Abigail Elisabeth

[anathelia]

Trying my hand at portrait photography and got this one of my daughter.

She's almost 16 months old now, for those who were wondering.

 

[JanieDough]

ana she's beautiful! and that's a sweet picture!

TAKING PICTURES OF KIDS! kids are freaking tough man! I used to think "that can't be THAT hard"

but huh! even with my big fancy camera I only got maybe two decent shots of my friend's kids out of like 200!


Things I found helped - getting them outside so it's bright and your camera can take pictures faster - and also if you're letting them be active and walk around, make sure you are conscious of your background. So maybe have them play in front of a wooden fence or a background of just trees or something so no matter where they go or what they do the background will always be good.

 

[anathelia]

Thank you, Janie.

And they are tough. I couldn't get her to sit still to save my life, haha.

 

[Dana]

cute kid

 

[freakofnature]

You have a beautiful daughter! Cute picture too. :thumbup

 

[Guyzerr]

Just out of curosity did you use the flash or does she naturally have a dark complexion? I asked that cuz in my early days my shots skin tones looked like that even with the built in flash. Things improved when I got a decent flash.

Try for a more neutral background next time or as suggested by Zirc outside in natural light is great.

She's a cutie that's for sure.

 

[Taralynn]

She is beautiful!!!! I love that picture!!

 

[Abcinthia]

Ahhh she's soooo cute!

 

[Veronica]

cute pic

 

[anathelia]

Thanks everyone.

And I used the flash, Guyz. I wasn't looking to use it, but it happened, and I kinda liked the way it turned out.

I prefer taking pictures outside though, because I like what the natural light does to pictures better.

 

[AUFred]

good pic

 

[Butterfly]

She's a cutie!