How to shoot people with contrast

Lead: To make good works, we must first know what works are good! Just as you have fighting spirit and passion, but you don't know what you want, it's useless to have brute force. So learning to appreciate and cherish good works can make your photography more smooth. This paper analyzes how to use contrast to highlight people through examples:

1. Comparison between virtual picture and real picture

Blur the background directly, omit the complex background and highlight the characters. This effect can be easily achieved by controlling the aperture when shooting. Of course, according to the different grades of the lens, it also has a certain influence on the blur effect of the picture. Generally, when shooting portraits, the aperture is controlled at 5.6? About eight will do.

2 static and dynamic contrast

The action of the characters will naturally focus people's vision on this point, and the momentum of the action will form an impression in their minds, which naturally constitutes the contrast between static and dynamic.

3. Comparison between simple and trivial

In the work, the white curtain naturally forms a white background, which makes the subject clear at a glance. A simple background is the most direct way to highlight people, so when shooting outdoors, a solid wall is definitely a background you can't miss.

The work is also simple and boring. Compare cases, but the background is full of leaves. On the other hand, a background full of dense hemp texture can make the characters appear more concise. If you don't have the confidence to handle the picture in front of a complex background, you can choose a background with uniform color or similar object shape and size, which will make your picture look full and prominent.

4. Tone contrast

Depth and color difference can form a natural contrast. For example, in the picture, the background presents a dreamy dark tone, while white skin and white groups stand out in the picture.

5 size contrast

In the post-processing of the work, the photographer blurred the face overlapping with the background, which not only enriched the picture, but also highlighted the picture effect. This treatment not only reflects the contrast between size and reality, but also emphasizes the contrast between reality and reality, so it is difficult to highlight.

6. Use of guide wire

Carefully observe the buildings on the left and right sides, like two guiding lines pointing to the center of the picture, and the characters are just at the intersection of the two lines. This is the role of the guide line. In the process of taking pictures, we should actively discover the guiding lines in the environment, such as railings and stairs, which are good places to make good use of guiding lines.