What problems should be paid attention to in outdoor portrait photography?

What problems should be paid attention to in outdoor portrait photography? Introduction is as follows:

1. The focus does not fall on the eyes of the subject.

As the saying goes, "the eyes are the windows of the soul", and the eyes are undoubtedly the human soul. If you want to shoot a portrait with a soul, you must first ensure that the "window of the soul" is clear and sharp. When shooting portraits, it is recommended to focus on the human eye.

Novice friends who use entry-level models can shoot in the way of "focusing first and then composing" with central focus. If there is dislocation, you can try to solve the problem by manual focusing. In addition, when focusing manually, if the camera supports the live view function, it can be used together to increase the success rate of manual focusing.

2. Red eye phenomenon

Red-eye phenomenon can also be corrected later.

I believe everyone is familiar with red eye. This often happens when shooting people with the built-in flash of the camera. The principle is that the pupil will be enlarged in low light environment to increase the amount of light, and the flash will let strong light enter the pupil instantly. Before the pupil can contract, the light will shine on the microvascular tissue of the retina and reflect back to the lens, resulting in red eye.

At present, many cameras have the function of preventing red eye, that is, flashing light before the official shooting, so that the pupil of the subject can be narrowed first to reduce the occurrence of red eye. If you must use the built-in flash, you can also let the subject look at the light source for two seconds before shooting, and then shoot after the pupil shrinks. In addition, if an off-camera flash is used, keeping the included angle between the flash and the camera lens can also reduce the occurrence of red eye.

3. Wide-angle portrait deformation

Some people also use super wide-angle lenses such as fisheye lenses to create.

Although it is often said that the best focal length of portrait shooting is between 75- 105mm, different effects can be obtained by using wide-angle lens to create. As far as the non-Quan Huafu fuselage matching head commonly used by novice friends is concerned, the wide-angle focal length is mostly in the range of 24-28mm, which is not only an introductory focal length for learning landscape composition, but also a good starting point for practicing wide-angle portrait shooting.

When shooting people with wide-angle lens, we should pay attention to the characteristics of portrait creation in each focal segment. For example, the focal length of 24-28mm is suitable for the creation of "integration of human and landscape". If we can grasp the angle and composition, we can fully present the perspective of the scene and make the picture more tense. If you don't master the characteristics of wide-angle shooting, you may take a "terrible" photo because of the deformation of the wide-angle lens.

4. The theme is not clear

Proper manufacture of shallow depth of field can emphasize the subject.

When shooting portraits, we should pay attention to properly highlighting the main body of the characters, otherwise it will easily lead to confusion in the picture, and people will not know whether the focus of the picture is people, flowers behind them or cars next to them. To overcome this problem, we should not only pay attention to composition, but also make a shallow depth of field effect to highlight the main body. When the subject seems to blend in with the background, ask him to approach the camera "out of the background". Or try to create a shallow depth of field effect with a large aperture, so that the background is blurred and the subject is clearer.

5. unnatural light and shadow

Different lighting effects can render different atmospheres.

Appropriate lighting effects can create different atmosphere in portrait creation, but if it is not used well, the work will fall short. Generally speaking, soft light is easier for beginners to master. For example, the scattered light on cloudy days will not leave too hard light and shadow on the subject's face.

However, when the sun is too strong at noon on a sunny day, it is easy to cause a strong contrast between light and dark on the subject's face. In this case, a soft light plate can be used to reduce the light ratio. If you use a flash to shoot indoors, you can also use it with a soft mask to make the light softer.