Hi, everyone. I am very happy to have this opportunity to share with you my thoughts on the shooting of children.
嗨，大家好，很開心有這樣一個機會與大家分享我關于兒童拍攝的心得思路。
Let me introduce myself briefly. I work in art teaching and I am a mother of five years old. I'm not a professional photographer, just the usual spare time to love, but always think of the elements in the painting is to create images, photography is found and interception, also is to satisfy the action of visual aesthetic feeling, can understand each other and to use, so photography is my biggest hobby.
先簡單的自我介紹一下，我從事美術教學工作，是一個五歲孩子的媽媽。我並非專業的攝影師，只是平時業余時間喜愛拍攝，但一直覺得繪畫是創造畫面中的元素，攝影則是發現和截取，同樣是滿足視覺美感的動作，可以相互理解和運用，所以攝影成了爲我最大的愛好。
Formal contact photography has been around for more than three years and has been taught for a long time. A year ago, when I was lost, I met a wonderful teacher, Gyeonlee, who told me that our pictures lacked the illusion of beauty and lacked the sincere feeling. Touching, I slowly found a suitable way of photography - using emotion to record some real pictures of love.
正式的接觸攝影已有三年多了，很長一段時間是在自學。一年前，在我迷茫的時候，遇到了一位很棒的的老師Gyeonlee，他和我說，我們的畫面不缺乏美麗的幻想，就缺乏真摯的情感。觸動之余，我慢慢找到了適合自己的一個攝影方式－－用情感去記錄一些真實有愛的畫面。
Today want to chat with you, is my years of experience and basic communication in the late train of thought, there are some nagging, or may not be a lot of friends in the heart for dry goods, and this model does not necessarily suitable for a large part of a friend, but I am sincerely want to take a more life and more approached the child's way to share with you.
今天想要與大家聊的，是我這幾年來的拍攝中溝通的心得和基本的後期思路，有一些唠叨，也可能不是很多朋友心中期盼的幹貨，且這樣的拍攝模式也不一定適合很大部分小夥伴，但我是真心地想要把一種更生活更走近孩子的拍攝方式與大家分享。
Let me start with the equipment I am using now. The fuselage is the Canon 5d3, the camera's Canon 35L and 50mm, f1.4, the home will use 35 focal length, the outdoor use 50 focus section, and occasionally use 70-200. Shoot in raw format. However, it is recommended to practice JPG format, master the exposure, and try to make the original film better in the early stage. Shooting, 35 head can make me more closer to the child, in my interactions with children play often single handsets, and focal length and large aperture is also very suitable for indoor space insufficient light. Its focus is also very realistic and can include more environment. 50 heads, I often used outdoors, children went to the outdoor, range, but with 50 words, children can still close with me, and it is small and light, can save a lot of physical strength, can also keep sufficient bokeh blur. Then I will share some of the children's films I have taken recently. Maybe you can see the state and environment of my shooting from the picture.
先說說我現在使用的器材吧，機身是佳能的5d3，鏡頭用的佳能的35L和 50mm，f1.4，家中會使用35焦段，戶外使用50焦段,偶爾會使用70-200。raw格式拍攝。不過，這裏建議練習好jpg格式原片，掌握好曝光度，盡量在前期上讓原片好一些。拍攝中，35頭可以讓我更近距離接觸到孩子，在與孩子玩耍互動我經常單手持機拍攝，而且焦段和大光圈也很適合空間不足光線不足的室內。它的焦段紀實性也很強，可以更多包含環境。50頭，我經常會在戶外使用，孩子去了戶外，活動範圍變大，但用50的話，孩子還是可以與我離得很近，且它比較小而輕，體力上可以節省很多，也可以保持足夠的焦外虛化。 接著分享我近期拍攝的一些兒童片給大家，或許你可以從畫面裏看到我拍攝的狀態和環境。
As you can see, the shooting is done in the children's own home and outdoors, without the assistant, without the props belonging to the children, without the photography lamp, and finished in the natural light. All this is based on reality and life. Three years ago, I didn't do this, and I would have some costume props in the background, every time I got a bag for my client's home. Slowly I brought less and less, until now, I only take my camera. Real change from last year, the teacher told me, want to watch the film more, so I see a lot of a lot of outstanding works abroad, most Japanese life photography, heart feel, it is more suitable for the child's record, because their shooting, is related to love!
如你所看到，拍攝都是在孩子自己家裏和戶外，沒有助理，沒有不屬于孩子的道具，沒有用攝影燈，在自然光線下完成。這一切都建立在真實與生活的基礎上。三年前，我並不是這樣拍，那時候還會准備些服裝道具背景，每次大包小包拿到客戶家裏。慢慢的我帶的東西越來越少，到現在，我只帶著我的相機。真正的改變是從去年開始的，老師告訴我，要多看好片子，于是我看了很多國外大量的優秀作品，最愛日本的生活化攝影，內心覺得，這樣才是更適合孩子的記錄，因爲他們的拍攝，是與愛相關的！
I want to return the expression of the picture to the emotion, regardless of equipment, color, composition, I put emotion first. When the picture has a real and loving emotion, I believe it will be unforgettable, and I will definitely be touched by the children's parents, including myself.
我希望把畫面的表達，最終回歸到情感，無論器材，色彩，構圖如何，我把情感放第一位。當畫面有了真實有愛的情感，相信會讓人難忘，而且，一定會感動到來拍攝的孩子家長，包括我自己。
And talk to you about how I did it. You can use some pictures, and you can see the rhythm and the details of the communication.
再和大家聊聊我是怎樣完成一次拍攝的。會使用一些配圖，圖片裏大家可以看到拍攝的節奏與交流的細節。
Early communication: since parents reservation when shooting, started to communicate, I will ask whether understand life shooting mode, whether it can fully accept to photographers shooting idea and suggestion, this is very important, only understand the true identity, is the next shot. First of all, I want to know the age, gender, and my mother's circle of friends. I can see a lot of children's life and learning pictures. These are all preparation for communication during shooting.
前期的溝通：從家長預訂拍攝時起，就開始溝通了，我會問是否理解生活化拍攝的模式，是否能完全接受到攝影師的拍攝理念和拍攝建議，這個很重要，只有真的認同理解的，才有接下來的拍攝。先要大概了解孩子的年齡，性別，還可以多看看媽媽的朋友圈，能看到很多孩子的生活與學習畫面，這些都是爲拍攝時溝通做准備。
Said some shooting: at home in the morning to shoot, for example, to the children at home, are mostly about eight in the morning, also the children wake up of time to decide, some children get up early or outdoor location far more earlier. I think to every person, family is important, children grow up here, here, learn to love, no one place can replace her, so I'll choose first shot at home. Each child's age, character, and upbringing are different. They need more patience to understand, some shy and shy, some are lively and cheerful, some are just full moon, some are teenagers. Thing is that sometimes I admire myself, I can when the month sister-in-law, also can get along well with adolescent children, this is a very lucky thing, children's favorite, can let me every time complete filming. Therefore, I think that children's photographers need to learn more skills so that they can better complete the shooting of different objects.
說些家裏的拍攝：以上午拍攝爲例，到孩子家裏，大都是早上八點左右，也看孩子起床的時間來定，有的孩子起床早或者戶外地點較遠就更早一點。我覺得對每一個人來說，家都是很重要的地方，孩子們在這裏成長，在這裏學會愛，沒有哪一個地方可以替代到她，所以我會先選擇在家裏拍攝。 每個孩子的年齡，性格，成長環境都不一樣，需要更多的耐心去了解，有的害羞腼腆，有的活潑開朗，有的剛滿月，有的是十幾歲少年。我有時候很佩服自己的一點就是，我既能當的來月嫂，也能與青春期孩子相處融洽，這是很幸運的事，孩子們的喜愛，讓我每一次都能順利完成拍攝。所以，我覺得兒童攝影師也要學習多的技能，才能更好完成不同對象的拍攝。
Some details about choosing clothes: go to the house, pick up the clothes, the clothes are all children's own, some need to pre-parent communication. Not in conformity with the requirements of the film will give advice to buy, I have a lot of time is selected, accompanied by parents to go to the market, or WeChat filming clothing pictures selected, this is a very meticulous and patient preparation. Dress collocation, simple, natural, had better not have the material of the metal, do not be flashy, must fit. Appropriate clothing, re-shooting is very important, even decided the quality of this shooting, because the selection of clothing has already started the color of the picture. If you choose clothes, you can shoot them.
說些挑選服裝的一些細節：去到家裏，挑選拍攝服裝，服裝都是孩子自己的，有的需要提前預家長溝通。沒有符合拍攝要求的，會給予建議去購買，我有很多次是陪同家長去到市場挑選的，或者微信拍攝服裝照片挑選，這是一個很細致耐心的前期准備。服裝搭配上，簡單，自然，最好不帶有金屬的材質，不豔俗，一定要合身。合適的服裝，再拍攝中非常重要，甚至決定這次拍攝的品質，因爲從服裝選擇就已經開始了畫面的配色。選好服裝，就可以拍攝了。
Wash a face to brush one's teeth, have breakfast, these are all my love, if it is too early, I didn't eat breakfast, will tell parents ready in advance a, I will eat together, and if the children of the first meeting, this time, we will know, familiar, they thought could come home to have dinner with his people should be worthy of trust. If the children have been photographed many times, they will treat me to breakfast as an old friend. A meal, do not forget to snap the child when having a meal of, but also adjust the position of the child meal before take attention to the direction of the light, indoor light generally won't live up to expectations, facing the light source can't be wrong!
洗臉刷牙，吃早餐，這些都是我愛拍攝的，若是太早，我沒有吃早餐，會提前告訴家長准備好我的一份，會和孩子一起吃，若是第一次見面的孩子，這期間，我們會認識，熟悉，他們覺得能來家裏和他一起吃飯的人應該是值得信任的。若是多次拍過的孩子，會像老朋友一樣，招待我共進早餐。吃飯時，不要忘記抓拍孩子吃飯時的各種，還要在拍之前調整孩子用餐的的位置，注意光的方向，室內光線一般不會那麽盡人意，面向光源不會錯！
I also love to take a shower. This is not a time to guide, because they will have a good time! Children should take advantage of their own suitable toys. A lot of family bathroom light is not too good, if the home is convenient, the place that can take bath is moved to the window edge of daylighting, if be not suitable, have to raise the sensitivity to shoot. I often have a hand in hand to capture, do not rule out oneself wet body possibility.
我還超級愛拍洗澡。這個時候不用刻意引導，因爲他們自己會玩得很嗨！孩子自己有合適的玩具的話要加以利用。很多家庭的浴室光線都不是太好，若是家中方便就會把洗澡的地點移到采光好的窗邊，若是不適合，就只好提高感光度拍攝。我經常一手撩水一手抓拍，不排除自己濕身的可能。
At home, it's about one and a half to two hours, eating breakfast, or taking a shower, it's time to play. Every time I go into my child's room, I watch the toys and books and ask him what he likes and what he can share with me. The next time is the interaction between us, can draw, read, can take care of the family pets together, in a word, all kinds of crazy... I will choose the place by the window, where the children's eyes will be bright. I wear white or light clothes every time I shoot, so I can use no reflector to make a natural reflection to the child's eyes, and there will be beautiful eyes. Avoiding clutter at home, I love the details and the combination of the details to make the picture more loving. This time, the content of the shooting is really too much, the most important is to want the photographer to discover, to guide the child to do the thing that likes to do!
在家的拍攝時間，大概是一個半到兩個小時，吃過早餐，或洗完澡，就該是玩了。每次進到孩子的房間，我都會觀察，觀察他們房間的玩具，書籍，問他喜歡什麽，可以跟我分享什麽。接下來的時間，就是我們之間的各種互動，可以畫畫，看書，可以一起照顧家裏的寵物，總之，就是各種瘋……我會選擇窗邊的地方，在這裏孩子的眼睛會很明亮。每次拍攝我都是穿白衣服或者淺色衣服，這樣，我可以不用反光板，讓衣服形成一個天然的反射到孩子眼裏，會有很漂亮的眼神光。避開家裏雜亂的東西，我特別喜歡拍攝細節，細節的組合讓畫面更有愛。這個時間，拍攝的內容真的太多，最重要的是要攝影師去發現，去引導孩子做喜歡做的事情！
There are so many toys in the children's home that you can make full use of them. He was a very lively child, so he was guiding me and taught me a lot of natural science.
下面的這位棒棒小朋友家裏的玩具格外多，全部可以充分利用起來。又是很活潑的孩子，所以一直是他在引導我，還教會了我很多自然科學知識。
Good light, can let the picture be clear and bright, do not disappoint good sunshine.
好的光線，可以讓畫面通透明亮，千萬不要辜負好陽光。
Like to record their bright eyes and attention. I will not force the child to see my camera, and I will not let the parents and the child say, look at the aunt lens! Let them play freely in a controlled way, and don't do dangerous things to prevent children from getting hurt.
喜歡記錄她們明亮的眼神和專注的樣子。拍攝中我不會強迫孩子去看我鏡頭，也不會讓家長和孩子說，看阿姨鏡頭！就讓他們在可控範圍內自由玩耍，不要做危險的事情，以避免孩子受傷。
When we are familiar with it, we are ready to play outdoors, the choice of outdoor location, I like people less, natural, will avoid a lot of artificial buildings. At this time, it is often about ten o 'clock, and the sun always rises. I like the light of this time very much. Top light, to pay more attention to the activities of the child, if where there is a tree, it would be better to, the projection of leaves will be a beautiful, light and shadow, or let them become great background.
熟悉後，我們就准備去戶外玩耍了，戶外地點的選擇，我喜歡人少，自然的，會避開很多人工建築。這時候的時間，經常會是十點左右，太陽經常已經升起來了，我很喜歡這個時候的光線。頂光的拍攝，要多注意孩子的活動範圍，若是在有樹的地方，那就更好辦來，樹葉的投影都會是很漂亮的光影，或者讓它們成爲很棒的背景。
Outdoor time is also the time for children to explore, and this process will find many interesting things together. So, all I have to do is write these down, so I want all kinds of snap shots, candid shots, squatting, shooting, chasing. I personally like to have a multi-lens record, and the combination is very story-telling.
戶外的時間，也是孩子探索的時間，這個過程大家會一起發現很多有趣的東西。那麽，我要做的就是把這些記錄下來，所以要各種抓拍，偷拍，蹲著拍，趴著拍，追著拍。我個人喜歡多視角分鏡頭記錄，拼合起來也很有故事性。
Tip photography tips:
頂光拍攝小技巧：
Some relatively small baby, stumble, only sitting or lying down, I will let the family to prepare light color fastens, pure color white or pale blue small cushion, placed on child body, will form the beautiful reflections to the face and eyes. Large children sometimes play directly on the reflector, so many times the use of the reflector is for play, and by the way...
有的寶寶比較小，走不穩，只能坐著或者趴著，我會讓家人准備淺色系，白或淺藍的純色小墊子，放置在孩子身下，會形成很漂亮的反光到面部和眼睛。大的孩子有時候直接在反光板上玩耍，所以，很多時候反光板的使用是用來玩耍的，順便補補光……
In the parent-child shooting, parents participate and accompany the children to play together. Learning about parents' work can also record more interesting pictures. The family's parents have opened an art teaching studio, which is very interesting to shoot in the studio.
親子拍攝中，父母參與進來，陪同孩子一起玩。了解父母的工作也能記錄到更多有意思的畫面，這個家庭的爸爸媽媽自己開設了美術教學工作室，在工作室裏拍攝很有意思。
At this time, I can be an invisible record, use their perspective to shoot, secretly press the shutter. It could be their friends. Get involved.
這時候，我可以是一個隱形的記錄者，用他們的視角去拍攝，偷偷的按著快門。也可以是他們的朋友，參與進來。
After playing for more than an hour, everyone was hungry and took the kids to lunch. The camera has always been in a state of not shutting down, ready to snap. By this time, the child is already very familiar with and trusts, and they will completely change back to the snack.
玩了大概一個多小時，大家都餓了，于是帶著孩子去吃午餐，午餐時，也會拍拍拍。相機一直是出于不關機狀態，隨時抓拍。每次到這個時候，孩子已經非常熟悉並信任，他們會完全變回小吃貨。
Happy end shooting, about four hours or more. So a record of the children's laughing and crying, record the change of them every year, really lucky to meet the children and their parents are so lovely, without their love and trust, I maybe it is difficult to adhere to this pattern, here, thank them!
開心地結束的拍攝，時間大概是四個小時左右或者更多一些。就這樣記錄著孩子們的嬉笑哭鬧，記錄著他們每一年的變化，真幸運遇到的孩子和他們的爸爸媽媽們都這樣的可愛，若沒有他們的喜愛與信任，我或許很難堅持這樣的模式拍下去，在這裏，感謝他們！