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<\/p>\nIt\u2019s natural: Everybody wants to take photos of their children and turn them into stunning canvas prints for their walls \u2013 as well as desktop backgrounds, print photos, and possibly T-shirts. We\u2019re proud of our children and love them to bits, so naturally we want to preserve the memory of their childhood while there\u2019s time. And there\u2019s no better and more useful way to do so than to make those childhood memories into canvas art that brings them to large-scale, vibrant life.<\/p>\n
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That doesn’t magically transform a dull photo into something exciting, of course. Too often our photographs of children are tame affairs: The same poses, the same basic themes. To make art prints of children into something that really deserves a spot on the wall, you have to get a little more creative in your composition.<\/p>\n
Most parents approach kid photography like big game hunters in Africa: They stalk. They follow their children around with their camera and wait impatiently for the kids to be kids \u2013 to run, jump, smile, and get dirty. Then they snap away.<\/p>\n
This approach works well. You get naturalistic, fun art prints of your kids, and get to remember them as they naturally were \u2013 full of fun and mischief. But the photos captured this way can be a bit shaky and chaotic. If you can pause and consider for a moment, you’ll get better shots. Here are some tips for starting off on the right composition foot:<\/p>\n
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You can keep the Rule of Thirds in mind, of course, when composing the photos that will be canvas prints, but more important than having classic balance in your pic is having some context. What is the child doing? What implements are they using? An isolated photo of your kid will make your heart melt \u2013 but it won\u2019t necessarily pull other people in. But a shot of him or her bent over a table, furiously painting, with brushes and watercolours splayed all around them? Classic.<\/p>\n
Composition isn’t all about balancing the photo \u2013 it\u2019s also about choosing the details that go into<\/em> the photo. Giving your children some context lends a painterly quality to your photographs. It changes the title from just Boy<\/em> to Boy with Watercolours<\/em>, for example, and that context lends great power to your images.<\/p>\n Photographing children can be the most enjoyable or most irritating activity of your day \u2013 but the end results are amazing. When you’ve got some photos of your kids you think have been composed well enough for your walls, click here<\/a> and we\u2019d be proud to turn them into amazing canvas prints!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s natural: Everybody wants to take photos of their children and turn them into stunning canvas prints for their walls \u2013 as well as desktop backgrounds, print photos, and possibly T-shirts. We\u2019re proud of our children and love them to bits, so naturally we want to preserve the memory of their childhood while there\u2019s time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n