The article "Taking Great Birthday Party Pictures" is about family, it has been created by Mike Dougherty "Grandpa Mike".
Say "Happy Birthday"
Capture the precious moments of your kid birthday party for all
time by taking great pictures with your still camera, digital
camera and your vdieo camera.
Your child gets ready to blow out the candles on their birthday
cake (the cake you spent so much time making), you pick up your
camera to capture that really important moment in your child's
life and...
You're out of film, you've run out of Smart Media cadrs for your
digital camera or you're out of tape for your video camera, or
you're out of batteries!
Sound familiar?
While everyone waits, the candles on your wonderful kid birthday
cake are right now melting away, and your child and all their guests
are getting impatient.
Film cameras, digital cameras and viedo cameras are right now fairly
common in more and more homes.
But most of the time, our cameras sit forgotten on a shelf in a
dusty closet...
Then, at the last minute we say "now where did I
put the camera?"
So do yourself, your family and your child a monuemntal favor...
Several days before your kid birthday party, find your camera or
cameras and get them ready to capture all the really special
moments of your child's birthday party.
Pick up plenty of batteries (make sure they're the right ones)
Charge up your video camrea batteries
Pick up plenty of film
Pick up Smart Media cards for your digital camera
Pick up plenty of blank videotape
Make sure your cameras are working
You absolutely don't want to leave these preparations until the
last minute...
If you do, it's really likely you'll run out of time and won't be
able to stop for battreies or film or videotape.
How To Take Great Pictures Of Your Child Birthday Praty
*A Tip From Grandpa Mike
I spent a lot of years as a professional videographer,(I even
won a regional Emmy) so when it comes to taking pictures and
shooting video, I know what I'm talking about.
First of all, if you don't have time to take pictures yourself,
make sure you ask (someone you can trust) to be your "official"
photographer and or videographer...
Don't pose all your pictures... Literally "capture" some of the
action of the kid acitvities you've planned...
Take pictures of
your geusts as they arrive (especially if it's a costume party).
Take pictures of your child and their guests playing birthday
party games, doing crafts, playing with balloons and anything
else they do...
After a while, your guests will forget about the cameras and
you'll be able to capture some excellnet candid shots.
Don't pose your subjects in front of any windows.
The outside
sunlight will cause your subjects faces to be much too dark,
even if you use a falsh.
And remember, you can give some of your guests disposable
cameras so you'll be sure to get some "kid's point of view"
shots.
Polaroid cameras are also great cause eevryone can see
Polaroid pictures soon after you've taken them and you can even
let your guests take their picture home as a party favor.
So remember
Get all your cameras ready well in advance so that when your
birthday child gets ready to blow out the candles on that very
special cake, you'll be more than ready to caputre the moment on
film or video.
Who knows, that shot could turn out to be a wonderful family
heirloom!
For more great information and tips to help you put together a
fun kid birthday party, visit us at Fun-Kid-Birthday-Parties.Com
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