Photography skills: how to shoot a teapot well

According to his own experience, Chen Hu summed up the following skills of shooting teapot for the reference of teachers and friends.

First, the camera angle

In reality, we look at a pot from all angles, but on the internet, we can't photograph every angle for everyone to see. So there must be several habitual and important angles.

The first is the front view, which is the concentrated expression of the overall performance of a pot, and then the spout pot and the top view, which can well observe the three-layer structure of the teapot from the top to the bottom, whether the pot flow is installed correctly, whether the lines of the pot body and lid are smooth, and so on. In addition, in order to show the momentum and charm of the pot, we have to take an oblique view of 30-45 degrees, and some pottery teapot and flower works have to take two front views and partial close-ups and so on.

Second, the shooting distance

Clay, shape and craft are the most important things in a teapot. If the lens is too close to the teapot when shooting, ordinary cameras will cause distortion. Is the teapot deformed or a good teapot? What's the beauty to talk about? So when taking pictures, you must have a distance from the pot, and the distance produces beauty!

It is recommended to control the shooting distance within 40-45CM, and then you can pull it to the position you need by changing the lighting.

Need to be reminded: the pixels should be raised as high as possible, the basin should not be full, and more should be left around to facilitate later cropping and resizing. Being too close to the pot is easy to cause deformation, but it is ok to take a close-up of the mud.

Third, the use of light.

Generally speaking, natural light in the sun is the simplest and best, but in most cases, due to the influence of environment and weather, we usually shoot teapot indoors.

Therefore, indoor lighting is particularly important. Many pots are different in color from the original mud because of poor light, overexposure or underexposure. Shooting the light of teapot should use the kind of light source that does not concentrate, such as stroboscopic energy-saving desk lamp and daylight desk lamp on the market. Generally, it is good to use two lamps. If you can be professional, you can use Three Lamps District, left and right table lamps as the main light source, and put a ring table lamp on it, mainly to eliminate the shadows on both sides of the teapot.

If there are no conditions, the rookie level can use one. I usually use the rookie level.

Need to be reminded: do not use the flash, it will cause color cast, and hold the camera steady when taking pictures, because the camera speed will be very slow when the light is not ideal, and slight jitter will cause the kettle to be unclear. It is recommended to shoot with a tripod as much as possible, and it is best to shoot with a three-second semi-automatic file.

Fourth, the shooting background

It seems a little messy to see the background of pot photos uploaded by many friends. If you intend to use the background to achieve a special effect, that is another matter.

Under normal circumstances, we still hope that the background is simple and simple, so that we can better highlight the subject of shooting.

Chen Hu uses gradient photographic paper as the background, and friends can choose matte or matte gradient paper, which is simple, practical and effective.