How to make visual sketches

Lead: Sketch photography lies in the ability to control ambient light and small objects. Through the lens, we can carefully observe the small scenes around our lives and show its powerful vitality for ordinary things around us. Therefore, in lens selection and application, the standard zoom lens will be more convenient and effective than other fixed-focus or telescopic lenses, and shooting will be easier and faster. Through keen observation ability, we can find out the angle of light, grasp the changes of lines and colors, use subtraction composition, or simply shoot.

Shooting focus

? Really control light and shadow and observation ability

There are always some small places that need careful observation to find out. Sketch photography starts with pictures? See what you know? The theme of the play, a wonderful sketch image, can jump out of the ordinary category and become an extraordinary work through keen observation and combination of light and composition thinking.

? Use color to guide vision to enjoy images.

The essence of sketch photography lies in the expression of image elements such as color, composition and depth of field on the screen. In our life, many people, things and things can often find some interesting and attractive bright scenes as long as they are carefully observed, which can be used as the shooting target of sketch photography and also a wonderful picture.

One of the keys of photography comes from the expression of color. Color saturation can be said to be an important element when shooting sketch photography. When the color is richer and more saturated, it can give the eyes visual stimulation. But when the color saturation is low, it can give people a space for imagination. Therefore, the visual perception of the main colors in the image and whether the colors are saturated can often directly affect the artistic conception conveyed by the photos, and even determine the quality of the photos. In other words, the color of the subject itself and the quality of the light we judge and capture determine whether the image color is saturated or not; Therefore, it is very important to master the texture and direction of light.

Gorgeous colors can be said to be an important part of sketch photography, so that images can attract the attention of viewers through the play of different color systems.

If you want to fully express the color of the subject, the most basic thing is to choose a subject with bright colors to shoot in the light; If you shoot with strong light, such as direct sunlight at noon, you can fully express the bright colors and lines of some subjects; If you shoot with soft light from a large and diffuse light source, you will shoot soft tones with low contrast, but often the color levels are more abundant. With the continuous improvement of the effect of photosensitive elements, users can freely use high sensitivity on D7000 to express some weak light sensations that only appear in dim environment, and use the unique yellow color presented by high sensitivity to express the other side of the image, which is also a way to express low-color images.

However, this does not mean that if you want to take colorful photos, you must avoid taking images in the backlight environment. In fact, you can skillfully use some translucent materials, such as paper, petals and leaves? And so on, to avoid the extreme contrast caused by direct light lens, to achieve a refreshing visual effect.

Simply through three different colors, you can also present extraordinary feelings.

When composing a composition, players can look for so-called interesting points and jump out of the main body with background or color system to make the picture more vivid.

Make good use of light and shadow to express image

In addition to the above-mentioned shooting applications of color and light, sketch photography also pays great attention to the presentation of light and shadow, showing the contrast effect of light and dark, adding image vitality to the works. Therefore, how to make good use of light and shadow effect is an important link in sketch photography. Simply put, when the proportion of dark images is high, the viewer can be forced to focus on the bright part, which is what players often say is the dark corner effect; In other words, if there are many bright images and few dark images, it is necessary to think about the composition relationship between the elements and use the dark to set off the importance of the subject.

Generally speaking, when the light is direct, it can show the brightest part and the darkest part. Therefore, although it is suitable for dealing with brightly colored subjects, due to the lack of dark parts, the picture often appears flat and lacks three-dimensional sense; Although the situation is opposite when backlighting, the problem is the same. Therefore, when shooting, it is best to shoot sideways against the light, or use the light indirectly projected or reflected on the subject to shoot rich light and shadow changes. Although the application principle of light and shadow is simple, it is easy to learn and difficult to master. In addition to observing with naked eyes, we need to know the difference of light and shadow captured by the lens under different combinations of aperture and shutter speed, make good use of the relationship between aperture and depth of field, moderately blur the background and highlight the theme, so as to shoot the most fascinating light and shadow changes and convey the beauty of images invisible to the naked eye.

Silhouette is a kind of aesthetic feeling invisible to the naked eye. Only after filming, can we truly fully appreciate the beauty and characteristics of silhouette.

Learning to find light and shadow is the basic step to take a good sketch photography.

Shadows and lines formed by buildings are common shooting targets in daily life. Discover the laws of lines and geometry

It is also a necessary condition for sketch photography to simply match lines into an aesthetic composition according to geometric laws. However, life is full of these interesting lines, such as square architectural design, streamlined car outline, slender beans and vines? Different types of lines are common materials in life, but how can we be creative and organize these regular or messy lines into an aesthetic image? First of all, we should train and cultivate our sensitivity and aesthetic feeling to images. Perhaps this is a bit general, but as long as readers can remember some common online shooting skills in detail and see more pictures to enrich themselves, they can use these to make changes, let their photography eyes by going up one flight of stairs and find more creative images.

Basically, the combination of lines with particularity or radioactivity is very suitable to be placed in the center of the picture to attract the attention of the viewer; Regular lines such as chessboard, except TIC-tac-toe composition, the center of the picture appears at the origin, and the rules of lines can be completely symmetrical. As for irregular lines or geometric patterns, we should focus on their sense of extension, and even use blank space, diagonal composition or other related composition methods to give full play to the advantages of these composition elements. If we can blur the background with shallow depth of field, strengthen the line tension of the subject, or make good use of the light and shadow changes and shadows formed in the direction of light to enhance the three-dimensional sense of lines, the image performance will be better than before.

The neatly arranged electric towers give people a sense of regularity, and the number of stools is beautiful.

You can also use the method of highlighting the theme to express its extraordinary main characteristics.

Make good use of situational mode to shoot.

In addition to shooting techniques such as light, shadow and lines, players can also put themselves in other's shoes, and use D7000' s built-in decorative menu to achieve different image effects such as models, fish eyes and color sketches, so as to challenge the past image thinking mode and create some sketch photos with new physical functions. I believe that through this fresh function, we can also have some amazing visual effects and add a lot of interest to our image creation.

D7000' s built-in decorative menu has many functions for players to use.

Miniature effect demonstration diagram, players can clearly find a style of miniature city, similar to the effect of shifting axis mirror.

Black and white add elegance to photography.

Although we are used to the colorful world for ordinary people, sometimes too many colors will interfere with the image presentation. When the color is removed from the image, the gray world created by the simple combination of black and white can be so intuitive and rich. In the alleys around our daily life, this seemingly insignificant little corner is everywhere. As long as the interference of color is abandoned, after black-and-white conversion, rich lines and tone changes can be shown. But this is also because black-and-white images are not close to normal visual effects, which can affect people's visual thinking mode and turn ordinary moments into unforgettable sense of eternity. Therefore, black and white photography is also particularly suitable for the creative way of sketch photography.

By modifying the monochrome function in the menu, players can easily convert black and white images, and even make sepia photos full of retro feeling.

On the D7000, when shooting, players can shoot RAW files or JPEG files first, then choose the appropriate pictures, which can be converted through the decorative menu built in the fuselage, and use black, white or other monochrome systems to assist the images to highlight the simple beauty of the images, which is also a feasible shooting method.

Black-and-white photos must grasp the characteristics of images and integrate elements such as light, reflection and shadow, so as to produce strong black-and-white works.

The combination of simple words and screen lines can also express a silent black-and-white attitude.