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Lighting for Outdoor Family Portraits- Types and Tips

By Nicholas
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Whether you are shooting outdoor family portraits as paid work for your client as a photographer, or capturing family portraits on your vacation trip, you need to get the lighting correct on the subjects to create the best image.

family portrait by the sea

In this guide, I will share the different lighting types that you can use for your outdoor family shoots. I will also share some tips and tricks that you can use to get the best outdoor family portraits in all lighting conditions.

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Mastering Family Photography: What You Need to Get Started

By BarbStitzer
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One thing that I shoot my fair share of is family pictures. I love the family dynamic so much: the “over primpers”, the “get me out of here’s”, the “I’ll be in the picture, but I’m going to ruin every single shot”, the “smile or I’ll beat the snot out of you later’s” and the “gee, we’ve known that we were going to do this months in advance, but we just rolled out of bed so here we are in our pajama’s ” types recur no matter what the social or economic dynamic. That’s why shooting family photos is so much fun, but can be a little scary if you aren’t used to doing it.

In this first of a multi-part series, I will give you tips on taking a family shoot from nightmare to dreamland.

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Family Photography: the Value of Professional Photography Over Amateur

By Blogger
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Having a big family get together and want to capture the moment? Just had a baby and want to get some family shots together? Is your child off to university and you want a family shot before your kids fly the nest? Families are important, and one thing you won’t want to do is look back in a few years’ time and wish that you’d decided to take the opportunities you had to get some professional family photographs done.

So if you are thinking about getting some family photographs done then the next major question is whether or not you want to get a professional in over an amateur. Everyone knows someone who’s relatively handy with a camera, and it can be a real temptation just to pick someone like that in order to keep the costs down.

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