Review Digital Camera World 07-30-2013

Digital Camera World

Baby Photography Ideas: simple ways to capture striking pictures of your infant Jul 29th 2013, 23:01, by jmeyer There’s nothing more satisfying than capturing your baby looking their cutest. Our expert baby photography ideas offer simple solutions for boosting your infant photography – from getting the shot to presenting your images. All images by Ed Godden The model for this baby shoot was Alice. One of the problems you can encounter initially when photographing children is deciding what sort of shots you intend to capture. We've become a fan of a trend towards close-up detail shots of babies. For instance, only concentrating on main features such as the hands, eyes, feet and mouth. By using a macro lens, we were able to get within centimetres of Alice and capture the extreme detail in her features. By opting to use natural light from a nearby large sash window, a lovely even spread of light fell on her, enhanced by a Lastolite Gold reflector to maximise the light coming into the room. The more you can get onto your subject, the lower ISO rating you can set on the camera, enabling you to produce a higher quality image. Baby Photography Ideas: getting the shots Be sure to lock the focus where you want it when shooting with wide apertures. Keeping the baby entertained, trying not to make them cry and getting some decent shots… These were some of the numerous obstacles that lay ahead of me as I got down low to baby level and began to shoot away. Opening up the aperture to a wider setting is one good way of ensuring that you get creative images with depth. The shot above was taken at f/3.5 and shows how shooting from an angle can help to create a greater sense of depth by causing the photograph to fade out in both the foreground and background. A tight crop was again used here, but the image fails – the aperture was changed to f/10 and the camera positioned head-on to Alice. Even though the shot has great eye contact, it's very flat. By being selective with your in-camera cropping and keeping to a set aperture, you're left to work around your subject, with composition and poses being the only thing on your mind. PAGE 1 – Baby Photography Ideas: getting the shots PAGE 2 – Baby Photography Ideas: where to focus? PAGE 3 – Baby Photography Ideas: try a montage PAGE 4 – Baby Photography Ideas: change the background PAGE 5 – Baby Photography Ideas: go for eye-catching close-ups PAGE 6 – Baby Photography Ideas: add a splash of colour PAGE 7 – Baby Photography Ideas: editing your shots PAGE 8 – Essential gear for infant photography READ MORE Baby photography tips for the ‘newborn-again’ photographer 19 stellar posing tips and camera tricks for flattering pictures of older people Male Poses: 17 tips to make him confident and comfortable for your camera 17 posing tips and in-camera slimming tips for shooting curvy models Maternity photography ideas: 17 tips for pregnancy photos she’ll cherish forever Worm's eye view photography: how to shoot a unique view of the world Jul 29th 2013, 10:26, by jmeyer Discover how you can get a unique view of the world by seeing it from a worm’s eye view. Our latest tutorial shows you how to get down and dirty with your camera! Getting down as low as possible when you shoot gives a slightly surreal 'worm's-eye view' of the world. It's a quick and easy way liven up your shots of flowers, buildings and even people. You'll need to lie down for this worm’s eye view technique. As it's pretty difficult to frame up a shot with the eye-level viewfinder when you're flat on the ground, switch to Live View (if you have it), so that you can use the main LCD to compose the shot accurately. What’s more, if your camera has one, you can additionally use its flip-out screen. A telephoto zoom lens will let you create an attractive shallow depth of field. Switch to A (aperture-priority) mode so that you can concentrate on getting a wide aperture while your camera adjusts everything else. How to shoot a worm’s eye view Flowers make the perfect subjects for this worm’s eye view technique, as the viewer expects to see them from above 01 Aim up from lower ground Clumps of flowers are perfect for a attempting a worm's-eye effect. Look for lower ground to position yourself on, as lying a little below the flowers will make composition easier. Make sure you get your camera right under your subject and shoot at an upwards angle.   02 Go wide Once you've mastered composing and shooting from a worm's-eye view using a telephoto lens, switch to a wide-angle one, like our Tokina 12-24mm, for a different effect – when it's used close up, a wide-angle lens will distort perspective for an even more dramatic look.   03 Aim straight up Another method for shooting a worm's-eye view photo is by setting the self timer and placing your camera lens-up on the ground. This technique works really well with canopies of trees (see main image). If you're struggling to get the shot to work, try lying on your back and shooting upwards. 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