Photographing young children

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Vince_Ecosse - 09 Jul 2005 18:36 GMT

Any tips for photographing young children (always on the move) in quite
low light condition? I don't really like the flash I have as I find it
changes the skin natural color. Unless I tune it with my PC, but I
guess there are some good tips I can learn from some of you having a
bit more of experience.

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Ed Ruf - 09 Jul 2005 19:13 GMT

>Any tips for photographing young children (always on the move) in quite
>low light condition? I don't really like the flash I have as I find it
>changes the skin natural color. Unless I tune it with my PC, but I
>guess there are some good tips I can learn from some of you having a
>bit more of experience.

What camera? What format? Generally, I've found you're best explicitly
setting the WB to flash if using it. But this is a case where shooting raw
is a plus.
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Sheldon - 09 Jul 2005 21:48 GMT

> Any tips for photographing young children (always on the move) in quite
> low light condition? I don't really like the flash I have as I find it
> changes the skin natural color. Unless I tune it with my PC, but I
> guess there are some good tips I can learn from some of you having a
> bit more of experience.

Find a good lens with a large aperture (50mm 1.4 seems to be cheap and
popular). Don't try and pose the kids. Follow them around and set the
camera to continuous mode. That will help, and also capture the kids'
attention. Get down on the floor if you have to, don't shoot from above.
Forget about the background. If you can use a large enough aperture the
background won't matter.

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