Professional Tips For Taking Great Christmas Photos
Christmas is a time that you would usually spend with your family and loved ones. These special days are filled with food, laughter, games and love, which is why it’s the perfect time to take some beautiful photos that you can print and display in your home or in an album.
While Christmas 2020 was a little smaller, and a little lonelier than usual, 2021 will hopefully set that right, and there will no doubt be times of fun and laughter that you can freeze in a photograph.
Below are a few tips to help you take great shots at your next family gathering, whenever that might be!
Make your photos interesting
Straight lines make for boring photos, especially when it comes to people. If you’re shooting a group inside, try using a staircase to break up the group of adults. For outdoor shoots, use leading lines to create interest. Children can sit or stand in front of the adults in order to make it easier to fit everyone into the shot. For Christmas fun, you can also bring some colour and fun to your photos by incorporating holiday-themed props such as a backdrop in green, red and white for Christmas, or photo booth props such as reindeer antlers, Santa hats or snowman noses.
Don’t forget to incorporate candid and natural looking shots too
The best photos are the ones that come to life when you look at them. You can capture such photos by simply allowing individual personalities to shine through by taking candid and natural looking photos along with your posed shots. Get everyone to loosen up by taking a few funny shots of people jumping or making funny faces, both kids and adults always enjoy this.
You should also have your camera ready to take shots of people busy in the kitchen, laughing at the dinner table or kids kicking a ball around outside. These photos are great because they’re truly capturing a moment in time.
Wait until the Golden Hour to take outdoor photos
The Golden Hour refers to the time of day when the sun is at its lowest point. It starts around 20 minutes before sunset and lasts up until about 20 minutes after sunset.
This golden lighting offers a softer light, which means:
It creates softer looking skin, brighter eyes, and sparkling smiles
It adds more dimension to your photos
There won’t be any squinting eyes because it’s too bright outside
Shooting your family and friends during Golden Hour also makes everything seem a lot warmer, which emphasises the warmth and love you have for each other.
Best wishes to you and your families at this time, and I hope you all stay happy and healthy during this years festivities.
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