How to Take Candid Shots for Oil Paintings
The right candid photograph can be a wonderful candidate for a portrait painting. Snapping a picture while the subjects are in the act of something spontaneous gives the image a genuine and authentic feel. Such lovely shots of candid moments add life and vibrancy to beautiful oil paintings.
Some of the best pet and children pictures we have seen were from candid photographs .Memorable the way they are, these great photographs in turn make great oil paintings. Here are some tips that will help you capture these moments.
Bring your camera with you everywhere! You never know when that special moment will arise. You want to be ready when it does! If you don’t have your camera handy, using the camera feature on your phone is the next best thing.
It is good to have photographs with high quality and resolution. With a good quality photograph, your portrait will turn out good as well. Nevertheless, if your photos happened to be dim or blurry, our skillful artists will still be able to transform them into beautiful oil paintings.
It is best that the people are unaware of camera. You might observe a change in behavior if they realized that they are being filmed. Such reaction occurs deep in the subconscious level of humans and even animals!
What gives a candid photograph its flavor is the spontaneity of the subject taken; something which is un-posed and unintentional. So keep the subject’s mind off the lens and never intrude their personal space.
To be as unobtrusive as possible, use the zoom feature of you camera to remain at a distance. Also, it helps to turn off the flash. Even when you are outside of their personal space a blinding flash will always be distracting.
If it is not possible to be outside of their personal space, keep taking photos for an extended period of time. Even if the subjects are aware of the camera, after a while they will take their focus away from it, and resume what they were doing before. This leads us to the next point:
Take as many photos as possible! You don’t have to save on film if you are holding a digital camera. So just keep snapping away even if it’s the same moment you are taking! Having multiple shots allow you the option of choosing the most well taken photo out of the many you took!
If your camera has a continuous shooting mode, or can take pictures in burst, take advantage of that feature, as it will increase your chances of capturing that perfect moment.
Mixing up the angles and perspectives creates more exciting and interesting photos too. One way is to shoot from your hip level. This not only makes shooting less obvious, it also render new perspectives. You can crouch down or stand on an elevation as well. Just let your creative juices flow!
It will be good if the picture is taken when the subjects are interacting with each other or in activity. Since they are in the midst of doing something, their focus will be on their activities and not you.
You can capture interesting relationships and level of involvement which will add to the spontaneity of the photograph. You will then be able to tell the story behind the image taken.
When you take a live action photograph, there is a big difference between a posed one, and you can capture emotions and feelings a lot better.
Now you are all ready to create your own candid shots. Remember that unique moments need to be treated specially. And a portrait painting is all that you need to cherish those precious moments.
Once you have captured that special moment on film, you can then go to Paint The Moment at www.paintthemoment.com and get your beautiful portrait made. The quality of the paintings that they make are unmatched, and it is still at reasonable prices!