From the course: Kids Photography: In Parks at Play
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Getting a portrait
- There you go, do you like it on top like that? You look great. So when I'm taking pictures of kids, I try and keep the camera away from my face. I try to interact with them and look them in the eyes and talk with them more. And the when I see the portrait coming, I'll hold it up. Hi, oh you goofball. And then I pull it immediately down from my face. I'm not shifting. I'm not looking at the back of my LCD. If my settings are right, which I've already check they are, hi! I just shoot and enjoy. And that way, I can interact with her. Hi sweetie. Now see, she's getting a little bit bored. Are you bored, are you happy? - Happy. - Happy! Happy! You're a sweet little thing. - Up down. - Up down. Do you wanna jump again? See now I can see that she's saying "Up down, up down" so she wants to jump. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to have her jump. And you know, it's not the moment in the jump that really matters. Sometimes you can catch that. But it's not the moment in the jump. It's the…
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