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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Hey! I’m photographing my 9 month old cousin and I’d love some tips (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by yanonce@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Things like focal length (I have a cropped sensor), lighting and general tips you have find useful. I’ve never really done portrait photography before so any help would be appreciated

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[–] rexel99@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

It's not about specific lengths, it's about location.

Get down to their level (good suggestion for animals too) physically lie on the floor if you have to.

Not too close, short lengths make things distorted, 35mm plus is better. Also a longer shot will help provide bokeh in a background with an open (2.8-4f) aperture. Consider what is in the landscape and if the scene is messy.

Patience, your subject will be a crap uncontrollable model 90% of the time. Take lots of pics if your not using flash, burst those shots and disregard all but the occasional good one.