Don’t Shoot Down on Kids

SCOTT KELBY

If you’re unhappy with your shots of kids, it may be because you’re shooting them like most people do—from a standing position, so basically you’re shooting down at them. The problem with this is that, on an average day, that’s how we see most children, with us in a standing position looking down at them, and if we photograph them from the same viewpoint, that’s how the photos are going to look—average. The trick is to shoot from their level—get down on one knee, or sit (or even lay) on the floor, to capture them from a viewpoint we normally don’t see, which honestly changes everything. It’s one of the easiest things you can do that will have the greatest impact on your images.