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    Kids Photography Cheat Sheet

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    To capture good portraits of kids, photographers should: 1) Use a wide aperture between f/2.8-f/5.6 for shallow depth of field. 2) Choose the lowest ISO setting for available light, or increase up to 800-1000 if too dark. 3) Use a shutter speed of at least 1/200th of a second to freeze kids' motion, or 1/500th if they're running around.

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    To capture good portraits of kids, photographers should: 1) Use a wide aperture between f/2.8-f/5.6 for shallow depth of field. 2) Choose the lowest ISO setting for available light, or increase up to 800-1000 if too dark. 3) Use a shutter speed of at least 1/200th of a second to freeze kids' motion, or 1/500th if they're running around.

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    To capture good portraits of kids, photographers should: 1) Use a wide aperture between f/2.8-f/5.6 for shallow depth of field. 2) Choose the lowest ISO setting for available light, or increase up to 800-1000 if too dark. 3) Use a shutter speed of at least 1/200th of a second to freeze kids' motion, or 1/500th if they're running around.

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    Kids Photography Cheat Sheet

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    To capture good portraits of kids, photographers should: 1) Use a wide aperture between f/2.8-f/5.6 for shallow depth of field. 2) Choose the lowest ISO setting for available light, or increase up to 800-1000 if too dark. 3) Use a shutter speed of at least 1/200th of a second to freeze kids' motion, or 1/500th if they're running around.

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    KIDS APERTURE

    PHOTOGRAPHY f/2.8 f/4


    Wide Aperture (more light)
    f/5.6 f/8 f/11 f/14
    Narrow Aperture (less light)
    f/22

    CHEAT SHEET When shooting kids portraits, it’s best to set a wide aperture
    f/2.8-f/5.6) to capture a shallow depth of field.

    iso
    100 . .. 200 . .. 400 . . . 640 . . . 800 . . . 1600 . . . 3200

    Lower LIGHT SENSITIVITY Higher

    Choose the lowest ISO setting for the available light. If it’s
    too dark you can increase your ISO to 800 or 1000.

    shutter speed

    1/1000”
    1/100”

    1/125”

    1/250”

    1/320”

    1/500”
    1/25”

    1/30”

    1/50”
    10”
    30”

    15”

    2”

    1”
    Tripod Freeze
    Blur Motion Handheld Ok
    Recommended Motion

    3
    Try to keep it 1/200th of a second or faster. In case your kids
    are running around, try to use 1/500th of a second or more.

    1 PERSPECTIVE
    Most common mistake when
    2 LIGHT essentials
    the

    3
    photographing kids is shooting from Lighting can easily make or break
    your eye level - this makes kids look your photos. It’s easy to take good
    even smaller than they really are. photos on a cloudy day, but it’s more
    tricky to do so on a bright sunny day. Burst
    mode
    If your camera has a continuous
    mode, make use of it for all your
    kids photography.

    If you’re new to photography, try to


    To create more powerful photos that avoid taking pictures of kids indoors at
    capture the world as a child sees night, because this results in the worst
    it, you should adjust your height to possible shots. Shooting outdoors and
    match theirs. By doing this, you’ll in shade almost always works great.
    Kids are unpredictable, so shooting
    also get a better view of the child’s lots of photos can help increase the
    face, which is important. odds of getting good shots.
    TIP:
    TIP: If you decide to use a flash to TIP:
    prevent motion blur, decrease the
    Be flexible! You should kneel, sit intensity of the flash by using In order to save time, go through
    or lay on your stomach in order flash compensation. the shots on your camera and
    to capture some outstanding delete the bad ones before
    photos of your kids. getting them to your computer.

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