How best to photograph two or more people

How best to photograph two or more people

If you do this you end up with a lot of space between their heads and it is quite a boring shot. Why not overlap them so one is slightly behind the other? That gets rid of the head gap and gives you a tighter composition.

At this point I have to say that another one of the biggest mistakes that I have seen while running courses is that people don't get close enough. Often they do a full length shot showing feet and everything.

Who cares about feet? What you want is people's faces so make sure that you are close enough to fill the frame with their heads and perhaps shoulders. You might need to zoom in a bit to avoid distortion though.

If you have three people then look to layer them a little like skittles smallest at the front. You can use the same technique with four people.

Beyond that you really need to arrange them on steps or get some height so that you can shoot downwards to get everyone in. Shooting a group out of an upstairs window is fairly easy and gives a better result than trying to do it on the flat.

If you want to attract their attention make sure you keep your eye to the camera and wave your free hand around and make sure they are looking at you. Once you take the camera from your eye they will assume that you have finished and start to disperse.

If you want to focus their attention get them to say something that ends in an "eee" sound like "smelly cheese!". This will make it look like they are smiling and keep them looking at you.

Build them up a bit: "Come on . on three . 1-2-3 smelly cheese."

"No, you can do better than that let's try again - 1-2-3 smelly cheese."

This usually does the trick.

If you have an object to feature as well have them crowd around it, or have one holding it and lifting it towards the camera. This focuses the eye on the item and gives a different perspective, especially if you use a wide-angle setting.

Alternatively, line them up towards you and get them to do an aeroplane impression with their arms stretched out.

I used to work with a photographer who had techniques for all sorts of groups. If it was three then he would get them to do a "Three Musketeers - all for one, one for all" type pose using the golf clubs or whatever it was he was featuring as swords.

Or if he had five people he would get them all to do a high five together.

He even had people in a rugby scrum and shot from underneath to get their faces. The possibilities are endless.

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