Mobile phone photography skills

1. Understand the basic elements of photography (front light, side light, top light, backlight, prime time).

Light is the life of photography. With light, everything has a perceptible form and color.

Before shooting, you must have the concept of light in your mind. Pay attention to the relationship between the subject, shooting position and angle and light, whether it is forward light, side light, top light or backlight. If you want to make good and creative use of light, you must have light in the usual exercise center and slowly find the feeling of light. The worst shooting time is noon. At this time, the light is the most dazzling, the contrast is strong, the exposure is difficult to master, and the yin and yang faces are easy to appear when shooting people.

The prime time of photography is early morning or evening, with soft light and warm colors, which casts a mysterious veil on the subject. If you can be creative, the light in the morning or evening will add a touch of magic to your work.

2. Understand mobile phones (scene, face recognition, portrait beautification, panorama, delayed exposure).

To take creative photos, you must first know your mobile phone. Usually, the camera function of a mobile phone has the following common items:

Scene: Mobile phones with powerful camera functions generally support ordinary, intelligent, macro, portrait, scenery, sports, night scenes, snow scenes and so on. , close to professional digital SLR. If you have time before taking pictures, try to adjust to the corresponding scene, let the machine find the most suitable aperture, focal length and shutter time, and control the white balance. Of course, I believe that most people will not waste their expressions and interests when they take out their mobile phones to take pictures, so I suggest setting the scene to a smart file at ordinary times.

Face recognition: Now almost all smart phones have this function, and it is automatic, so I won't say much. When taking a portrait, just wait for the little white box to come out and aim at your face before pressing the shutter.

Portrait beautification/beauty: This time is a powerful function that came into being in response to the market demand of the majority of girls and gay friends. It can achieve the requirements of freckle removal, peeling and skin color adjustment while taking pictures, and some can even achieve face-lifting and beauty contact lenses. Note that this option should be turned off when shooting scenery, otherwise the image quality will be damaged.

Panorama: Panorama is a very fun function. In the past, it could only be done with digital camera+tripod+rear PS. Now just take your mobile phone and walk around. If you encounter majestic mountains, pleasant beaches, colorful rainbows, gorgeous sunset clouds, or attractive model rooms, you should invite the panoramic function to show its talents.

Slow shutter/delayed exposure: another very interesting function. At that time, it was also a patent of SLR, and now it has been transplanted to mobile phones. Especially suitable for shooting endless crowds and traffic at night, and creating interesting lighting graffiti. If you are smart enough, you can also try to keep the mobile phone and the subject in synchronous motion and relatively static relationship in this mode to capture the pleasure brought by speed.

3. Composition (symmetry, golden section)

In photography and film, symmetry and golden section are the two most commonly used and reliable composition methods.

Symmetry can give people a balanced, classical and dignified aesthetic feeling, and even create a strange, gloomy and depressing atmosphere. Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern and wes anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel are both examples of symmetrical composition.

The golden section can make the works reveal an elegant and mysterious artistic temperament. Some mobile phones can display TIC-tac-toe when taking pictures, which is the easiest golden section composition tool to master.

If you want to make an elegant composition like the classical oil painting in the Renaissance, you need to know and experience two high-level composition tools, the golden spiral (also called Fibonacci spiral) and the golden triangle. Of course, at present, no mobile phone, SLR camera or even video camera can provide such a difficult composition tool, and we must rely entirely on our brains. However, don't let these accepted rules in academia limit your creative thinking. You can establish your own unique composition style, but it needs more thinking and practice.

4. Focus (focus, level, foreground, intermediate scene, prospect)

The focus determines the visual focus of the photo. Many photos taken by friends who have no concept of focusing often appear out of focus, that is, the subject is blurred, which may be caused by not knowing how to focus or shake hands. Mobile phone camera can realize auto-focusing, but auto-focusing adopts central focusing or decentralized/global focusing, which can only take care of most shooting needs. If the autofocus mode cannot focus on the subject you want to shoot, you must manually specify the focus position.

If you want photos to have a sense of hierarchy, you must understand the placement of foreground, middle scene and distant view. Usually, the subject should be placed in the middle position and the focus should be placed in the middle position, so that the foreground (or not) and the foreground are empty.

If the photo doesn't move, it's probably because the distance is not close enough or the shooting position is not low enough. Boldly approach your subject and capture enough details to make the photo more moving.

5. Add some creativity to the photo (backlight, dislocation, playing with mirror/glass, multiple exposure).

6. Filters (Polaroid, Light Leakage, Black and White)

Polaroid: you can shoot a natural, vivid and nostalgic life interest;

Light leakage: this is an unexpected surprise made in the movie era. LOMO cameras are often used. Now they have all been moved into the app filter, which greatly reduces the harvesting cost of this accident, but there are still a few people who play with light leakage, so try it;

Black and white: this is the most classic color tone, and it is also the color tone that the public can't appreciate in this era when everyone is pursuing excitement and saturation. In the black-and-white world, we can really feel the lines and levels brought by light, and feel the subtlety of gray scale. Black-and-white filters are suitable for expressing lines, shapes, textures, calm, precipitated and eternal contents and themes.

7. Objects, scenes and stories (clearing the scene, decisive moment)

Photography is more than just a skill. If you can regard it as an interest, you might as well integrate it into your living habits. A powerful and convenient camera phone can greatly enhance creative passion. You don't have to be in front of handsome guys and beautiful women and on the trip to come in handy. Everything in life can be used as a shooting object and a shooting scene.

Object: it is the center and subject of being photographed and the origin of conception. Whether you want to shoot its lines, contours, postures, colors, speed, or amazing moments determines what shooting skills you use. Think about it, are there many photos of water in the mobile phone that are pressed without thinking? Starting with the next photo, think about what to take first, and then how to take it.

Scene/background: it is the environment in which the subject is located. A clean background gives people a simple, calm and unique feeling. Everything in the picture should have some relationship with the subject, or exist to create an atmosphere and enhance the story, otherwise it should be removed mercilessly. One of the reasons why the photos are not good-looking is that the background is too dirty and messy. . All elements unrelated to the theme and story should not exist on the screen. So the first priority before shooting is to clear the scene.

Decisive moment: Even if a photo is very touching and emotional. This moment can be captured naturally, but the requirements for shooting skills and equipment are very high; It can also be created by manual guidance, especially suitable for shooting children and pets. Because it's all ADHD! It is impossible to be quiet without pressing the shutter.

8. Travel and documentaries

On the way to travel, it is the best photography training ground. For example, practicing difficult compositions.

Practice how to capture portraits. Don't worry about their disgust. In fact, most locals and foreign travelers will take photos very friendly.

9. Let MM be thin, white and tall (natural and confident).

Write three words on the photo after shooting: thin, white and tall. This is a false proposition. You know whether you are fat or thin, white or black, tall or short. Why deceive yourself? Although the angle can cause illusion, the range is very limited.