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Q: What is harder than taking photos of a 4 year old?

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A: Taking photos of a 4 year old with glasses. ; )



Inspired by the ideas in http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?message=31528295&forum=1025 , I thought I would give my daughter a try. Unfortunately, I was alone with her, so no one else to help creating interest. I setup everything the night before the shoot. At the shoot, I "only" had to worry about keeping her happy, keeping her posed reasonably well (mainly constantly asking her not to put her body straight against camera), tracing her with my camera (framing and focus). Phew!

The photo above is the only one out of 40+ that I am reasonably happy with. The others got tossed because of bad facial expression, bad posing, bad reflections in her glasses, or out of focus.

Since the bright season of the year is approaching the northern hemisphere, I think I will ditch the studio stuff and try candids with a long lens for a while...

Thanks for watching!

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camccoy said:
I think that is a great shot! Love the lighting. Did you use a red
gel on the background? The bottom of the background changed color.
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Thanks! Yes I used a red gel on a gray background. I wanted the corners darker, with the girl in the center, but it was too difficult for her to stay where I wanted her to... :-)

I will probably darken the upper corners more in PP too.

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Sven Hedlund
 
Well, my point in the original post that I referred to was that it was quite easy to get good shots of her when she was two years old. At that time, I could position her in a high chair and entertain her and I would get tons of lovely smiles. Now, when she's four years old, she only makes funny or strange faces as soon as I reach for the camera.

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Sven Hedlund
 
Sorry had to say that, my son drives me nuts when I try to take pictures of him. Getting stress thinking about ]-: Nice shot, love the expression.

Mark

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