Skills of Portrait Photography —— Preliminary Preparation of Portrait Photography

What do you need to prepare before portrait photography? Portrait photography is a form of photography with characters as the main creative object. Below, I sorted out the preparations for portrait photography for your reference!

Portrait photography is prepared in advance? Camera purchase

Although general cameras can be used for portrait photography, their performance and characteristics are different due to different models and structures. How to choose a camera for photography can usually be considered from three aspects: photography purpose, personal hobby and economic conditions.

1, photography purpose

This refers to the scope of use of the camera. Novices who only take family photos, full-length and half-length photos as souvenirs can cope by buying an ordinary small 135 camera; This kind of camera is usually equipped with a standard lens, which can take both black and white portraits and color portraits. Or can I buy one? Fool? Camera; Small size, simple structure, equipped with flash device, not only convenient to use, but also can take pictures when picked up, without buying a flash separately. If you plan to use a camera to create character art, you can consider buying a single-lens reflective camera; Generally, this kind of camera can change lenses with different focal lengths, and has a high degree of automation, and can take photos of all kinds of people, such as the whole body, bust and specific head.

2. Personal hobbies

Every photographer has different hobbies, some like 135 camera and some like 120 camera. These two cameras have their own advantages and characteristics, so it's hard to say which one is good or not. Generally speaking, 135 camera is small and exquisite, easy to carry and use, and the cost of each negative is relatively cheap. 120 camera, with some interchangeable film boxes, can shoot various formats. At the same time, due to the large format of the negative film and the relatively delicate and soft particles in the photo, the face of the character presents a rich sense of hierarchy and real texture.

3. Economic situation

In the market, there are many models, different functions and different structures of cameras. Although their basic performance is similar, their prices are quite different. When buying a camera, I must consider whether its price is suitable for my economic conditions. Under normal circumstances, you can choose a mid-range camera, which is suitable for photography of all kinds of people. It must be recognized that the quality of a camera is not necessarily related to the quality of a person's photos. Using high-end cameras can't guarantee the quality of every photo; Ordinary cameras can also take high-quality photos of people. The important thing is that you must be familiar with the structure and performance of the camera and master the operation technology skillfully.

Lens selection

Although various lenses of the camera can be used for people's photography, strictly speaking, the lenses of people's photography should have the following selectivity:

1, imaging

The lens imaging quality of figure photography should not only be clear, but also have a certain feminine effect. Because people's photography generally focuses on the face, the quality of lens imaging should meet the requirements of rich layers, real texture, exposed details and moist skin.

2. Focal length

Generally, cameras are equipped with standard lenses, that is, the focal length is close to the diagonal length of the film frame. This kind of lens is only suitable for people who shoot the whole body or bust. If it is used to shoot busts or close-ups of the head, it will often cause perspective deformation of the characters, and some shots can not be brought into clear focus when they are close to the specified shooting distance. Therefore, to shoot an avatar or close-up figure, you need to use a medium-focus or telephoto lens, and its focal length generally needs to exceed the standard lens 1? Take 135 camera as an example, the focal length of the lens should be above 105 mm, so that the distance between the camera and people can be above 1.5 m, which can not only make the focus clear, but also avoid deformation phenomena such as big nose and small ears. If you take a small group photo indoors, you need to use a short focal length lens (that is, a wide-angle lens) when you encounter insufficient return difference, but it is prone to the defects of people who are near big and far small and slightly deformed on both sides.

3, caliber

When shooting close-ups of busts and headshots, the effective aperture of the lens should be large, so that the subject is clear and the background is slightly blurred, which enhances the perspective of far and near space and highlights the subject. In addition, the effective aperture of the lens is large, so you can still use a faster shutter speed when shooting dynamic people in slightly dim light without flash.