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Engage your subject with activity that is not too busy, but which keeps him mildly distracted. Conversation is a good way to engage your subject and it allows you to view her expressiveness and aspect in repose. - 2
Use a long lens as an approach to close-ups. This keeps you and the camera away from the subject. Engage your subject in conversation with another person who is near the subject. Use of longer lenses helps to keep subjects at ease. - 3
Watch for your subject's personality to emerge. This works well from a distance, even if the subject knows he is being photographed. Your challenge is to pay attention and be patient. - 4
Create intimacy. Being close to your subject allows each of you to experience the other in ways that are not possible from a distance. If you want to communicate your presence to your subject and vice verse, do not use a long lens. You can use a 50mm lens, for example, take the shot spot on. - 5
Get down to the ground to shoot children. Children live close to the ground and play, often crawling, on the ground. To create natural photographs of children, interact with them at their level. When children play or at birthday parties, you can catch them in their natural state. Take many pictures and take them quickly.
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