Photography Techniques – People Photography

This post is about one of the photography techniques that you can use the take great photos of people.

The need to expect the unexpected can’t be stressed enough. Especially when photographing kids.

Anything can happen… and probably will!

In this photo, I was taking a portrait of my three children. The oldest two, decided to kiss the youngest to see what kind of a reaction they could get out of him. They didn’t tell me first, the just did it.

I didn’t expect the reaction that he gave, but I was ready to capture it!

You can’t set something like this up. Life happens and you need to be ready. How?

One way to be ready is to continue to look through the viewfinder and leave your finger on the shutter. Anticipate the extra ordinary and you will likely capture more unexpected moments.

Also, you need to place your subjects in flattering light. In this image, I’ve placed the subjects in ambient light and in the heat of the moment, the oldest subject on the right moved into the direct light. Still the moment was so strong, it overides the slight problem of the lighting. Sometimes you need to compromise.