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Digital Portrait Photography - Take Advantage of Digital Features For Children Photos

SUMMARY: Sometimes posed shots do not turn out the best.

Are you taking photographs of babies or other children? Take advantage of the most important feature of your digital camera - the ability to shoot lots of photos without wasting film. However, please limit kids' exposures to bright light if you insist on using flash.

Kids, especially babies, are notorious for getting fidgety during a photo shoot. It may not be possible to set up a perfectly posed shoot with your subjects close to each other, all facing the camera, smiling bright with their eyes wide open. Children may look away from the camera, yawn, scratch their hair, etc.

If it's impossible to get the perfect 'posed' shot, consider taking extra action photos of them partaking in various activities. Keep your digital camera with you - sometimes these activity shots, or other unplanned shots, are more memorable than studio portraits! Imagine which has more impact - a photograph of a posed child sitting on a chair, or one of them throwing their hands up while going down a slide, or right as they bite into a big, juicy watermelon.

By taking plenty of photographs, you can help ensure that one of the pictures will turn out a winner.