Basic knowledge and skills sharing of SLR photography

There are many photographers in the world who are famous for shooting people. In their photos, do you feel that the people being photographed are all for you? Tell? The expression of a story or an emotion. Why do we often see that the photos around us are not infectious? This is the reason in many cases. So what are the skills of SLR portrait photography? Come and have a look with me!

1) Simple methods to prevent portrait deformation:

Some top photographers deliberately distort portraits when taking pictures of great men, which is a high-level artistic expression. For mass photography, portrait deformation is a low-level and fatal mistake.

The fourth measure: the simple way to keep the portrait undistorted is to try to keep the distance from the position of the person being photographed, and try not to use a wide-angle lens. Portrait photos are suitable for shooting with 80-90mm lens.

2) How to get shallow depth of field to highlight people;

What if the scene around the character can't help or set off the subject? Tell a story? We tried to cut or blur the background.

The fifth measure: The way to get a shallow depth of field (blurring the subject background) is to use a large aperture and a long focal length as much as possible, and (if possible) let the characters stand as far away from the background as possible.

3) Make your subject more natural.

? When I photograph someone, I always want to avoid the way they are photographed. ? Famous photographer john long Gard said. Obviously, it is very important for the character to relax during filming. People will show their feelings more naturally when they relax. If it is not a snap shot (or a sneak shot), people in life are usually uncomfortable (unnatural) in front of the camera and need communication to make him/her forget to shoot.

4) posture essentials:

With the help of environmental props and postures, it is beneficial to make the image more vivid and not rigid.

Step 6: Make the subject stand, bend, lean, sit or lie down according to the scene.

The seventh measure: pay attention to the flexible use of the overall posture, so that the subjects can move their hands, such as touching their heads, pulling their hair, caressing their faces, taking off their cheeks, pressing their mouths, touching their necks, pulling their skirts, pulling their arms, resting their hips, and pulling their feet (such as pulling shoelaces). In short, hand movements can be explored freely all over the body, and the core is to keep natural and help express emotions. In addition, you can also hold props, such as hats, glasses, scarves, books, cigarettes, football, a flower and so on. , to activate photos and make images more vivid.

Tip 8: When shooting a single portrait with POSE, pay special attention to the head and shoulders of the subject. Usually, the head and body should not be in a straight line, and the shoulders and feet should not be parallel.

The ninth trick: When shooting a single portrait, the photographer keeps a distance from the subject during the day to avoid the deformation of the character. In composition, the diagonal way is usually the safest.

The first 10 trick: If the subject is really difficult to pose, and the dress or figure is not good, please try to take a bust or a big photo. The expression of the subject is the only thing you have to catch.

5) Portrait shooting under special light (scorching sun, night and background light)

Measure 1 1: When shooting in strong sunlight, you need to pay attention to the brightness of the object to avoid unnatural eyes, and use more side light to make the object sharp; Try to shoot people with less backlight. The sunlight on the lens may degrade the optical elements, thus damaging the image effect. When backlight shooting is needed, just block the shadow on the lens and don't let the blocked objects (such as hats, palms, etc.). ) enter the picture.

It is difficult to take portraits at night. Bad PP is either too dark to see clearly, or the background is too bright and dark because of blunt flash. For beginners, simplicity can alleviate contradictions from three aspects.

Measures 12: first, improve the sensitivity and turn off the flash (flash is not mandatory, except that the camera's flash system is very clever); Secondly, let the subject keep his posture as still as possible in a bright environment (such as under a street lamp); Finally, use a slow shutter (preferably a tripod) to make the exposure sufficient for imaging.

Measures 13: the background light is generally supplemented by a flash to make the foreground portrait brighter. If you can use a scattering flash, the effect will be softer.

When taking indoor photos, set the exposure to a bright background. If the flash is not turned on, the imaging subject will be very dark. If only the subject is exposed and the flash is turned on, the subject background will also be underexposed; In order to achieve a natural effect, we can first measure the exposure of the bright background outside the window as1125 and f8, and then use the f8 scattering flash to balance the indoor and outdoor exposure in the main body (shoulder position).

Snapshots and multiplayer photos

1. Why are snapshots more attractive?

People's expressions in a natural (or casual) state are the most authentic. In the eyes of photographers, some people call it? The truth? . Many excellent photographic works are completed by snapping, whether it is taken by one person or by many people. In real life, many photographers are confused and have nothing to shoot. That's because novices haven't really opened their hearts and put their cameras around their lives.

14 trick: Go to the street, theme activity place or emergency scene, capture the expressions and relationships of people inside and outside the incident site, be careful not to flash, shoot quietly, and use telephoto lenses more, so that the ambush shooting effect is better. The speed of snapshot can be trained, but touching works can be shot. The real meaning lies in consciousness, feeling and discovery.

Natural posture and creative modeling

1) In daily life, friends get together, relatives get together, children grow up, and it is inevitable to take photos to commemorate and record the atmosphere. This conscious shooting activity makes the subject pose naturally.

The first 15 trick: taking a group photo in life, posing naturally and shooting the atmosphere is not only your primary consideration, but also the relationship between people should be reflected incisively and vividly.

2) Except for the natural POSE, all dramatic and creative pose photos can get a refreshing and brand-new effect. Successful creative attitude is inspired by understanding and creating life. No model can teach you to make creative POSE, but you can try more.

Tourism landscape photography skills

There is no denying that some people buy digital cameras just because they shoot tourist scenery. But the facts tell us that the scenery photos taken by quite a few people are unremarkable, and it is even more difficult to collect them. A core reason? Is also a common problem for most people? They are lost in the dazzling scenery, unable to concentrate on a scene or scenery, giving him the feeling that they are not aware of (or can't grasp), which increases the difficulty of designing the station (camera positioning) and picture composition to highlight the artistic conception or theme of this scene.

1. What moved you and how did you express it?

Chris? Steele Perkins doesn't usually shoot? Romantic masterpiece? Coincidentally, British photographer Joe? Cornwall also advocates making the landscape more thoughtful. He said? Only through extraordinary efforts can we transcend the actual content of photography and convey emotion, vitality and passion, even metaphor and symbolic significance. ?

Issue 16: Don't try to make all the scenery big and complete. Be sure to shoot a subject. If other scenery can't be compared, compress or exclude it. Feel the subject silently and summarize it with an adjective. Take a picture of a strong bridge, an ancient village, a quiet lake, a sultry food market, a sad mother and a lazy dog.

Importance of shooting angle (camera positioning) in landscape photography

Landscape photographers have a mantra: good photos come out and so on. ? Through professionalism, we can see how important the angle (camera positioning) is for landscape photography. There are usually three angles, the most is flat feet, followed by backhand and prone hitting.

17 trick: the choice of angle is used to highlight the theme, mentioned earlier? Adjective? If this angle can best reflect the theme (artistic conception) you express, then use this angle, no matter how far you have to go. For example, when shooting a waterfall, the three angles clearly show the surging (upside down), width (right angle) and magnificence (micro-overhead) of the waterfall.

Introduce several typical compositions.

Composition largely determines the realization of the shooting theme and the success or failure of the work. Composition refers to how to arrange people, scenes and things in the picture to obtain the best layout, the method of combining images and the sum of all means of prompting images. For beginners, this sounds quite complicated. Here we briefly explain the basic composition.

No.65438 +08: On the premise of determining the theme and expressing the artistic conception, there are usually several methods: herringbone, triangle, oblique triangle, vertical, diagonal, horizontal and bending.

19 trick: the proper use of the golden section. For beginners, it is essential to learn and apply the golden section technology. Many textbooks call the golden section composition another name? Three-three intersection method At the crossroads? On the golden section? The theme expressed is usually practical and perfect.

Most of the fool cameras are central autofocus imaging, so how to highlight the foreground (such as portrait) in the golden section position becomes a difficult problem. This requires the application of semi-shutter technology (in fact, most fool machine operation manuals have this practical technology explained.

The 20th trick: first aim at the foreground with the center of the picture (let the camera focus on the subject you want to shoot), then press the shutter for half a minute, then move the lens, put the subject on your imaginary golden section, and finally press the shutter completely to finish shooting.

More suitable position and scaling

? Few photographers will give full consideration to the placement of cameras. In fact, only under the precise positioning of the camera can a good composition be taken. In any given perspective, it is necessary to determine whether the plane should be left or right, front or back, slightly higher or slightly lower. All these will affect the relationship between subjects in the scene, the obvious proportion and whether it is within the effective depth of field. ?

? With the development of photography technology, the performance of zoom lenses is getting better and better, and you can't ignore their creative potential. But for photographers, it is very important to understand the influence of different focal lengths on the visual relationship, proportion and depth of field between subjects. Generally speaking, a wide-angle lens will widen the space, and a long lens will compress the space, but this is a misleading generalization. Like art? Wolf, Golan? Rochel and Jim? Braden Berg, young? Arthur Bertrand and Neil? Photographers like Ben Wei took unforgettable scenery photos with a 35mm camera. For landscape photography, it is usually a mistake to choose the extreme lens. Wide-angle, standard and short telephoto lenses are usually enough. ?

Tips for imaging operation under different ambient light

Some people say that photography is the knowledge of dealing with light, which shows how important light is for perfect imaging. Aside from the importance of theme and composition (content layout), imaging quality is what most people want to improve. The factors that determine the imaging quality are nothing more than ambient light, the grade of camera and lens, and the photographer's operation skills. As you know, as the general public, in order to complete timely and high-quality shooting without artificial lighting, cameras or lenses, operational skills are becoming more and more important.

I have to admit, it is almost impossible for a stupid digital camera to complete good quality imaging under difficult ambient light. Happily, most of today's entry-level digital cameras also have semi-manual functions. Those technologies that help to improve the imaging quality, such as? Aperture? 、? Shutter? 、? Exposure compensation EV? 、? ISO sensitivity? And then what? White balance? Finally, you can make your photos come alive.

For beginners of photography, the above techniques (concepts) are inevitably somewhat unfamiliar. Here's a brief explanation? Aperture? 、? Shutter? 、? Exposure compensation EV? 、? ISO sensitivity? And then what? White balance? What effect does it have on photo imaging?

Can we get started? Imaging? Compare to? Water injection? This hole is as big as a water pipe. Shutter? Is it time for irrigation? Exposure compensation? Is it a clip that allows the water pipe to be large or small? Sensitive? Is the depth of the bucket. The shallower the bucket, the less water is needed (it is sensitive to light and easier to image). Underexposure means underirrigation, while overexposure means overirrigation. Take a picture and adjust it? Aperture? 、? Shutter? 、? Exposure compensation EV? And then what? ISO sensitivity? Equal variables, also filled with a bucket of water, can adjust the size of the water pipe, the length of time, the size of the clip and the depth of the bucket. And then what? White balance? Control is to adjust the image so that the color of the photos taken under various light conditions is exactly the same as the color of the scenery seen by human eyes. Digital cameras generally provide automatic white balance and several modes such as sunny day, cloudy day, incandescent lamp and fluorescent lamp. Novices can choose the corresponding white balance mode according to the light environment. If it is simpler, choose the automatic white balance mode completely.