How to Photograph your Kids!?!
The biggest mistake people make when taking photographs is forgetting to think about composition.
Composition is just a fancy way of saying “what you see in the picture”. Try to imagine a picture, any picture will do. The picture is made up of all the things that you can see within the frame. It may have lots of empty space or it may be very cluttered. It may be of a person or a place. A great picture, generally, has had someone think about each thing that has been included (or left out).
Need an example? My mom, bless her heart, took photos of my dress before a school dance. Most of the pictures had too much space above my head and chopped of my feet. Or had my feet and chopped of the top of my head. This is bad composition and luckily it is easily fixed.
When you take a photo, stop and think for a second before pushing the shutter. Take a careful look at what you see in the image. Is the person placed well in the frame? Is there anything growing out of their head? Is that the best place to take the photo. Thinking about these things will undoubtedly help you to create better images and won’t cost anything at all.
Good luck and remember to think before you click!!
