At the beginning of the project I was going to do something
called Marco photography. But after doing my research, I realized that Marco
photography is the same thing as close up photography except it uses a more
expensive lens that is made specifically for Marco photography. Since I’ve
already done close up photography and don’t want to buy a new lens I decided to
scratch that idea. But after looking at different types of photography I
realized that there wasn’t that much I could do without having to invest in a
knew lens. So I decided to do something simple. I decided to just try out
family portraits.
Family portraits are a very common type of photography and
are very popular. It’s a lot like regular portraits, except there are more
people to consider while taking the picture, which is a little bit harder. I just decided to do a ‘sibling portraits’
type thing instead of taking pictures of my whole family so it could go a lot
quicker. I wanted to take the pictures outside because the scenery would be a
lot nicer outside then it would be in my house. Unfortunately I live in the
city, so my scenery isn’t the nicest… but I think that its still looks nicer
then it would be in my basement!
I used both my younger sisters as my subjects. Now Winnipeg
winters are very cold so if you want to go outside for a long period of time
you usually want to bundle up really good. But since I was taking family
portraits I wanted my subjects to look good! So bundling up wasn’t something my
sisters could do. They both wore black winter jackets, boots, and gloves. That
was the only winter gear they were aloud to wear. So to make then pictures go
really quick we decided on the poses that they would be doing inside and what
order we would be taking them in. Then we all ran outside and I took the photos
really fast! Both of my sisters are at the age where they can smile on a
command so this was not a problem. If I had done this with younger kids it
would have not worked out because it would have probably taken a whole bunch of
times to get them smiling and by that time they would be freezing. 
My sisters and I googled
winter poses and decided on ones that we thought were nice, and would be quick
to take. I wouldn’t have been able to get this type of photography done without
my sisters, so a big thanks to them! :)
Things I learned about Family Photography:
- Use a tripod.
- You should use manual focus or lock the focus.
- Get people to move around for poses, don’t have them
always standing up straight.
- Have fun with it!
- Have good lighting. Don’t want to wash out people’s faces
or have shadows on some of them.
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