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The one thing most worth photographing is the relationship between people. Everything else is documentary. When you make photographs, always be on the lookout for the photo that will reveal
Take all the lighting tips, all the posing tips, all the retouching tips, all the business tips and put them away in a file folder in your brain. It’s summertime.
Let’s go on a treasure hunt Here is a new take on an old theme, a Treasure Hunt. I used to love these as a kid. So did my kids.
Have you ever considered water balloons as a type of child-friendly extreme sport? When you bring some photographic elements into it, it can be. This one is perhaps not for
Looking for some fun photographic ideas for kids this summer? Try melting some Skittles. This is a little more involved than it looks on the surface, but loads of fun
Looking for some fun photographic ideas for kids this summer? Try melting some different colored icypoles (what we call popsicles in Australia) and capture the fun. I used red, green
It’s Christmas morning and the excitement to see what’s under the tree vibrates with happy anticipation. Making memorable photos of the family opening presents is easy and a lot of
Do you ever feel like Nemo’s dad, Marlin, from Finding Nemo? He meets a new group of fish and they say, “Hey, you’re a clownfish: Say something funny!” Once people
The Holidays are one of the best times to make pictures. (Check out Bryan’s and Lauri’s articles for some terrific ideas.) And it’s a great time to photograph kids–if you
Our latest cameras boast lightning-quick autofocus and it’s a good thing because my kids and their cousins are lightning-quick subjects, not to mention sports and wildlife subjects. The thing is,
Obviously, a photographer’s most important body part is her eye, right? How else will she compose impactful pictures? I want to show you two ways to free your second most
There’s nothing sillier than expecting people to give you a great expression because you say, “Smile!” Especially children. If you want people to smile in your photograph then you need
Category: Children Photograph: “Straighten” by Manuel Buetti With a beautifully framed shot and subject, Manuel was able to tell a story in a single click. The fact it’s a child straightening art makes
Category: Children Photograph: “Street portrait of village girl” by Sohail Karmani To balance the light, Sohail used the sun to backlight the subject and applied fill flash to brighten the subject. This
Category: Children Photograph: “Best Friends Forever” by Michael Walker-Toye Michael captured a beautiful moment and made it timeless by choosing to process it as a black and white. The child’s outfit adds
Category: Children Photograph: “Different Interests” by Vittorio Vida Beautifully timed capture by Vittorio Vida. We see a child in a crowd looking in the opposite direction as everyone else. Instantly we wonder what
Category: Children Photograph: “Portrait of a Village Boy” by Sohail Karmani A powerful image by Sohail. The viewer is taken into the world of the little village boy. No shoes, a desolate place
Category: Children Photograph: “Excitement” by Brady Brady captured a great candid shot of her girls at one of the most magical places on earth–Disneyland. The photo shows the excitement the girls
Category: Children Photograph: “Eimi ( First shot in 2017)” by Tomas Salinka Tomas did a great job at balancing the light when he captured his three years old little daughter. By
Category: Children Photograph: “Rocker Chick” by Stephanie Stafford Stephanie did a great job capturing the little rocker’s personality. Her angle of view and use of a shallow depth of field keeps
Category: Children Photograph: “A child plays under the Christmas Tree” by SuperT76 Beautiful use of ambient light mixed with fill flash. SuperT76 captured the child’s excitement and the fact it’s under
