Why are the photos she took with her mobile phone different from others?

Xiao H, a little girl I met when I attended an industry training camp last year, is an administrator of an e-commerce company. At first glance, it's quiet. You can't imagine that such a taciturn person is a popular figure in their company, and she actually has another identity besides work.

Based on my strong gossip, after some careful probing, I finally know the reason. Because, little H has a skill that he is quite good at, that is, he is very good at taking pictures with his mobile phone! As long as the photos she takes, whether people or ordinary everyday objects, look more temperament and feeling than others. Therefore, the company usually has various activities, or occasionally has products to shoot, and will temporarily ask her to be a photographer. Because, the quality has passed and it has the advantage of being close to the water!

In modern society, everyone has a mobile phone. Why can the photos taken by Xiao H with his mobile phone look better?

Xiao H told me that, by chance, she began to study the little skill of taking photos with her mobile phone. Because in the company's business, there is a flower arrangement class under the cable. Then as an office administrator, she will often follow the class, shoot students' works, record students' learning process, and then send them to the company's official WeChat account for publicity. Slowly, from the beginning, she just took a few photos of the students. Later, she began to be dissatisfied with this simple stylized action, but tried to do more research. For example, the students' mental outlook changed from initial youth to later self-confidence; Students' works, from simple and theme-free at first, have a deeper theme and aesthetic feeling later. From shooting again and again, Xiao H realized that taking pictures is actually the best way to understand a person and a thing, because it can show the most diverse beauty.

Once I find a good experience, I want to learn. This is my consistent good quality. So today, I specially asked her to give me a lesson, expecting that I can also shoot good-looking magazine blockbusters with my mobile phone.

Generally speaking, a good photo has three elements:

1, photos should have a distinct theme.

Either show a person or a thing, or show a story. Just like writing an article, we must have a distinct theme and internal logic.

Photos must be able to attract the attention of the audience to the photographer's theme.

When appreciating a photo, people should first see what the photographer wants everyone to see, that is, the subject of the shot, not the background or text. What we can see at a glance must be what the photographer wants to say. The photo is the photographer's silent expression.

3. The picture of the photo must be concise and clean.

Everyone will have a different shooting perspective. However, no matter what shooting angle, your lens should highlight the subject as much as possible, and don't be messy and complicated. The subject of shooting must be clearly shot, horizontal and vertical, and there must be no deformation and excessive blur.

1, learn to use grid lines.

Especially novices. Its advantage is that it can find the golden section at a glance and ensure the horizontal and vertical picture. Because Xiao H uses an Apple X mobile phone, let's take an Apple mobile phone as an example here. Open the settings, click on the camera, and slide to the right to select the grid. In this way, when you take a picture, there will be four grid lines. Can help you locate the target in the fastest time.

2. Choose the correct photo mode.

You can use the "portrait" function when shooting still life. This mode is equivalent to the large aperture of the camera, and it is not easy to deform when taking pictures. Even if it is vague, it will be more accurate. So if you want to take pictures of scenery, such as mountains, rivers and buildings, you just need to choose the ordinary photo mode. This mode is equivalent to a wide-angle lens, and the picture will be wider. If you want to shoot people, then the best way to shoot is to capture them, so the effect is natural and flexible. Don't pose, it will look stiff.

3. Be good at finding inspiration and materials in many ways.

After understanding the basic functions of the camera that comes with the mobile phone, we need to accumulate various materials before shooting. In other words, you should see many high-quality photos taken by others. Xiao H said that she often goes to Weibo, Touchong, ins and pintrest to see beautiful pictures. After reading much, she gradually accumulated some materials in her mind. This is actually like a person who needs to write frequently and needs to build a rich material library. Collect a lot and then sort it out. For beginners, especially Xiao Bai, he didn't know how to shoot or what to shoot at first, which has a very important practical role. Can help you get started in the fastest time.

4. Be good at adding color with later software.

Now all kinds of photo post-processing apps are dazzling. After using a lot of software and stepping on many pits, little H recommended "butter camera" and "Snap seed" to us. She usually uses the following elements: adjusting pictures, highlighting details, curves, white balance and other functions. Very sweet little H, gave me a detailed explanation of the specific functions of several main functions. Adjust the picture, you can adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, highlights, shadows, etc. Curve, there are many filters in it, which are often used to brighten. Highlight the details. For example, if you shoot a strawberry and it looks a little dark locally, you can use this function to adjust the local brightness. White balance, adjust the yellow and dark picture.

That is: don't be afraid of setbacks, keep shooting and pursue the ultimate. She said that many times, in order to take a good still life, I forgot to eat. I believe that only by burying one's head in research can we constantly achieve self-challenge, and where time is spent, it will shine. This sentence applies to everyone. If you want to concentrate on one thing, you always need to concentrate on practice.