Do you want to take better pictures of your family? You don’t need a fancy camera – just your cell phone, and some tips from lifestyle photographer Robyn Davie to take your family photos up a notch.
Robyn’s quick tips to taking better photos of your family on your phone
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Always take photos of your family photos during magic hour
Magic hour is that beautiful time around sunrise or sunset when the light is soft, warm and flattering. This light will mean one sees fewer wrinkles and less eye-watering-blinking-into-the-sun. It will also give a fab glow to your pics. The more you understand light, the better your photos will be.
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Consider your composition
Remove or avoid distracting eye-catching objects in the background of your photos, such as dirty dishes, piles of laundry or an unmade bed, which will pull the eye away from the main focus of the picture – your gorgeous child!
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Are your kids well-rested?
I always say that well-rested and happy kids make for better pictures. Don’t force them into being in your pics if they’re not in the mood.
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Let your kids just be kids
Children will get really bored smiling for the camera, so I always encourage a lot of fun, tickling and running around during a shoot. Encourage things like climbing trees and blowing bubbles, or throw them up in the air. Fun things will yield the best and most genuine smiles.
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For the moms
Don’t forget to get into the pics with your kids, and ask your partner to snap away. You’ll treasure the memories, and if you’re feeling insecure, just remember that your kids love you just the way you are, which includes every smile line, every wrinkle, every part of you.
They will always remember you the way you are now – strong, brave, loving and everything they need in the world. Take a deep breath, let go of your insecurities and bathe in their love for an afternoon. It will really show in the final photos.
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Great photography apps that the BYY team loves:
Afterlight
Lightroom
VSCO
Focos
PS Express
Retouch
Snapseed
Robyn Davie is a photographer from Johannesburg, specialising in lifestyle family sessions. Over the past six years, she’s built her business up from being a one-woman show to a team of nine, with an office manager, six associate photographers and a couple of editors. The whole team focuses on capturing natural, real moments in the most beautiful light possible, and together they cover a wide range of photo assignments from everything family related, to events, baby showers, and engagements, to corporate requirements such as headshots and personal branding sessions, to product shoots and so much more. Visit Robyn Davie Photography or find them on Facebook and Instagram.
