Photography Backlight Shooting Skills Strong Backlight Shooting Skills

(1) Generally speaking, the evening is a good time to shoot against the light. At this time, the sun is about to set (but don't wait too low), but the light is still strong. Of course, at other times, such as noon, you can also shoot against the light, but generally you should shoot from an upward angle.

(2) When indoors, the window is a good reverse light source. You can arrange people or things in front of the window and take pictures. Backlight can highlight the outline of the object best, and you can put some still life on the windowsill, which will have a good effect. In addition to natural light sources, you can also use artificial light sources to achieve backlight shooting, such as various indoor table lamps, and you can adjust the position of the light source according to your own wishes. Although the position of outdoor street lamps can't be adjusted, we can schedule the people or things to be photographed to achieve perfect backlight shooting.

2. Silhouette effect of backlight shooting One of the most applications of backlight shooting is silhouette effect. There have been many introductions about silhouette shooting. Here are some tips.

Use (1) spot photometry to expose the bright part of the background.

(2) The essence of silhouette photography is to pursue the effect of underexposure, so the ISO value can be deliberately lowered when setting.

(3) The purpose of white balance control is to make the white in the picture closer to what people think, rather than the "real" white, and adjust other colors on this basis. But in order to get the silhouette effect, we need a "wrong" white balance, which can be adjusted to a higher value.

3, strong backlight shooting skills:

(1) Backlight Shooting Clear People A very wonderful effect of Backlight Shooting is that the person or thing being shot will have a wonderful side light. However, when we shoot against the light, it is not always for the silhouette effect. Sometimes we really want to take clear pictures of people, but because of the limitation of time and terrain, we have to shoot against the light, and we often take a "big black face".

(2) If you want to shoot a clear figure in the backlight, you can adjust it from several aspects. The first is metering and focusing. In the "Settings" of mobile phone photography application, you can find the "metering" mode option. There will be matrix photometry, center key photometry, spot photometry and average photometry after opening. It is generally recommended to use spot metering or central focusing metering.

(3) Contrary to the above-mentioned silhouette effect, it is necessary to appropriately increase the ISO value and reduce the white balance value. When measuring light, aim at people's faces and never aim at the bright part of the background.

4. In addition to the above settings, the application of flash is more critical. If you don't turn on the flash, it may cause the subject's face to be very dark. If you turn on the flash forcibly, it may cause the light to be too strong and the subject's face to be unnatural.

5, there is a neutralization method, that is, open an account flash, but use translucent things such as paper towels to block the flash, just like a soft mask, to make the flash softer and more natural. The third method is to fill the face with light through the reflector without turning on the flash. For non-professionals, try to use something available around you as a reflector, such as white cardboard instead.

6. There is also an alternative way to fill the light, that is, let the characters hold a luminous body in their hands, such as a luminous mobile phone, flat screen lights, candle lights and so on. , there will be unexpected effects. Candlelight is a very good light supplement tool.