How to shoot a good portrait ~ ~

1, rational use of light In portrait photography, the use of light is very important. It is best to use "uniform" light, which can directly or indirectly illuminate the main characters, and the contrast between high light and low light should be moderate. The most taboo of portrait shooting is to use direct sunlight overhead. It will cause shadows around people's eye sockets, nose and chin. In order to avoid this destructive light effect as much as possible, it is usually ideal to choose soft light, such as scattered light from the sky or self-made reflector.

2. When shooting a portrait with correct exposure, if the light at the scene is relatively uniform, you can measure the light from the position where the camera is located, and let the exposure meter average the exposure value of the high-light and low-light parts. If you are in a relatively complex lighting environment, you should use spot metering to measure the light of people's faces to get accurate exposure.

3. Although using large aperture and small aperture can make the background environment clear, it will divert the attention of the subject. Shooting with a larger aperture will blur the background and make it out of focus, making the subject the only object that attracts attention in the picture. This portrait photo taken with a large aperture of F2.8 does not have the problem that the background will distract attention (as shown in figure 1). Sometimes it is necessary to use a small aperture to shoot environmental portraits. To this end, you need to keep the surrounding background clear, bring the subject into the picture together with the surrounding environment, and reflect the personality characteristics of the subject through environmental characteristics and details (as shown in Figure 2).

4. Try vertical composition. Horizontal composition is good for group images, but when you take a single photo, please turn the camera to the vertical position. Vertical framing is more suitable for a single portrait, because the vertical rectangles of the main characters in this framing correspond.

5, long focal length If you use a 135 camera to shoot, you should choose a lens with a focal length of 85 to 135 mm. Because a lens with a shorter focal length (less than 50mm) often exaggerates people's five senses, when you use a lens with a focal length of 85 to135 mm, it will compress the perspective and make the five senses present the correct proportion. If you want to use a lens with a long focal length of more than 200mm, it will make your face look very peaceful. So it's better to take portraits with a medium telescope.