If your into photography, need it for a class, would like to pick it up as a hobbie, or just want some cool pictures of your friends for the holidays without spending a lot of money, here are some easy tips and tricks for simple chrismas photoshoots.
- Props
Gather some of your favourite christmas decorations and try to use them in a creative way. Sya you want some pictures outside. I would suggest bringing some hot chocolate out with you if you dont want to wear your coat, because it would take away from the picture. Youll want to make sure that the subject you are capturing is comfortable with what they are wearing. Add some mittins, hats, scarfs, whatever you want in your picture. All of these can be used as props.
- Photos
~ Take some photos of your subject drinking hot chocolate. Make sure it's one of the first things you do, or that the hot chocolate is extremely warm, youll want the steam for a nice effect in the photo. This would make for a better close up shot, than a distant shot. Try to focus on your subjects face, mittins, and hat, for this photo.Be certain to not cut off the head. You dont want to have a great pictures and then realizee that you have cut the head off.
~ Play in the snow, throw my snow balls, throw some snow in the air. Have a friend sprinkle snow on your subject for the sake of the picture of course, build a snow mad, just have some fun. Make sure to capture the smiles.
- Repositioning
~You will have to reposition yourself several times for the same shot. Youll want different angles. A picture is a story, and the story changes when the picture changes. You might have several shots on the same thing, but with the different angles you can choose your favourite. Maybe getting down on the ground will give you a better veiw of the sky, or taking a picture from in a tree, or higher up, youll see all of the beautiful snow below you, and it changes the picture a lot. Your subject may not have moved, but still, the story changes.
Use your imagination, and creativity to choose the pictures you want. Different angles, different props, they will all tell a different story. If youre outside taking pictures for a half hour and your subject changes the colour of their mittins or scarf, and changes into a different sweater, it will all look completely different in the photo. photos are just like snow flakes, no 2 are the same, but unlike snow, we have to work at making things different.
What will make you different from other photographers is your crativity in your positioning and in your angles. Pay attention to the untold story. Focus in on the background nd blur your subject out, do something unexpected, something fun, and youll see it in the picture. youll see if in the face of your subject, youll ee it in the background, youll see it in whatever you chose to be the focal point of your picture.
