Character shooting skills

It's more difficult than you think to get professional effects in people photography for a simple reason: professional photographers hire pleasant models, and as you know, models are models for only one reason-forgetting to eat and sleep. Of course, I'm kidding. They become models because they are very photogenic. So, what makes our work more difficult is that we are not surrounded by charming models. We usually shoot for friends, or for many people whose looks are between Mr. Bean and jabba the hutt. The following are the techniques I have compiled for shooting people. Welcome everyone to learn from them. I hope it helps you.

That's why as a character photographer, his job is more challenging than that of an experienced professional photographer-I want to get magical effects from people who are not models. This is why we are often disappointed with our pictures of people. In this chapter, we will see two effective methods, which can help us get better and more professional photos every time.

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(2) Learn to control the lighting and the posture of the subject. The key is to use dramatic lighting. When I say "dramatic lighting", I really mean no light. The less bright these non-model subjects are, the better the final photos will be. In fact, you can consider silhouette or long-distance night shooting, that is, shooting at a distance of 0/00 ~ 200 yards from the subject/kloc-this distance is very beautiful for anyone. Anyway, this chapter will tell you how to shoot people, and provide a list of places where people who wear jeans that are more expensive than Luxembourg GNP and have a good expression often go.

Innovative composition techniques

Most of the photos you see are either taken horizontally or vertically, so the shooting angle should be more innovative, yes, innovative! Now there is a very popular method of portrait photography: changing the camera angle will make the subject face a certain corner. This method can't be simpler-just turn the camera a little to the right or left and you can shoot. You may need to try several times to get the subject in the position you want, but this effect will be more popular.

Cut above their heads.

This is the next step in portrait photography, "Never let the subject's head leave too much space". In this composition technique, you need to trim the top of the subject. You will be surprised to read this. Filling the subject's head with scene frames is a very popular professional skill.

Such a compact composition has formed a very eye-catching effect. As shown in the above picture, it has caught your attention now, and you will find that this composition technique is ubiquitous and has become the mainstream method of many top fashion, beauty cosmetics and portrait photography. Note: although it is good to cut the top of the main body, or the edge of the arm, shoulders, hair, etc. You shouldn't cut your chin. In fact, everyone is used to seeing the top cut, which will look natural, but it will be very uncomfortable to see the picture of the chin cut. )

It's easier to take group photos outdoors.

Lighting a group photo is undoubtedly a challenge. Everyone has the same amount of light, which is why when taking a group of photos, the subject is usually left outside to get better results. It is easier to illuminate the whole subject with outdoor lights, especially when the subject is in the shade (not deep in the shade, just at the edge of the shade, but no light spot is projected onto the subject through branches, windows or gaps in buildings). If you are lucky enough to take a group photo in cloudy weather, your job is very simple-just let the subjects go outdoors, and the cloudy sky will solve the lighting problem for you, so you can focus on how they pose. By the way, to take a professional photo, the photographer will never say, "Now the tall people are standing in the last row." )

Group posing skills

The next time you take a group photo, don't let everyone stand in a row, try to gather them around some scenery-some subjects will naturally arrange their own positions. For example, try to make people pose on or around the bed, or on or around chairs, posts, cars, tables or anything that can bring them together as a whole, so that they will not stand in a straight line.

Skills of group photo of life

Want to take a more attractive photo of life? Then ask the subjects to show a compact pyramid (triangle), but by compact, I mean they are all touching each other-their arms are leaning against each other, their heads are leaning together, one is at the top of the scene frame, one is at the bottom of the pyramid (as shown above), and the others are closely in the middle. In this way, you will find that their bodies are not in a straight line-their positions are staggered, but they are all close together, which makes the photos look more dynamic and interesting. I haven't tried this method of taking photos with many people, but if you have an interesting life photo, this is the most powerful explanation for this method.

Never illuminate the whole object evenly.

When people look at photos, they will be attracted by the brightest scenery in the photos first, so you only want the brightest light to be projected where you want it, right? That's right. So, if you shoot a portrait, do you want people to pay attention to the subject's face or crossed arms? Of course. But most people use the same light to illuminate the whole character, and the light on both sides of the subject's hands is almost the same as the light on his face. If you want to guide the viewer to focus on the position you want, and then illuminate the subject, the brightest light is on the subject's face, and then gradually darkens along the body. This will increase the interest and vividness, and you will find that the visual focus is usually at the high end of the characters. By the way, this is another example of feathering light. Let the edge of the light be the face of the subject, and the light outside the face darkens perfectly and quickly (but not too dark-it should still be bright and detailed, but not as bright as the face).

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Other shooting techniques

Portrait is a great challenge for photographers. Excellent photographers are masters of portrait close-ups. Because they can use their own experience to shoot unique portraits. However, with the improvement of people's living standards, the appreciation level of portrait close-ups has also been greatly improved. For photographers, it is very important to create better people shooting techniques, so we should tap our potential and find more and better creative inspiration. Only in this way can excellent photographic works be presented to people. However, it is not impossible to use a lot of shooting skills. If you use it well, you can still take good-looking portraits. Here are some common portrait photography techniques!

Steps/methods

1, backlight shooting

Backlight silhouette photography is a common shooting method. If you are shooting a person's head, and the head accounts for a large proportion in the whole picture, then it is best to hit the backlight source between the hair to form a bright luminous effect. This kind of backlit portrait works has great creative space.

2. Mobile phone snapshot

Dynamic pictures can always bring people new feelings, I

Scientists can use moving objects to form a new discipline. The style of this theme may surpass the visual impact of the original characters, especially a sense of ambiguity.

Step 3 focus on shooting

Concentration can reflect a person's character, especially a resolute man. The smiling picture is too ordinary, but the focused picture gives the photographer a better creative space and gives the audience a brand-new feeling.

Step 4 grasp the posture

Fashion blockbusters always attach great importance to the pose of models, and an unimaginable pose will add a lot of color to an avant-garde portrait. When shooting a portrait of a pioneer or a creative portrait, the composition of the design posture will have a decisive impact on the final shooting effect.

5, shooting reflective

Reflective objects can represent the main body in many ways, and the reflected characters will give the audience a deeper impression. We can use windows, mirrors, water and other external factors to shoot the reflection effect of portraits.

6. Close-up shooting

People will have different personal data. If you are close to shooting, you will shoot half of your face, but half of your face may meet the needs of photographers. Shooting half of their faces can give the audience more reverie and pay more attention to the effect of photographic works.

7. Catch the shadow

Shadow is an important part of an image, which can highlight the three-dimensional sense. Shadows can also set off the subject's shooting and express the theme more perfectly. Making more use of shadows to take portraits will get unexpected good goods.

8. High-profile and low-key

Adding highlight areas to create high-profile images can give people a brisk feeling. Another advantage of high-profile photos is that they can cover up the defects of small details and make people look more glamorous. Dark or low-key images will naturally attract your eyes to brighter parts. These low-key works often make viewers feel heavy and calm, and the profound picture language doesn't even need you to make any comments.

9. Post-processing

Post-processing plays a great role in photography, and post-processing works give people a stronger visual impact. Therefore, it is suggested that photographers learn the post-digital stage, which is of great help to your development. It will also directly affect your photography in front of the audience!

Skills of shooting night scenes

Night view effect 1: star awning effect

1. The first thing you want to do is to find a suitable shooting scene. For urban night scenes, point light sources, such as the most common street lamps, are easy to appear. You can find a suitable scene on the roadside at night.

2. Use the' A' gear of the camera, and adjust the aperture of the camera to above F8 under the condition of ensuring the safety shutter, which is the key to the shining effect of starlight (small aperture). If the light is really insufficient, we can only increase the ISO sensitivity appropriately. Generally, the ISO of digital SLR in DX format is recommended not to exceed 1000, otherwise the image purity will be reduced.

3. Finally, start writing. Put the point light source in the picture into the viewfinder, hold the camera (or fix the tripod) and press the shutter to get a beautiful photo of Starlight Glimmer.

Night scene effect 2: out-of-focus effect

1, the first step of out-of-focus effect is the same as the requirement of shooting star-awn effect, that is, you need to find a suitable circular point light source in the dark. Slightly different, the point light source with out-of-focus effect had better have bright colors, so the effect is better.

2. The second and most important step is to switch the focus mode of the camera lens to MF or AF/MF mode, because out-of-focus is a hazy beauty effect caused by deliberately leaving the focus outside the subject, and the camera itself cannot be completed without manual focus.

3. Turn the lens focus ring to the longest focus end, and manually adjust the lens focus ring until you can see your favorite out-of-focus effect in the viewfinder. The choice of aperture is more arbitrary. Generally speaking, a small aperture can not only produce a star-like effect but also be out of focus, which is very good.

Night scene effect 3: light path effect

1, the first thing to do in shooting the light path is to fix the camera. Holding it can hardly meet the requirements of stability. So you need a stable and strong tripod (a tripod that is too light can't even protect against the wind). It is best to choose a scene where you can see traffic, such as a pedestrian bridge.

2. Since there is a tripod, it is very important to turn off the camera anti-shake, because turning on anti-shake in a stable enough situation will affect the stability of the picture and cause blur. Take Nikon's lens as an example. Turning off VR means turning off anti-shake at the same time.

3. Select the M range of the camera. In order to ensure long exposure, it is no problem to choose a small aperture above F 13. Shutter mode adopts B-door or self-timer mode to prevent the fuselage from vibrating at the moment when the shutter is pressed. Then start looking at the viewfinder composition, and adjust the exposure time until the exposure column in the viewfinder indicates normal. Finally, press the shutter and don't move the camera until the shutter is closed. After that, you can get a beautiful and dynamic luminous road map.