First, you must have a great family! Perhaps your family is simply not great? .

Care to tell us what equipment you have?.

Charlie DavisNikon 5700 & Sony R1HomePage: http://www.1derful.infoBridge Blog: http://www.here-ugo.com/BridgeBlog/..

Use aperture priority, set ISO on your camera for the light in the room to get shutter speed faster than 1/60. Let the camera take care of exposure while you concentrate on composition and expression of the people. Practice more and then some more. Sandy..

Chuxter wrote:.

First, you must have a great family! Perhaps your family is simplynot great? .

Care to tell us what equipment you have?.

Charlie DavisNikon 5700 & Sony R1HomePage: http://www.1derful.infoBridge Blog: http://www.here-ugo.com/BridgeBlog/.

Haha~ Well... my family is alright, I suppose. Gotta do with what I have. Haha. I use the Fuji s6000fd and f31fd..

M.K.http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyrpn/..

Sandy2037 wrote:.

Use aperture priority, set ISO on your camera for the light in theroom to get shutter speed faster than 1/60. Let the camera take careof exposure while you concentrate on composition and expression ofthe people. Practice more and then some more. Sandy.

Hi~ Thank you for your suggestion! I do majority use aperture priority, but I don't tend to pay attention much to the shutter speed. I guess I should remember to do that now. I also found that during a friend's bday dinner last night, I get a better success ratio when I shoot continuous and keep the last 3 shots that I think are good. Usually 1 out of those 3 is a keeper~.

M.K.http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyrpn/..

Monkeyrpn wrote:.

Chuxter wrote:.

First, you must have a great family! Perhaps your family is simplynot great? .

Care to tell us what equipment you have?.

Charlie DavisNikon 5700 & Sony R1HomePage: http://www.1derful.infoBridge Blog: http://www.here-ugo.com/BridgeBlog/.

Haha~ Well... my family is alright, I suppose. Gotta do with what Ihave. Haha. I use the Fuji s6000fd and f31fd..

OK. I guessed it was a Fuji of some sort (from the "DSCF" prefix on your pix). Both should work well and produce good results, if used properly..

Make sure you have the camera on a tripod or set the shutter speed up high enough to eliminate shake. Use bounce flash if the ceiling is low and white. Use fill flash if outdoors. Set the aperture in the middle of the range for best resolution..

Charlie DavisNikon 5700 & Sony R1HomePage: http://www.1derful.infoBridge Blog: http://www.here-ugo.com/BridgeBlog/..

I think with family photos, it's nice to be able to observe carefully for a magic moment to appear. Sometimes, stay still and let things happen around you...slow yourself down and just observe carefully..

Here's a scene I noticed of my mother reading to her grandchild taken with an old Leica camera...lots of natural light coming through a large glass door. I wish the background wasn't so distracting but oh swhell...you get what you get sometimes. I think a square crop may be a good idea here..

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I won't bore you to death with a million shots of my family but you get the picture..

A camera that reacts fast is a must...I prefer natural window light to flash but that's ok too. If using a flash, I prefer to have a separate hot shoe mounted flash that I can bounce off the ceiling (as opposed to direct). I don't have anything fancier than a flash..

Also, if your room has light colored walls and lots of natural light, that's a good room to shoot candid photos. The walls will act as reflectors to the nice window lighting. If it's too strong, put the curtain down or put the shades down a bit..

With children, get down to their level instead of shooting over the top looking down. It's nice to get some of the scene around them too if they are playing with something they like..

Haha if you have the patience to download this, here's a flash thingamabob I put together for my daughter. It's mostly shots focusing just on her (as opposed to including her surroundings)..

Http://www.stellaryear.com/kaitlyn/slideshow/.

Pak K So'Enjoy your life, guy'.

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Turn off the red-eye reduction! The pre-flashes give your subjects time to squint, look away, and the delay prevents you from getting the right moment. You can fix red-eye on the computer...