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Photographing Newborn / Toddler with X-E3

Started Nov 29, 2019 | Questions thread
PhilT_UK Regular Member • Posts: 184
Re: Photographing Newborn / Toddler with X-E3

In my experience (I have a maniac 20 month old toddler...!) I used the 35mm F2 (with X-T20, now X-T30) when he was a newborn. They're not moving anywhere so it was a nice focal length to get some portraits.

Now that he's on the move and running everywhere, to be honest, it's hard to get a good shot! I'm more inclined to use the 23mm F2 and crop or wait until he's sitting down eating to take a few shots. Or since I've got the iPhone 11 Pro, I've been using that a lot more and have been pretty happy with the candid shots I get with it.

Good luck! When the new one arrives, it's going to be a pretty crazy time but it gets easier.

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