Digital photography seaside skills daquan

The beautiful sea has always been a good place to take pictures, so how to take pictures of the seaside? The following are the digital seaside shooting techniques I have carefully arranged for you. I hope you like them.

Digital seaside shooting skills

First, pay attention to the performance of waves in the background.

Taking pictures at the seaside, of course, we should consider taking the sea and waves as the background. Shoot at the seaside, preferably in a place with a higher line of sight, and it would be best if the location can be at the seaside where the feet have just soaked. At this time, you don't need too many pictures of the sky. Put the horizon slightly in the upper part of the picture and shoot as many waves as possible in the background. Remember to be close to the characters.

Second, play games with the waves.

Capture the natural and vivid expressions of the characters while playing at the seaside, making the picture more vivid. Walking in the waves flapping on the beach, splashing water and hitting sand rafts are all good themes. Of course, you should also be careful with your camera at this time. Sea water, sand and moisture are all enemies of DC.

Third, boldly carry out close-ups.

Besides playing games with the waves, you can also try to change the perspective of observing objects. Boldly use telephoto for close-up of people. The vague sea in the background can set off the atmosphere better. Use an umbrella to properly block the sun and make the light on your face softer. Pay attention to spot metering when shooting close-ups.

Fourth, coordinate the use of coastal scenery.

There are many things at the seaside that can make people think of the sea and the beach. Besides the sea and the blue sky, such as sun umbrellas and beach chairs, tropical drinks at rest can give people the feeling of the sea and the beach. Therefore, we can try to use these props and scenes to shoot some pictures with strong meaning of the sea instead of the sea. This is more applicable when the weather conditions at the seaside are not ideal.

5. Use exposure compensation and flash to overcome the backlight.

In the case of direct sunlight and strong backlight at the seaside, you can use a flash to fill the light, but the flash is easy to flatten your face. A better method is to use exposure compensation without flash,+1.0EV, and don't forget to resume after shooting.

You must see it before taking a wedding photo at the seaside.

1. If you tilt your head a little, your nose will look smaller. Pointing your nose a little higher than the lens can make the facial outline look more beautiful and reduce the shadow under your eyes. Stand up straight, your back is naturally straight, then the curves of your long legs and hips will naturally come out, and your expression will be radiant. The body can lean forward slightly, so that the vision of the face will be more stereoscopic and the whole face area will be relatively reduced. Try to have a micro-side face of 45 degrees or 65 degrees, so that the face will appear smaller and more obvious.

2. Newcomers usually want to use some memorable items as props when taking seaside wedding photos, or want their pets to participate in the shooting. These must be communicated with the photographer in advance. Because before shooting, the photographer has planned the shooting itinerary. If you don't communicate in advance, it is likely to disrupt the photographer's thinking and increase the shooting time, which is not worth the candle! It's important to tell the makeup artist what you think before putting on makeup and then listen to her professional advice.

3. If you have any questions before shooting, you should contact the photo studio in time to avoid confusion and waste of time.

4. Don't bring an escort, so as not to affect the atmosphere when shooting, and you will be distracted by friends around you when shooting.

Remember to bring a bathing suit, the more beautiful the better. Professional photographers can give you a different feeling, so leave a young souvenir.

6. Wear sunscreen even if there is no sun, because ultraviolet rays will pass through the clouds and the sea breeze will be bad.

7. Girls should wear detachable underwear with shoulder straps, and the color should be coordinated with the prepared coat. MM for sea-view wedding photos should be light and flesh-colored.

8. Clothing preparation for sea-view wedding photos: You can bring several sets of casual clothes or couples' clothes. Considering the coordination of colors and styles of men's and women's clothes, men's clothes can bring their own shirts, jeans and T-shirts, while girls can bring some casual clothes and distinctive clothes such as dresses, jeans or skirts. Bring as many sets of clothes as possible, so that you can choose a wide range, even if the clothes are wet.

9. Selection of location clothes: The colors are more beautiful, and brightly colored clothes are more suitable for location shooting, so avoid choosing heavy and bloated clothes.

10. You can wear a pair of comfortable flat shoes for location shooting of sea-view wedding photos, but you should also bring a pair of beautiful high heels and throw them away after you take the wedding photos. Even if you don't pat your feet, it's very helpful for your posture. Don't forget to bring a pair of white socks!

1 1. You can prepare some props such as hats and dolls to add a stroke to the scene. Sisters who like lollipops should not forget to prepare more lollipops, which are warm and beautiful, and can supplement their physical strength after shooting!

Photographic skills of seaside portraits

First, the theme-romantic and beautiful

When we want to express a lyrical and romantic theme, we can let the model walk on the beach, the sea breeze blows the skirt, the wind seems to drift with the tide, and the waves roll, symbolizing the long-simmering emotion.

When we want to show the tropical customs, we can let the models put on bikinis, play and run on the beach or among the flowers, and rejuvenate their lives.

When we want to express sadness and depression, we can let the characters stand barefoot and lie on the rocks. The delicate body of women is in sharp contrast with the hard rock, and the white skin is in sharp contrast with the dark rock surface, which leaves a deep impression.

Second, the beach-not just the beach and the sea.

When creating on the beach, our eyes are usually attracted by the blue sea, and the works we shoot are often waves and beaches of the same color. It is true that the sea is beautiful, but there are more works showing the sea and blue sky, which makes readers easily feel aesthetic fatigue. In order to make the work more innovative, why don't we find another way to see the beach from different angles?

Plants: Tropical plants on the seashore usually grow very luxuriantly because of their abundant water and warm climate, and they are either huge or full of momentum. More importantly, they are three-dimensional scenes, which are easy to blend in with the characters.

Reef: the hardness of the reef is easy to contrast with the weakness of women, increasing the visual impact of the picture; Its changeable shape can also enrich the composition of the picture.

Sea breeze: The long hair blown by the wind highlights the charm of women, symbolizing complex mood and tangled feelings, while the skirt lifted by the wind can make the picture full of movement and get rid of boredom.

Third, fill the light-an indispensable job.

The sunshine at the seaside is strong, and the seawater is a reflective material, so the figure and the sea surface will form a larger light ratio, which will cause great trouble to the photographer in his actual creation. It can be said that the seaside is one of the most difficult scenes to shoot with natural light. There are two main ways to solve this problem:

1, select the shooting time.

Every morning or evening, due to the color temperature, the light will form a more obvious hue tendency, which is especially suitable for expressing a certain emotion.

Before ten o'clock, or from four o'clock in the afternoon to evening, the light is softer and will not form a stiff shadow. At this time, the light is no longer the top light. Under a certain angle formed by the sun and the ground, the characters appear three-dimensional and layered.

2. Use tools to fill the light

When backlighting, the function of supplementary light is to reduce the light ratio between high-light places such as sea surface and sky and people. Of course, when shooting at the seaside, Guang Shun will also be used, but it is generally limited to early morning and evening. At this time, Guang Shun can naturally consider people and the environment. However, its shortcomings are also obvious: when the sun is strong, it will sting the model and make her unable to open her eyes, and the dim light will easily lead to the dullness of the picture.

Backlight or side backlight is a common way of portrait lighting, which truly embodies the magic of light and shadow-the crystal hair brought by beautiful silhouette light, the ever-changing highlights and shadows formed by the environment, and the projection of characters on the ground. Models will never show awkward eyes because of strong light again ... But under backlight and side backlight, if you don't pay attention to supplementary light, you can't have it both ways.

The tools to fill the light are flash and reflector, and I prefer reflector. It is convenient to carry and use, and because of the large light source, the reflected light will be softer, which is suitable for taking good-looking portraits. When filling the characters with light, the amount of light should be sufficient, so that the sea surface can be darkened and the level of the sea can be photographed. How much to make up? This requires us to take more photos at the scene and find a suitable exposure combination. Fortunately, now is the era of digital cameras, that is, there is a lens, and the effect is clear at a glance.

Fourth, extreme scenes and extreme focus clips.

When shooting a beach scene, the lenses used are usually "extreme", one is long and the other is short.

The use of wide-angle lens:

1. If you want to show the youthful vitality and sexy fire of bikini MM, you can consider a wide-angle lens and use its perspective distortion to shoot a picture full of tension.

2, the performance of large rocks, vast seascape, you have to use a wide-angle lens.

Use of telescope head:

1. If you want to shoot a lyrical and beautiful picture, you can blur the sea into a blue sky with a telephoto lens.

2. The telephoto lens has the visual effect of shortening the vertical object distance, which can form a close relationship between key scenes and distant people and make the picture more concise.

Fifth, take care of your equipment.

Filming at the seaside is stormy and windy. Please take care of your equipment.

1, remember to turn off the camera power when changing the lens. Rechargeable digital cameras are no different from vacuum cleaners, and they will inhale a lot of dust. Using zoom lens is a good way to reduce the frequency of changing lenses.

2. When changing the lens, you can squat down and block the wind with your back. The removed lens should be closed immediately. If it's too late, the rear lens without UV mirror protection should face away from the wind. Because the beach reef group is uneven, when replacing the lens, it must be ensured that the lens has been placed stably, otherwise the lens will roll off the reef and fall into the salty sea water, with great loss.

3. Pay attention to the waves when shooting in a low position on the beach. The location where the waves appear is uncertain. Maybe this wave only hits your feet, and the next wave will rush to your camera. Reflective boards, clothes, props and other items placed on the beach are best pressed with heavy objects to prevent them from being blown away by the wind or wet by rising seawater.