's look at two photos taken by a large aperture lens.

Using a large aperture lens can highlight the main body of the characters, blur the background and create a beautiful Jiao Wai effect.

A large aperture lens can bring three very direct benefits:

First, a larger aperture means that a higher shutter speed can be obtained under the same lighting conditions, and relatively speaking, it is more difficult to take blurred photos.

Second, generally speaking, large aperture lenses are superior to ordinary lenses in design and material. Under the same conditions, the details of the large aperture lens are clearer and the level is more delicate.

Third, the large aperture lens has a strong ability to blur the background, which makes it easy for us to highlight the subject and blur the messy background.

To achieve the effect of shallow depth of field, it is mainly related to three elements: aperture, focal length and the distance between the subject and the background. These three elements are not independent, but complement each other. The larger the lens aperture, the shallower the depth of field, the longer the lens focal length, the shallower the depth of field, and the closer the subject is to the camera and the farther away from the background.

Today, I will introduce you to the simplest background blur method: use a large aperture fixed-focus lens, and if you want to get the maximum depth of field, you only need to open the lens to a large aperture, find the child's face to focus, and press the shutter after focusing.

2. Slap in the distance

Many parents and friends take pictures of their children at roughly the same distance. Most photographers are 2-3 meters away from children, mostly full-length or bust. The photos they took lacked a sense of distance and looked monotonous.

In addition, in daily shooting, it often happens that the child had a good time, but when the camera was aimed at him, his expression immediately became dull. If you have a telephoto lens, you can make full use of the advantages of telephoto to shoot children from a distance. When children don't notice that they are taking pictures, their expressions will look relaxed and natural.

It should be noted that the telephoto lens itself is relatively heavy, and parents will inevitably shake when shooting, so it is recommended to turn on the anti-shake function when shooting.

How to set the anti-shake function: press the "Menu" key to select "Anti-shake" and set it to "On", or directly select it on the mirror.

3. Take some unusual photos occasionally.

When shooting children, you can also use a flip screen and a wide-angle lens with a large aperture to try to shoot different effects from different angles and with different compositions. Children are lively by nature, so you can try to take more photos from different angles, and naturally there will be photos with different visual effects. The flip screen is more free than the viewfinder, and it is easier to take photos from different angles whether it is overhead or overhead.

4, skillfully use the camera settings to shoot the sleeping baby.

Babies often put on all kinds of cute shapes when they sleep, which is very embarrassing. At this time, special attention should be paid to shooting, and the camera shutter sound should not wake the baby.

Sony micro-single has a very practical function-"silent shooting". Turn on this function and turn off the audio signal at the same time, so that the shutter sound and focus prompt sound of the camera are completely still when shooting, and no sound will be made when shooting. At the same time, it is suggested to turn off the AF auxiliary focusing light, so that we can shoot the sleeping baby as much as possible!

5. Skillfully shoot frolicking babies with camera settings

The most frequently photographed babies are frolicking and playing. Don't forget our high-speed continuous shooting function when shooting. With the high-speed continuous shooting, children won't miss every second of shooting while playing. Here I would like to introduce the newly launched ILCE-6500, which has the function of high-speed continuous shooting per second 1 1 sheet.

The following is a picture of our baby jumping on the camera with the high-speed continuous shooting function of ILCE-6500. High-speed continuous shooting captured the baby's movements well.

6. How to get children to cooperate with shooting?

Parents often want their children to pose in different positions, but we must pay attention to remember not to force them. As far as shooting itself is concerned, it is an interactive entertainment. If you have fun, you can shoot well, and you can help your child get into the state as soon as possible by distracting. The most common way to attract children's attention is to use colorful and noisy toys and interesting actions and sounds, which is very effective for children aged 1 month to 10.

7. How can I take great photos at home?

When it comes to outdoor shooting, many movie friends begin to have headaches. Now the smog is serious, they usually stay at home and rarely take pictures outdoors. Can't they take good pictures at home? The answer is definitely no, of course, you can take good photos at home, so I will share with you the skills of taking pictures of your baby at home.