Paparazzi Photography: 5 Simple Techniques You Can Use Today

Paparazzi photographs are everywhere – shown in print, magazines, and online. While most celebrities bemoan the paparazzi, these photographs possess the power to document the activities of the rich and famous, promote glamour, or even cause controversy.

Whether you scroll through paparazzi photos of singers like Lady Gaga, supermodels like Gisele Bündchen, actors and actresses such as Kate Beckinsale or Bradley Cooper, or people the media love to hate like the Kardashian clan, learning how to take pictures of celebrities can peak interest in your photography, gain fans and followers, and even score you pay for your images!

Our Paparazzi Photography Tips and Techniques

Focus

There should be no question about who is the focus of your photographs. Celebrities are often seen in crowded environments, surrounded by people. This is why paparazzi take many photos in a short amount of time. They know that capturing a celebrity in their best (or, sometimes, worst!) angle is crucial to a successful photograph.

This is a form of street photography unless you’re hired for a paid shoot. As your subject is going about their activities and daily life, unless they stop and pose, it is up to your skills as a photographer to keep them the focus of your image(s).

Pro Tip: Don’t be distracted by the friends, bodyguards, or others in the side view or background of your image. While others may be photographed near a celebrity, make sure anyone viewing your images will know who is the photograph’s intended star!

Clarity

When photographing celebrities, your photographs might be shot at night, mid-day, or any other time when fate leads you to the right time and place for a celebrity photoshoot!

This can cause issues with lighting, and the clarity of your photographs may be at risk. When shooting celebrity photographs, the turnaround time between taking a photograph and publishing it is often quick.

Pro Tip: The perfect time and place for a photo cannot be controlled, as celebrities appear in public and at events when they feel like it! However, with skill and effort, you can be prepared and plan for lighting, which will control the (crucial!) clarity of your images.

Zoom

Sidesaddle to focus and clarity is remembering to zoom in on your subject. This is different than cropping a photograph after it is taken. By zooming in on your the celebrity, you can choose to intentionally blur out the background and retain focus on the star only.

Pro Tip: It is rare to find celebrity photographs that are too close in their zoom. More often, the opposite mistake is made. Get up close and personal! You’ll get hired for more jobs and have better results!

Interesting Visuals

Sure, it might be familiar to photograph a celebrity leaving a nightclub. However, viewers are also interested in stars doing other things as well.

Pro Tip: Don’t treat the celebrities you photograph like vampires who only go out at night. What images might the public be interested in? Consider photographs others might not- volunteer work, yoga class, lesser known hobbies, and more!

Be a Class Act

You do want to be assertive with your photography, as a group of paparazzi shooting pictures can be akin to madness. However, when it comes to the person you’re photographing, be confident, polite, respectful, maintain boundaries, and smile.

Pro Tip: When the others are going contrary (asking disrespectful or shocking questions about their personal life, etc.), stay positive and make use of wit!

Curious who took the images you see? Look for photo credit or enter an image into Berify and do a reverse search to find its origin!

Once you begin receiving your celebrity photographs, regularly patrol the internet using Berify’s algorithm fueled search filters to make sure no one is stealing your work (without giving you payment or photo credit)!

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