How to Take Great Photo's or Video of Your Child's Party

Recording Your Child's Birthday Party As A Lasting Memory. So, what can you do to ensure you make the most of the birthday party or celebration? My first recommendation would be to hire a professional photographer, one who has experience with children's birthday parties and ask to see some sample photographs, if you shop around they are not as expensive as you may think.
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and you only get one chance to capture the day.

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. If you are not an experienced photographer yourself...
ask around the other parents.

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you may be surprised at how many Mum's and Dads are keen amateur photographers and will be happy to capture those happy moments, ask them to read this article.
..it may help them.
Lets take a look at 'still photographs' first...if you have a look at the photo's on my website you will notice that they are all taken close-up and at kids level, so yes! get 'down on your knees' and 'zoom in' to capture those happy faces, mouths open, eyes wide with delight, screaming with joy, you will need to have some patience, but they are the images that you will treasure.
Recording the birthday party on video is also very popular.
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but not as easy as it may seem..

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here are a few ideas that will help.

Firstly, a magic show is 40 minutes long and that's a long time to stand there with a camera at your eye.
I often see parents filming, standing behind the children at the back of the room.

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they capture some of my show on film and the back and tops of the kids heads..
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not so good!.
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.There is a better way!.
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and it is similar to still photography.
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get yourself a nice comfortable chair, a low chair is best or sit on a cushion to try to get a kids eye view.

Position yourself up the front and to the side so you can film the kids faces laughing, going crazy, getting excited and don't try to capture the entire magic show.
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take a break and relax.
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.then film some more...

and you will end up with a DVD that is 'Gold'.
I hope you have found this article helpful..it is based on literally 1000's of performances..

. Good Luck with it.