Tips for indoor wedding photography

(1) Traditional lamps

That is, the position of the main lamp is 45 degrees away from the front of the main body, and the auxiliary lamp is 75 degrees, plus the headlight.

The role of the main lamp is to depict the image and spirit of the characters, while the auxiliary lamp plays down the shadow of the main lamp to enrich the level, and the light separates the characters from the background to enhance the three-dimensional sense.

Because this lighting method has been used to take all portrait photos for a long time in China, it is called traditional lighting.

(2) Triangle light (also called V-shaped light)

Triangle lamp is the most commonly used trend lamp in photo studio in recent years, which is developed from eight-character lamp.

In the past, wedding dresses and photo shoots were all taken with eight-character lights.

That is, the two lamps illuminate the subject at the same distance at a 45-degree angle, and the brightness is completely equal. The light ratio is usually 1: 1, and two lamps form a 90-degree light zone at a 45-degree angle, forming a figure-of-eight light, which is called double-lamp balance for short.

When the angle exceeds 90 degrees or is less than 90 degrees, the angle changes, and the light receiving surface also changes, which is not splay light. If a lamp is in front and a lamp is behind, it is not a horoscope lamp.

Eight-character light can be divided into big eight-character light and small eight-character light. This kind of light is mainly plane lighting, characterized by bright, bright, bright, noble and warm, and is recognized as the most beautiful and beautiful light source by portrait photographers.

But this form of light is used too much, and everyone always feels ugly and lacks personality.

Later, some photographers introduced advertising photography into wedding portrait photography. On the premise of the original eight-character lamp,

Adding a lamp to the ground is also plane lighting. It is found that the characters' eyes are particularly bright, crystal clear and powerful, which eliminates the shadow between the two people and the shadow of the neck, making them look cleaner and brighter.

The film effect is brighter, the eyes are more prominent, and it is triangular lighting. However, some people think that people with this kind of light are fatter because they have not mastered its skills and methods.

1.

Triangular light belongs to the category of large plane light in character modeling. [replyview] It consists of three soft lights, two of which are placed on the left and right sides of the camera and one is placed in front of the subject.

The main body is in the triangle light area, which is called triangle light for short.

2. Position of the lamp: aim the center of the soft box of the lamp (that is, the center position of the light source) at the hair position of the subject.

The lower part of the flexible frame faces the face of the character, and the upper part faces the background behind the character. Because the center of the light emitted by the flexible box is the brightest, the four sides will be darker. Generally, the center and edge differ by 0.8 to 1 aperture. Therefore,

The brightest light source illuminates the hair, which is transparent and layered because it absorbs light and increases exposure. The face is highly reflective, so a relatively weak light source can be used to balance the light of the face and hair, and the upper part of the soft light box shines on the background.

Enhance the level and brightness of the background. Generally speaking, triangular light does not need to be lighted, in order to make the picture more natural and realistic. When the position of one lamp is fixed, the other lamp presses the same height at the same time.

Illuminate the theme from the other side. The application of floor lamp should not be too bright or too dark. If it is too bright, the contours of the face and neck will disappear. If it is too dark, the meaning of triangular light will be lost, and it will not produce a transparent and bright feeling. Therefore,

The intensity of the three lamp areas is the same, and the distance between the lamp and the main body is the same.

3. Before using triangle lamps, the intensity of each lamp must be measured with a sidelight.

Just measure the aperture value of the object irradiated by the lamp. In the process of shooting, the distance is shortened, the corresponding aperture is reduced, the distance is increased, and the aperture is raised. In this way, there is little chance of lighting error when shooting.