Matters needing attention in taking pictures on cloudy days

Lead: Many times, because of the need of subject matter, we have to shoot on cloudy days, which is a great test for equipment and photographers. Here, I bring you the precautions for taking pictures on cloudy days, hoping to help you!

What should I pay attention to when taking pictures on cloudy days?

The problem with films taken on cloudy days is that the first half is a gray sky, so this kind of photo is just a picture. Soul? It was taken out, so that the viewer simply couldn't understand what to show. It is an important principle of cloudy photography not to let the gray sky occupy a large area of the picture when composing. To this end, try to keep the camera at a slightly higher position and angle when shooting, and use the canopy to block the gray sky.

However, it is generally difficult to keep the camera in a high position. It is easy to shoot models, flowers and other subjects, but it is difficult to do this when shooting scenery. It's a relatively easy way to cover the gray sky with a tree crown. If the crown behind the subject is close to the camera, you can put the crown at a slightly higher angle above the picture to block the sky. If there is no crown behind the main body, you can look for it in the distance. At this time, it is best to use a thousand-mile lens. Wide-angle lens is relatively difficult to do this.

The light on cloudy days is softer than the direct light on sunny days, so it is more suitable for expressing some serene and quiet landscape themes. Some scenes showing cooking smoke in mountain villages and rural fields are actually taken on cloudy days, which are very atmospheric and emotional. It is also easy to encounter insufficient light when shooting scenery on cloudy days. At this time, the use of tripods is even more important.

What to shoot on a cloudy day?

On cloudy days, because of the dark light, the scenery looks gloomy, which is generally not suitable for photography. But sometimes in order to express a strong atmosphere, you can also take scenery as the theme of cloudy photography.

The most suitable subjects for shooting on cloudy days are ancient buildings, dead trees, temples and stone buddhas.

Pay special attention not to overexpose when shooting. A camera equipped with multi-zone metering function can also take bright pictures on cloudy days. When composing a composition, the sky above the picture can be set aside appropriately. If you want to show a strong atmosphere, you can make appropriate exposure reduction compensation. However, it should be noted that if the compensation amount of underexposure compensation is too large, it will become a silhouette effect. When shooting on cloudy days, we should pay attention to three important factors: accurate control of exposure, accurate control of white balance and good use of colors.

Attention should be paid to exposure:

Try not to use the flash, open the aperture and use the shutter for a long time. If the shutter can't be maintained at a safe shutter, consider raising ISO by one level (or using a tripod).

In this way, at least the subject and background can be more consistent. The subject is too bright and the background is too dark.

If you decide to fill the light, you can use:

A. hit the fill light on the reflector and reflect it on the human face.

B. the flash can be controlled manually. Pay attention to the intensity of fill light, not higher than the light in the field, that is, just do a little fill light.

C. make good use of exposure combinations. The exposure effect of spotlight is controlled by shutter time and aperture, while the exposure effect of flash is only controlled by aperture within synchronous speed. Proper use of exposure combination can achieve the best effect.

When shooting on cloudy days, an important principle is that it is better to be slightly underexposed than overexposed. Once overexposed, not only the layer will be lost, but also the color will become lighter, which is difficult to make up for in post-production.

Application of white balance and color

If you want a model to look brighter on a cloudy day, you can really work hard on color matching.

For example, if the model is placed in front of a dark background, the skin will appear whiter in perception; If the model is placed in front of a bright background, the skin will appear dim in perception.

In addition, the color temperature on cloudy days will be high. If it exceeds the adjustment ability of the camera's automatic white balance, the tone of the photo will be slightly blue. If your camera has one? Cloudy day? White balance option, you can use this item to adjust the color temperature.

1. Let the model wear lively and bright clothes to avoid the feeling of dark on cloudy days.

2. Let the model appear whiter and brighter in front of a darker background.

Although it is cloudy, the brightness of the sky may still be several levels worse than the model's skin. Pay attention to this factor when shooting.

4. Has it started? Cloudy day? White balance option to avoid the feeling of blue in the photo.