Introduction of shooting skills in rainy days.

Rainy days always arouse people's literary feelings, and light rain falls like lovers pouring out their hearts. The quiet air is filled with moist and fresh smell, which is very comfortable.

Accompanied by a breeze, blowing through the hair of pedestrians, stirring people's calm mood. It's still raining, and we never seem to know where it comes from and where it's going. I only know that it is like a passer-by, passing the world by us.

The rain outside the window hits the window, and the clean and transparent window instantly has a few drops of water, which seems to touch the raindrops attached to it, but it is afraid of destroying the hard-won aesthetic feeling. Such rain, such scenery and such us are still waiting for an encounter.

I want to leave such a scene and leave our memories casually. In this way, in the years without you, when I still see the rain, I will think of you and that time.

So, here's the problem. Bian Xiao is going to get down to business. How to shoot in rainy days? This is a very troublesome problem, so, next, take a look at the strategy compiled by Bian Xiao!

Tip: Choose an appropriate shutter speed.

Of course, the most important thing to shoot in rainy days is waterproof. Prepare waterproof covers for cameras and lenses.

After doing waterproof work, it should be noted that according to the effect you want, choose different shutter speeds and shoot different forms of rain.

1/60s to1/30s.

Second shutter speed, short rain began to appear. This effect is ok when shooting macro, but if the rain is not big and you are shooting landscapes, portraits and other subjects, the rain may be too low and even look like fog:

However, if you use the shutter speed of 1/20 seconds to110 seconds, the rain line will become more prominent, more and longer, and there will be obvious "rain feeling" at first.

If the shutter speed is further reduced to half a second or even one second, the rain line may be very long. This kind of "rain feeling" is quite strong and has a strong sense of existence, which is suitable for being the main body; But when shooting a subject against the rain, it may be distracting.

You can also do the opposite and freeze the raindrops with a high-speed shutter of one hundredth of a second:

Depending on the amount of rainfall, you need to increase or decrease the shutter speed as appropriate based on the above shutter speed. If it rains heavily, it will be higher, and if it rains lightly, it will be lower, so as to adjust the picture effect you want most.

Shooting method

1. Dark clouds in the sky

Rain scene, don't wait for the rain to start! Rain is coming, and the scenery before the rain is overcast. Isn't it rainy, too? And don't worry about waterproof. ......

When shooting this theme, you can appropriately reduce the tone, create a depressing atmosphere, and highlight the heavy feeling of clouds.

Of course, the main body is a huge and heavy cloud, but adding some scenes with a sense of scale on the ground can not only make the picture more vivid, but also highlight the scale of the cloud through size comparison:

2. passers-by in the rain

Under the shower, people who were caught off guard hurriedly abandoned the mask of indifference and returned to their true selves. Take pictures of these pedestrians' lives in the rain, and you will get vivid and interesting photos.

You can gloat and take photos of passers-by scurrying around in the rain looking for shelter, or you can break a jar and break it. The calm emperor who "made me suffer from the wind and rain" is soaked anyway.

If you are more "positive energy", you can also take photos of several people holding an umbrella and fighting the storm.

This picture is full of tender feelings of caring for each other and tenacious spirit of fighting for the land without giving in to difficulties:

Shoot under the backlight and let the light illuminate the raindrops/raindrops, and the effect will be better ~

Find a balance before capturing the movements of characters and enhancing the presence of rain, and choose the appropriate shutter speed.

Shoot through the glass

Shooting through the glass with water droplets, the scenery will be deformed under the action of water droplets and water currents, with a surreal little freshness and the smell of rainy days:

But since shooting through the glass, you need to manually assist focusing: choose manual mode or adjust the autofocus point. Otherwise, the camera is likely to focus on the glass.

What, you said you couldn't see any good street view through the glass at home? Who said it had to be filmed at home? Just put a glass in front of the camera. ......

Close to the glass, don't let too many light sources appear behind you, so as to avoid too much reflection on the glass. Then, shoot!

4. Water drops on the glass

It is also a game related to glass, but this time our protagonist has become a water drop on the glass.

Focus on the water droplets on the glass and set them off with a blurred background. This kind of picture is very rainy, but it is prone to the problem of dull and boring pictures.

It is suggested to choose full-shaped water drops, or appropriately increase the foreground scenery to enhance the interest of the picture:

The light under the fuzzy background will show a spot shape under the glass barrier, which is particularly interesting to look at and full of small fresh breath, and it is also worth shooting:

Here's a tip: if you want to hang more water drops on the glass without breaking it to form water flow, please coat a small amount of vaseline on the outside of the glass in advance.

5. Plants in the rain

Flowers and plants, with their bright colors and vigorous vitality, have always been a hot topic for taking pictures, and they also occupy a place in the rain scene photography.

The best theme is the scene where the rain hits the plants and the plants bend slightly. It's best to shoot the effect of rain bouncing off plants:

The bright colors of plants themselves are more conspicuous in dark and rainy environments; And its indomitable attitude of silently bearing the rain gives the picture a vigorous vitality:

When shooting this theme, it is suggested to choose a part of plant details, such as a flower and a leaf, instead of choosing the whole plant or the whole branch.

The whole plant or the whole branch, because of its size, is less affected by the rain, so it can't reflect the mood of being bent by the rain, and it is difficult to capture the details of the rain splashing:

Shoot the whole bunch of banana leaves, and the effect is not good.

If you want to save trouble, you can also wait until the rain stops before patting the water drops hanging on the petals and leaves. The plants covered with water drops are crystal clear and more aesthetic;

ripple

Shooting ripples in the rain is also a hot topic in rainy day photography. But in the actual shooting process, we need to pay attention to many problems if we want to shoot this theme well.

The biggest problem is that the picture is easy to be dull-just taking ripples, the picture lacks theme and is very boring:

And with appropriate scenery, such as fallen leaves and scattered petals, the picture will be much more vivid.

In addition, it is best to shoot the ripples at a slightly higher angle. High-angle ripples are more obvious and rhythmic.

The following are two works with the theme of "Lotus Pond Ripples" in a photo contest. Let's experience the benefits of a high angle.

7. Groundwater accumulation

The accumulated water left on the ground after the rain is also worthy of our use.

The wet ground reflects light, forming wavy lines on the uneven floor tiles, which is full of artistic atmosphere.

On a slightly flat ground, the reflected image is more obvious. At this time, you can try to take a small fresh photo with a unique style with the reflection as the main body:

After the rain, water accumulated on the calm ground, and the reflection imaging effect was further improved. Show the beauty of symmetry:

You can also try this game: just shoot the reflection and then reverse the picture through post-processing.

Such photos give people a visual illusion that the reflection is solid, which is interesting to expose through other scenes in the picture:

Record the story of rain with the lens, give yourself a period of time, give yourself a memory, and give an exit to that period of time.