Ink painting photography skills

As a unique art form, ink freehand brushwork is definitely a cross-border artistic behavior to introduce photography. Although there is no way for teachers to learn, they must follow the theory of photo photographers: "Painting is greater than photography, photography is greater than doing, and meaning is greater than painting".

We can learn from the classification of Chinese painting, which can be divided into landscape photography with ink style and flowers and birds with ink style; According to the style of photos, they can be divided into freehand brushwork and realism.

Ink landscape photography is born out of China landscape painting, emphasizing the combination of reality and reality. Ordinary photographers like to shoot the sea of clouds, because the sea of clouds itself has the taste of Chinese painting, which can generally be applied through multiple exposures.

Compared with the landscape works in ink and wash style, the theme of flowers and birds pays more attention to the choice of shooting objects and angles. Because pictures are subtle things. The blank background of the picture tests the photographer's framing ability.

If you use photoshop to edit pictures later, the effect is often unreal; However, it is unrealistic to put white cloth behind plants in most cases. Therefore, experienced photographers usually use a cleaner background in nature, and they can get good results with a little treatment later.

Ink style photography can be learned from these five aspects first.

First of all, we must understand what ink painting is.

Ink painting is a unique form of traditional painting art in China. Use the shade of ink to express the distance and density of objects. Although the color is not rich, the shade of ink gives people a quiet and distant artistic conception.

Another element of ink painting is composition. China pays attention to composition in his paintings. An important method is to leave blank. In other words, the picture is not full of objects. Use white to express artistic conception.

Second, how to express the ink effect through photography?

According to the above paragraph, two elements of ink painting: the shade of ink and the blank composition. As long as we grasp these two points, it will be much easier to take pictures with ink effect. However, before shooting, photographers are strongly advised to look at more Chinese paintings. Especially works before the Qing Dynasty.

Only when you have ink painting in your heart can you shoot the effect of ink painting!

This is to cultivate the photographer's perspective. Because some good ink photography works are based on flowers, vines and leaves. Very common materials, cameras and technical requirements are not high, but someone can find this angle. Some people don't see it.

Third, the main points of photography.

It is very important to leave the ink effect blank. How to do this in shooting should make the background of the photo as clean as possible. You can blur the lens, or you can put something like white cloth behind the object. Of course, if you are shooting scenery, then the sea of clouds is the best way to leave blank space. If you are shooting flowers and birds, you can use the sky as the background. In short, make sure the background is clean. Convenient for post-processing.

Fourth, post-processing.

Fixing solution equation: gray+negative+minimum filter+blending+blurring.

Post-production is very important to form an excellent photographic work. The commonly used software is PHOTOSHOP. You can brighten and whiten the background of the photo by adjusting the curve and contrast, thus forming a white background effect of ink painting. In addition, the color of the theme can be changed to ink by reducing the saturation and changing the color from black to white. In this way, an ink painting is basically formed.

Fifth, the finishing touch.

If you want to make the effect of imitating Chinese painting, then the inscription and seal are essential. The inscription is calligraphy, write a poem, write your name, shooting date and so on. Seals can download a template. In this way, the ink on the white background is red. A photographic work imitating ink and wash is finished.