Wei Lan Meg Photography Course

Lan Jieying, who plays Thirteen Mothers in Spring in A Chinese Odyssey, was once called a Kowloon girl with Carina Lau, Wu Junru, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui and Chingmy Yau. However, in a video released a few days ago, Lan Jieying claimed that she had been sexually assaulted. After years of depression, Lan Jieying reappeared in the public eye because of the keyword "sexual assault".

This can't help but remind us of the memories of the older generation of Hong Kong and Taiwan actresses.

With soft light, beauty has its own characteristics. So, how to shoot retro portraits?

Professional photographer Wei Lan Mager gave us some ideas. Let's hear what she has to say.

Human body and color

Choose soft light to shoot private houses. In winter in the north, the shooting time is usually between 2: 30 pm and 4: 30 pm. If the indoor light is not strong enough, you can install a soft box or beauty dish on the flash lamp holder to soften the light. The latter is a large disk with a white inner layer and an arc-shaped protrusion, which covers the flash head and softens the optical fiber.

The most important thing is that the shape is relaxed and comfortable, reflecting curves and elegance. At the beginning of shooting, I told the girls that you just need to relax, and I repeatedly emphasized this angle when suggesting actions. You just need to find something that makes you feel comfortable and interesting. In combination with the above, it is more appropriate to use soft light shooting to show the soft and elegant curves of girls' bodies.

Speaking of color, it is also a very important element in this group of films. The expected basic colors are white, pink and orange. When I arrived at the room, I found that the curtains were still light blue. Therefore, the original film is relatively cold, but the cold tone also contains warm tones, such as the skin color of the sofa, just like when it is turned into warm tones in the later stage, high-gloss curtains and the like will be found to form a cold tone contrast. Tone processing mainly adjusts the saturation and transparency of color temperature, exposure, highlight, black scale, white scale, red, orange, yellow, green and blue, which will be introduced in detail in the following lr parameters.

Proper preparation and setting

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Two ultraviolet mirrors and one spare.

A reflector, indoor backlight is easy to use, and the lighting is as soft as possible.

Me.

Two large mopping tulle, including patterned lace and translucent tulle, are all white.

A lace nightgown, the one with a corset, is also white.

Two bunches of forget-me-not dried flowers, one pink purple and one warm yellow. They are all found on Taobao. Can be used many times.

And the key point of this shooting, the props that make the picture hazy and dreamy:

A transparent lipstick, an orange lipstick.

Lipstick is applied around the UV mirror, avoiding the middle focusing part, creating a dreamy feeling in front of the mirror without losing focus, especially when the light shines on the white gauze skirt.

The reason for preparing lipstick is to increase the warmth. I didn't apply much, just a little on the periphery of the UV mirror.

Of course, there are many other props with similar functions, such as white tulle and plastic wrap, which can achieve similar effects without polluting ultraviolet rays. Some photographers also use hand cream, which is similar to lipstick. You can also try it.

Regarding the scenery, it is actually very simple, but it is mainly simple.

Because the sofa and walls of the room were dark, which didn't quite meet the shooting theme, I put a large piece of white yarn on the sofa to let it hang down, which was also conducive to creating a quiet feeling. Followed by the wall, the dark blue is covered with white tulle. When shooting, the background white shows a slight blue tone, which has a soft light effect and is very similar to the original film.

The original film and revised film are attached below.

Scene shooting and angle selection

A group of photos, if concise, is concise, and the less interference elements, the clearer they want to express. The shooting process of this group is mainly from sofa, window, mirror to corner. However, the background tries to prevent objects of other colors from entering the mirror. At this time, the bouquet is a good prop, which makes the picture less monotonous, enhances the color contrast and strengthens the warm tone. The chair in the above picture itself is hollow and flat. We leaned over and the girls sat on it, knees crossed, dangling, very quiet.

When shooting, in addition to paying attention to big scene accidents, grasping small details will also increase the richness of group pictures. Cover the girl's shoulders with a small bunch of warm yellow flowers, balance the picture and form a color contrast while reflecting the beauty of the shoulders.

Pay attention to the balance of the picture when shooting the picture below. The lines formed by the legs and hands make the picture more full, and the part intercepted by the legs is also selected below the joints, because it also avoids the abrupt ghost hands or feet, and the center falls on the hips. Generally speaking, the choice of angle is basically to highlight the human body itself, with other accessories as the background, and the center still reflects the simplicity of the picture.

Left Rear Output Parameter Settings

Generally used to tuning in LR and fine-tuning details in PS. As you have noticed, the biggest difference between my original film and the film is the color tone. And when repainting, remind yourself not to memorize the parameters, because the light and color effects of each picture are different, just like a preset can't apply the whole set of film. Then, at this time, only on the basis of understanding the principle of each step, then adjust the color. If there is no color cast on the computer screen, adjust it to a level that you feel comfortable, and you can basically set the tone.

Then, before color matching, it is mainly to analyze the original film, analyze the proportion of each color, what is redundant or needs to be added in the film, exposure correction and so on.

This group of pictures mainly adjusts the saturation and transparency of color temperature, exposure, highlight, black level, white level, red, orange, yellow, green and blue.

The following are detailed parameter settings:

How to make a dreamy and hazy feeling in PS

The curve, optional color, color balance, channel mixer, color scale, liquefaction, mask and material use in PS are not much to say. Here is mainly about how to create a sense of fantasy.

Mainly aimed at the situation that auxiliary items such as lipstick were not used in the early stage, because sometimes if lipstick, hand cream, plastic wrap and so on are not used well, I mean, it will be counterproductive if they are not used well, making the picture lose texture and become too fleshy, not soft.

Gaussian blur of PS also has softening effect, but it is rarely used by individuals. Recommend several commonly used plug-ins:

Color Efex Pro, AlienSkinExposure, Dfx, perfect effect.

Let's talk about the use of film filters, alien skin exposure and color Efex Pro to create a sense of fantasy.

Open AlienSkinExposure in PS, and select Infrared-Light Only-Low on the right, in order to make the highlights of the picture shine, but because this group of photos is hazy, the low-level part is selected. These parameters are as follows:

Get the following picture:

The filter color Efex Pro is a classic soft focus, which also enhances the dreaminess. Similarly, because it is smog, the adjustment range is small. The change is not big, but the method can be universal.

Get the following picture:

After the hazy feeling is made, there are corresponding adjustment curves, optional colors, color balance, channel mixer, color gradation, liquefaction, masking, material application and so on.

In the last step, I will sharpen it and then build another layer of template. Then erase the areas that don't need sharpening. I usually only keep my eyes, lips and eyebrows sharpened and erase everything else.

In this way, you can get beautiful portraits!

The events in Lan Jieying are not over yet, and nearly 30 years have passed. Now all the voices are noisy, which often covers up the sadness behind the incident.

A beautiful woman, whose fate has been completely changed by an invasion, hopes that justice can be done. Besides, if we stay on the visible case this time, we will see Lan Jieying's story repeated again and again.