First, choose the background carefully. It is best to choose the exterior of the house as the background, because the outdoor light is sufficient, the three-dimensional sense is strong, and the small aperture can obtain a large depth of field, which can ensure the clarity of the characters in the front and rear rows; The outdoor venue is open, so more people can be arranged, so that people will not be forced to use wide-angle lenses because of the narrow venue, which will cause people's deformation; The location of the house is the easiest feature to grasp and has a strong commemorative significance.
If there are not many people, both indoors and outdoors are fine. When indoors, you can choose the living room, study or bedroom. Indoor furnishings can be properly adjusted according to the needs of framing before shooting, but it is not advisable to move too much to avoid losing intimacy. When outdoors, due to the small number of people being photographed and the short shooting distance, you can use backlight and then use flash to fill the light, and you can also take wonderful photos.
Secondly, in the arrangement of characters, both traditional arrangement and random arrangement can be adopted. The traditional arrangement is suitable for family photos with a large number of people and generations living under one roof. Please ask the elderly to sit in the front row first; The younger generation stands in the middle row or the back row; Grandsons and nephews can be arranged on both sides or squatting in front of the elderly; Old people can hold their grandchildren or great-grandchildren in their arms or knees. This can not only form a classified and centralized form, but also increase the family atmosphere. In this arrangement, the back row must be slightly higher than the front row, and the head and upper body of the characters in the back row are just in the gap between the two people in the front row, so don't block them back and forth. At the same time, pay attention to the distance difference between the front row and the camera. People in the front row are often bigger than those in the back row after taking pictures. Therefore, when arranging, try to ask the back row characters to be close to the front row characters, which can narrow the gap.
If there are not many family members and the relationship is casual, random arrangements can be adopted. You can go to the park, or you can use indoor furniture, stools, sofas and even the floor, or sit or squat, or lean or lean, and take a vivid, white but happy family photo.
Once again, the expression is captured when shooting. Grasping the expression is the key to the success of the family photo. However, it is not easy to organize a large number of family photos with different personalities in one picture, and it is really not easy to achieve a harmonious and consistent effect. So when shooting, there is no need to force everyone to look at the camera. Let one of them point to an object in front or put a prop, and everyone's eyes will follow. The effect will be good. If the members of a big family can be divided into several groups, let each small family form a group, and then design some related gestures or actions between each group to unify the picture. Here, we should pay special attention to the vividness and naturalness of expressing feelings rather than affectation.
Finally, at the moment of pressing the shutter, it's best not to let the subjects have too full psychological preparation, otherwise it will easily cause psychological pressure on them and lead to unnatural expressions. In order to overcome this shortcoming, we can first choose the composition from the camera on the tripod. We can never leave the shutter button, but our eyes leave the viewfinder and act as if we are not ready to take pictures, waiting for the opportunity. To be on the safe side, you'd better take more photos to choose from.