Super practical photography skills: how to skillfully use these seven filters in night scene shooting

Night photography is also useful for some special filters. Because the dark background and bright subject in the night scene set off each other, which has the characteristics similar to Gao Fancha, some special filters play a role.

Super practical photography skills: how to skillfully use these seven filters in night scene shooting

First, the starlight mirror. The filters of Gaojian series 055, 056, 058 and 059 can form different starlight effects. In addition, some other filters can also be used for night photography, such as the REF059 soft cross mirror built by Gao Jian.

Second, the soft mirror. Soft lens was originally suitable for shooting scenes with certain contrast between background and subject, so it also played a certain role in shooting night scenes. After adding a soft lens, the boundary between light and dark in the night scene or bright subjects can be diffused into the night sky, which is quite strange.

Third, the overspeed mirror. For example, the 2 17 overspeed mirror of Gaojian series has a rising feeling, and the image is half bright and half dark, elongated, as if it were a fast-moving object. If the flying part is placed at the bottom of the scene, there will be an effect that the top is clear and the building below rises upward in the night sky.

Fourth, rainbow mirror. Generally, rainbow mirror is suitable for shooting the content of strong point light source in the picture. The concrete effect is that there is a bright spot in the middle, surrounded by rainbow-like light. But according to the actual situation of the picture,

It should not be abused to avoid painting a tiger into a dog.

5. Multi-prism. The main function of prism is to refract a simple object, so that several identical objects appear in the picture, just like looking at the scenery from a kaleidoscope. But the filter also has its shortcomings, that is, the imaging quality is poor and the picture is easy to be confused.

Sixth, the role of polarizer. Polarizer is used to eliminate polarized light, so as to improve the color saturation in the picture and eliminate the reflection of non-buildings. When shooting at night, the scene light can be obviously dimmed, and the photographer can choose a lower shutter speed. By extending the shutter speed, the exposure time can be increased, so that the film can have enough exposure time for the running lights to form a stripe effect, and at the same time, some bad reflections on the glass can be eliminated.

Seven, gradient mirror. The gradient mirror is half colored and half colorless. Gradient mirrors are mainly used to adjust the contrast between the upper and lower parts of the scene. When shooting night scenes, if it is still early and the sky brightness is too high, you can darken the sky with the help of a neutral gray gradient mirror. When the sky is getting dark, you can change the color of the sky with gradient mirrors of other colors, and so on.

In short, there are many filters in the night scene that can be used according to your own needs. As long as you open your mind and use filters well, you will definitely add luster to night photography.

Shooting skills of portrait photography at night

Let's talk about how to turn off the lights after 10: 30 when everything is closed in the dead of night.

Let's first recall whether many people have said that it is not suitable for taking pictures at noon, because it is hard to split light at noon, and there can be no front light and back light. The light just shone from the top of the bald head on our heads, causing the time on our faces to stagger.

Think of street lamps at night. Friends who are reading this article at night can look up at the lights. When you move around the lamp, the light source actually moves relatively. At this time, we can adjust the position according to the model's face shape.

The so-called adjustment according to the model's face is to see whether the model's face is slightly flat or super-concave, choose a place where there can be edge light (mostly hair), slightly raise your head, and use the head rotation movement to illuminate the light to the most suitable position for shooting.

It is best to use a large aperture. You can do without such a lens. 3200 iso is your good partner.

However, there are also many people whose aperture is between 3.5 and 5.6. In the night scene, the facula effect is attractive, and you can shoot the facula effect with a large aperture of three or two times. However, for friends who can't access 1.x or 2.x, it is not recommended to use the wide-angle end in the lens between 3.5 and 5.6. Wide angle is relatively weak for producing light spots, and so is blur. If you use the telephoto end, the aperture will run to 5.6, which is very painful. Not afraid! Find a place to set up the machine or exercise your arms and face the challenge of shutter speed 1/4 seconds! One of the 100 cards must be ok.

In addition, the light passing through the headlights of the vehicle can be used to increase the shutter speed. Since the car is not yours, I believe that people who have the money to buy a car will definitely have three large aperture lenses in one hand, and ordinary people like me can only touch the light of local tyrants with their lenses. It is indeed the light of local tyrants. The car won't stop to take pictures of your model, but he won't turn off the headlights when he passes by. Because we can't instantly estimate the most suitable distance of headlights for the model, as long as the light hits the model's face, we can take a few photos until the car passes by, and then check whether it is ok.

Of course, if the model's eyelashes are particularly long, please pay attention to the projection effect of the eyelashes when they receive light.

Friends who feel that they are always looking up and borrowing street lamps are monotonous and lonely can choose to hold luminous objects, such as burning matches and LED lights, or hit their faces with flashlights. There are many ways, depending on how you create the right effect.

Seeing this, someone will definitely have questions. Some shops that are not closed can just borrow its light. Yes, they can, but we must see the effect. Shops that usually don't close only borrow light in one direction. After increasing the shutter speed, there is a great chance that the unexposed surface will die black, even the light is dazzling, and the shooting effect is very poor.

Finally, remember to wear warm clothes when shooting at night ~