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How many of you out there think you need the best gear in order to capture amazing images? What I show you in this video is how I photographed a kid in the park with a very basic set up.
I used the entry level Nikon D3100 with 70-300 Zoom Lens and was able to capture what I think are AMAZING Portraits.
What you have to remember is its not the camera that captures amazing pictures its you. I know once you break free of the auto settings you will be able to take your images to the next level.
In this video you will get to see not only the keeper images but the ones that did not make the cut. Better yet we break down those images to help you understand how you can better set your camera to get similar images. I cover focus modes, manual settings, composition and much much more.
The full photo shoot in the park can be found in the FroKnowsPhoto Beginners Guide.
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48 responses to “Taking Pictures of Kids – Breaking Down A Photo Shoot”
Amen on not wasting pixels. Why throw away image quality? Who knows, you may want a 36×48" print sometime. Clients often do.
GOOD PHOTO
Excellent tutorial!
Love it!
Love this video, hoping you would do a video on the best lenses for a canon t5i for sport/kids!
12:00 Killer shot Per DMIMAGE
Very interesting and detailed tutorial on how to shoot kids. Thanks Jared!
I love your energy Jared!
The shot @12:00 is the money shot! Insane!
It's always interesting to see how focused you are while talking, so much that you even announce it when you turn yourself. Your energy and enthusiasm is very motivating, you sure made some right decisions at one point in your life to become like this.
Very good tutorial. But what is it with everyone so consumed with the white over exposure? I absolutely abhor white blasting. I think you lose all definition.
Excellent!, good explanation as with a basic gear we can take good pictures in every situation, light and places; thank you Jared!
very nice tutorial, detailed and not boring
true true FRO 🙂
This is a great video. Incredibly helpful. Thank you 👍
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2vk44x
I miss you critiquing viewers photos. I learned more from that then I do from watching you critique your photos.
Jared, you don't smile.
Great video, I bought the guide that this shoot is in, but you said in the video you shot in Aperture priority mode,
good work my friend. I have started photographing kids outside for about 3 months now. I've been playing it safe away from the sun but I see you are able to capture very good images even while the sun hits the face. Good job!!! I will try some of these. Thanks!!!
Fwd 2:26
For Jared or Anyone Else, how do you get such punchy blacks and whites?
Nice good video photography work, u can also publish in Youpic.
I'm shooting images for my clothing brand using a Canon XS 18-55 lens what would be the best settings for me using outdoor lighting no flash???
AWESOME
I'm diggin ya.. good stuff. Thanks for keepin it real
What is your focus mode set on?
Hey Jared – what mic do you use? I'm looking for a decent wireless mic for interviews but they're sooooo expensive! Ultimate quality isn't essential as long as its pretty decent. Many thanks!!
you need to comb your hair just kidding like video
Could you do a new video with the Nikon D7000 so we can see the product of the photos compared to the 3100? If theres somewhere that you've already done this let me know 🙂
BY THE WAY! I love your FroKnowsPhoto T-shirt! 🙂
Thanks for the tutorial. You mentioned cropping in camera. I have a habit of doing this but I was trying to stop because when I resize for print I was having problems. The way I resize is normally to use the cropping tool in photoshop. The problems is when I have a tight crop in camera, I end up chopping of things that I don't want to . So I've tried to just resize by changing the image size settings in photoshop, but I have had mixed results with that. How do you resize for printing?
*teachers
Thank you, for acknowledging your tendency to say "Horizontical." I was putting together a team of English teacher to hunt you down and give you a stern lesson in its use.
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I hate when people refer to the D3100 as basic gear. It's going to take me three months of hard saving to even get one…
Great tips!
this isn't the $120 70-200mm, is it?
I like the video , you will have to do a video showing how to do a video like yours
so we can do it too.
Thanks, Great information like always !!!
When making that kind of adjustment he does what some of us ol'timers refer to as 'chasing the needle'. (Assuming you have a camera that shows exposure through the viewfinder.)
Fro has mentioned that he changes the controls on some cameras so the movement of the wheel mirrors the direction of the adjustment needed.
So if the exposure meter shows the shot will be under exposed (to the left of center) he can turn the wheel to the right, and by that adjustment move the exposure needle to the right.
Jared, ive got a question, when u drop or rise your shutter speed when lighting changes, do you use your light meter to determine how much to change your SS or do you change it by "ear"
This video is very helpful …. Thanks
Don't know about fro, but Lightroom is great for non-destructive editing. Photoshop is capable of non-destructive editing but usually it's a lot more of a pain to do than in Lightroom. Lightroom also makes it a lot easier to edit a lot of images at once than Photoshop does. Lightroom also offers great options for organizing your photos while you work on them.
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where can I get the 'I shoot RAW' shirts/bands?
Shouldn't that say"Beginners' Guide" in the title?
Nice video for a nice page. Waiting to see the next one
amm, i think he's wrong… there is no lens like 70-300 dx
what was your ISO setting?